One of the most popular festivals is approaching. Easter delights young and old with its beautiful motifs and themes and, like many other celebrations, encourages crafting, creating and decorating. Accordingly, tooEaster in primary schoolcelebrated. And the possibilities for making something great with the children are endless and the projects are all a lot of fun. That's why we've put together some ideas for Easter crafts in primary school for all teachers, but also for parents with primary school children, with which you can spend creative school hours or afternoons. With simple materials, little ones can make great projects for fun Easter crafts in elementary school or at home.
Easter crafts in elementary school – garland made of carrots
We'll start with a great idea for an Easter garland, because garlands are festive and can wonderfully decorate the window, the wall or the area between two lamps and thus spread just the right mood. These are friendly carrots with an accordion look that are very simplemade from paperbecome. Every child has probably made fans before, so this is a well-known technique. So if you are looking for particularly simple ideas for Easter crafts in elementary school, you can make the following Easter garlands:
- orange craft paper
- green craft paper
- Scissors
- Glue stick and hot glue
- Yarn
Cut the orange paper to the desired carrot size (in the example 15 x 6 cm). Then fold the paper from one of the two long sides to the other like an accordion. Then fold the resulting strip in the middle to create a “V”. Apply glue to one of the two inner sides of this “V” and then glue the two inner sides together. This creates a triangle that looks like a carrot.
Then you can make the carrot greens. Prepare another strip, for example the same size as for the orange paper. Then cut a zigzag pattern on one of the long sides. The prongs should be of different lengths and widths. Then roll the strip lengthwise and tape the end to prevent the paper from unrolling again. Glue the greenery to the back of the carrot. Make several of these carrots (for example, for Easter crafts in elementary school, each child can make one each so that everyone contributes to a garland together). Lay out twine in front of you and spread the carrots on top at even intervals. Glue them in place with hot glue.
Easter crafts in primary school – cool carrot with template
While we're on the subject of “carrots”, we would also like to offer you this great idea for Easter crafts in primary school. So look for Easter craft projects with childrenTemplates and instructionsfree of charge, just choose this. The template shows exactly how the paper needs to be cut and cut and then all that is left to do is glue it. This Easter craft for kids is perfect for practicing cutting because there's plenty of cutting, as you'll see.
Print the template on orange paper and first cut out the motif only along the outline. Then cut the strips along the dotted line and fold the ends to the marked places (solid lines). These folded ends will become your glue tabs. Apply glue there, curve the strips to the other side and glue them to the base. Then make the greenery and glue it to the carrot from behind.
Craft templates for Easter – carrotprint here.
Easter crafts in primary school – making Easter pendants
Great Easter ideas for children are also pendants that can be used to decorate not only the Easter bouquet, but also the window or chandelier. Would you like one?Make Easter decorationsA wide variety of materials are available to you, from craft clay to cardboard and even wood. We'll show you how you can make Easter pendants yourself out of paper for Easter crafts at Aqaurell elementary school.
- Watercolors
- Paper for watercolors (alternatively, thicker paper is also suitable, e.g. thin cardboard or cardboard)
- Water
- Egg-shaped cookie cutter
- Pencil
- Scissors
- optionally salt and brush with hard bristles
- golden color
- Pearls
- Yarn
- punch
- Documents and appropriate clothing
- Containers for the paints (cups, bowls) and an old baking pan or tray or something else to dry the eggs
Using the cookie cutter, transfer the egg shape to the paper and then cut out the eggs. Mixthe watercolorswith water according to package instructions. You do not have to fill the containers to the top. Between 2.5 and 5 cm is sufficient for immersion. You can also add a little glitter to some colors. Then you can dip the prepared eggs in the different colors and create new color patterns over and over again.
Then place the wet eggs in the prepared container to dry. As long as they are still wet, you can toowith a little saltSprinkle for additional interesting effects. The salt grains absorb the moisture, creating beautiful patterns. Once the paint has dried, you can remove the salt with the brush. Then, punch holes in the top of the eggs and tie a piece of yarn in a knot. Then, if you wish, decorate the yarn with beads and tie the ends together to create a hanging loop.
Make Easter decorations out of paper – cute chicks
Paper and googly eyes - that's all you need for these cute chicks. Finally, if you add a loop to it, you can even use it as a pendant. We'll show you how to do itcraft for Easterwith children and can easily implement the idea for Easter crafts in primary school.
- yellow craft paper
- orange or red construction paper
- Googly eyes
- Glue
- Scissors
Firstyou need stripsfrom the yellow paper (about a finger's width and cut widthwise), which you mark with a ruler and then cut out. Alternatively, you can also use a paper cutting machine. You could also prepare the strips at home and then bring them to school when cut. You need 4 strips per chick, each of which you fold very slightly in the middle (just to mark the middle). Then place one strip in front of you, apply some glue in the middle and place a second one on top to form a cross. Repeat this with the other two strips, whereupon you glue the two crosses together, offset from each other. You will get a snowflake shape.
Now stick two opposite strip ends together, creating rings. Finally you get a ball. Cut out wings from yellow paper and glue them to the ball. Then make another beak, glue it to the ball and add the googly eyes. By the way, any other typical Easter animals can also be made in this waylike a rabbitor make a sheep. This means you can also reproduce Easter crafts in primary school. The ball always forms the basis and its color as well as the other elements are adapted to the respective animal (e.g. white ball, black legs, ears and mouth for a sheep; brown, beige or white ball, long ears and whiskers if you are making an Easter bunny with children, etc.).
Craft ideas for Easter – make Easter pictures with tissue paper
Print coloring pageswith Easter eggs as motifs (or other Easter motifs) and provide the children with tissue paper. The primary school children then tear small pieces out of the tissue paper, which they crumple up and use instead of colors to design the Easter egg. The children can get really creative and make beautiful Easter pictures. The idea is also very suitable if you make Easter greeting cards with the children for their parents or grandparents.
Make a sheep with ear sticks
Isn't this little sheep really cute? It's the perfect idea for Easter crafts in elementary school, and the sheep likes it tooa greeting carddecorate or can be designed on both sides and used as a pendant. Here's how it's done:
- cotton swab
- Glue
- white paper
- Scissors
- black felt-tip pen
- pink colored pencil or wax crayon
- Clothespins (2 per sheep)
- Band
Cut out an oval-shaped piece from the white paper and a smaller one for the head. Then cut off the cotton heads of the sticks. Apply glue in sections along the edge of the oval paper and arrange the cotton balls next to each other. Then move on to the next section. They should work in sections so the glue doesn't dry while they're still working on another spot. Once you have glued the edge, continue inside this first circle, with each new row overlapping the previous one.
Then make the head: create a fringe and the two ears with the sticks, then draw the face with the felt-tip pen and pink cheeks. You can also decorate the head with a pretty bow. Finally, gluethe clothespinsfor the legs at the back. You have two options here: If you want to be able to stand the sheep up like a figure, point the top side of the brackets (the ones you squeeze together to open them) downwards. You can also attach the clips the other way around and then use them to clamp the sheep somewhere and hang it up.
Make marble eggs with shaving foam
We have already shown you how to useShaving foam and colorscan create interesting images. Of course, you can also use this technique to make marbled eggs like this. First, cut out large eggs from cardboard. Then put shaving foam in a shallow container and spread many blobs of color over it (e.g. with acrylic paints). Then, using a kebab skewer, make the marble pattern by dragging it back and forth through the colors.
Then place the sheet of paper over it and press it lightly into the foam. Take it out again and place it on a surface to allow the colors to take effect for some time. Then use a scraper, spatula or other suitable tools to remove the foam from the sheet. The color patterns should then be transferred to the paper. You can punch holes in the finished eggs and hang them up or display them in a frame.
