Easter Crafts the Entire Family Can Enjoy

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Easter is certainly about searching for hidden colored eggs and dressing up in your Easter best. However, it can also be a time to get crafty -- dreaming up plenty of creative ways to decorate for and celebrate the holiday.

Many people think Easter crafts begin and end at coloring eggs. But there are many other clever ideas that can bring fun and whimsy to this special day.

Homemade Easter Bonnets

Supplies:

* foam soup bowls

* paper plates

* ribbon

* glue

* markers or crayons

Cut out the center of the paper plate and attach it to the bowl placed upside down, so that the bowl is the crown of the hat and the plate is the rim. Decorate with markers, ribbon and any other embellishments. Attach a piece of ribbon to serve as the strap.

Easter Lambs

Supplies:

* black construction paper

* cotton balls

* chalk

* glue

Trace a child's hand with the chalk on the black construction paper. Turn the hand so that the four fingers are facing down to form the lamb's legs and the thumb is the lamb's head. Have the child glue cotton balls to form the soft wool.

Bunny Headbands

Supplies:

* pink, white, and a neutral colored construction paper

* glue

* stapler

Cut out a strip of paper from the neutral colored construction paper, long enough to encircle a child's (or adult's) head. Staple to secure. Cut out rabbit ears from the pink and white paper. Make the white ears slightly smaller than the pink so that they can be glued on top of the pink to represent the inside of the rabbit's ear. Staple or glue the ears to the band.

Bunny Face

Supplies:

* small white paper plate

* cotton balls

* pink pipe cleaners

* markers

* glue

* white construction paper

Draw eyes, nose and a mouth on the center of the plate. Glue the pipe cleaners by the mouth to form whiskers. Cut out rabbit ears from the construction paper and attach to the back of the plate to be the bunny ears. Glue cotton balls to the plate to make the rabbit furry.