| Eggstra Special Activities | | | | go on a nature walk to collect materials for the nest. |
| With Easter just around the corner, it's time to start | | | | Once the nests are assembled, they make a great |
| thinking of a variety of preschool Easter crafts to help | | | | place to store and display decorated Easter eggs. |
| celebrate the season. Easter lends itself well to crafts, | | | | Here Comes Peter Cottontail... |
| since one of the main ways it's celebrated | | | | Another great subject for preschool Easter crafts is |
| contemporarily is by decorating eggs. | | | | the Easter bunny, seeing as how the bunny has |
| While these children may be a little too young for | | | | become the central image for the holiday, at least |
| preschool Easter crafts with real Easter eggs, plastic | | | | where children are concerned. |
| or play dough eggs make a great, less breakable | | | | In this craft, children create their own bunny masks |
| substitute. For the brave and the not so faint of heart, | | | | from paper plates. Give each child one paper plate |
| real eggs can be used however they must be | | | | with eye holes cut out. They can decorate their masks |
| hard-boiled first to avoid any broken eggs on the floor. | | | | with yarn or string for whiskers, pom poms for teeth, |
| If the idea of bringing eggs and dye into the preschool | | | | and construction paper or another paper plate cut in |
| classroom is a little too frightening, try making stained | | | | half and painted pink for the ears. Once they've |
| glass Easter eggs from contact paper or waxed | | | | finished decorating their masks, punch a hole in each |
| paper. Once the egg shapes have been cut out, | | | | side and use an elastic or piece of string to hold the |
| decorate the shape with tissue paper or construction | | | | mask in place around the child's head. |
| paper, glitter, or whatever else is in the craft supply | | | | Finally, here's a fun craft that helps to teach children |
| cupboard. If using waxed paper don't forget to use a | | | | about the way plants grow called "Bunny in the Grass". |
| little glue to get the tissue paper the stick. | | | | To begin, each child will need a small pot or cup filled |
| Or try this craft which involves eggs made from | | | | with potting soil. Sprinkle a small amount of grass |
| coffee filters. Cut out a number of egg shapes from | | | | seeds into the pot and cover the seeds with a thin |
| coffee filters and give a few to each child. The | | | | layer of soil. |
| children are to decorate their eggs using spray bottles | | | | For the next part of these presechool Easter crafts, |
| filled with watered-down paint for a nice tie-dyed | | | | children will create a bunny from a craft stick. They |
| effect. They can also decorate the eggs with markers | | | | can decorate the bunny with felt ears, googly eyes, a |
| and then spray the eggs with water from a spray | | | | pom pom note, and yarn whiskers. Place the craft |
| bottle for a similar design result. | | | | stick in the pot and set the pots near a sunny window |
| Natural Nest | | | | to allow the grass to grow. In a few weeks, the |
| For a more offbeat Easter craft, try this one where | | | | bunny's garden will be green with grass. Give a prize |
| the kids make bird's nests from real mud, sticks, twigs, | | | | to the child who grows the most grass, and the tallest |
| and other things found outside. If the weather permits, | | | | blade of grass. |