25 Easter Play, Craft and Learning Activities for Kids
Oskar's Wooden Ark | March 10, 2022
Easter is a special time of the year that excites us all - filled with vibrant colours, fluffy bunnies, and most importantly - chocolate! It's also a wonderful time of year to partake in some Easter-inspired play, craft and learning activities with your children. In this post, we have 25 egg-cellent ideas for you and your little ones to try at home this Easter!
If you're feeling inspired by these ideas and try any of them at home with your family, please share it with us on Facebook and Instagram, making sure to tag us @oskarswoodenark and using the hashtag #OWAEASTER.
1. DIY Easter Tic Tac Toe
Decorate some pebbles with your Kitpas Art Crayons before drawing up a Tic Tac Toe board on some scrap paper or cardboard. Grab a friend and you're good to go!
Helpful Hint: Spray some hairspray over your finished design to avoid smudging.
2. Egg Shell Rainbow Painting
Create an impressive and colourful artwork using egg shells. Simply, break up your egg shells, then use glue to secure the remnants on a piece of cardboard in your desired shape - Jen picked a rainbow of course! Next, use your Stockmar Watercolour Paint Set to colour in the egg shells how you please.
3. Invitation to Create and Decorate Easter Eggs with Loose Parts
As we know, the ways to incorporate loose parts into play time is truly endless and Easter-themed play is no exception. Just take a look at some of the ideas below on how you can create your own Easter eggs using Grapat Loose Parts.
Helpful Hint: For some more loose parts play inspiration, check out our 20 Printable Play Mats.
4. Easter Window Art with Kitpas
Get out those Kitpas Art Crayons and let your imagination run wild as you create a beautiful Easter window art display!
5. Decorate Erzi Wooden Easter Eggs with Kitpas Crayons
If you have some Erzi Wooden Eggs floating around, why not take some time to decorate them using your Kitpas Art Crayons?
Helpful Hint: Coat the eggs in corn flour after you have finished decorating them to avoid the crayons from smudging.
6. Easter Obstacle Course
Get creative and set up an obstacle course at home for your little ones to navigate their way through. MOOV Baby products and a Wobbel Board are a good starting point! The best thing about this activity is it can be set-up indoors or outdoors, and you can change the arrangement to keep it exciting.
7. Egg Dying with Okonorm Natural Egg Dye
An inexpensive and fun activity to do right at home! Simply use the Okonorm Natural Egg Dye to give your plain-Jane eggs a colourful new look!
8. Sarah's Silks Bunny Balloon (Keepy Uppy Game)
The classic game every child adores, but with an Easter twist! Simply tie a Sarah's Silk around a balloon, give it a face and you've got yourself a bunny to join in on the fun! Remember, don't let him touch the floor!
9. Easter Egg Hunts with Grapat Eggs and Erzi Eggs
Easter egg hunts are fun for all ages! And what's more fun than using the Erzi and Grapat Eggs that will can be used for many Easter holidays to come! Remember to bring an Olli Ella Basket with you to put your findings in.
10. Create an Easter Small World
Transport yourself into a magical land of woodland wonders filled with hopping rabbits, chirping chickens and anything else you can imagine!
11. Easter Bunny Table Decoration
For this cutesy table decoration, all you need is a wine glass stuffed with a Sarah's Silk or Mercurius Tissue Paper (the colour you want your rabbit to be), some recycled cardboard and of course your Kitpas Art Crayons to give your friend a face! Feel free to add some embellishments such as a Sarah's Silks Garland for some extra flare!
12. Create an Easter-themed Flat-lay
Invite your little ones to get artistic with a flat-lay creation using their Grapat Loose Parts, Grimm's Wooden Toys and anything else they desire. Just take a look at some of the wonderful creations that Ruth and her children have brought to life below!
13. Build an Easter Maze
The perfect game to play as a group, or by oneself! Use your collection of building blocks to create a maze. Scatter some Grapat Eggs at various parts throughout the maze to collect along the way. For an extra challenge, incorporate maths problems like Allie's children have done in the images below.
Helpful Hint: If you're stuck on how to design a maze, copy an example from an activity book.
14. Easter Sun Catcher
Sun catchers are the perfect way to brighten up any window and are so simple to make your very own at home with everyday materials!
Helpful Hint: Check out our DIY Sun Catcher Step-by-Step Guide.
15. Easter Egg Salt Painting
For this crafty activity, you will need some paper, Stockmar Watercolour Paints, School Glue, salt and a pen. Have your little artist draw an Easter egg design on the paper before outlining it with the glue. Sprinkle salt over the glue and then watch them become mesmerised as they colour the salt in with their watercolour paints!
16. Watercolour Easter Cards
Use your Stockmar Watercolour Paints to make your very own Easter cards for your loved ones.
17. Early Learning Activities with Grapat Rainbow Eggs
The Grapat Rainbow Eggs are the perfect resource for some home learning activities for the youngest of learners. Use them for activities such as counting and colour sorting to bring more fun to educational play!
Helpful Hint: Check out our Home Learning Guide for more information and ideas.
Addition & Subtraction
Counting with Kontu
Colour Matching & Sorting
18. Guess What's Hiding in the Mader Egg Game
Hide some goodies of your choosing in the Mader Half Hollow Egg, pass it around and each have a guess at what's in it - the winner gets to keep whatever is inside!
20. Wipeable Easter Eggs
Grab some recycled cardboard cut into the shape of an Easter egg before coating it in Modpodge and leaving it to dry. You can now use your Kitpas Art Crayons to draw different designs on your egg that can be easily wiped off when you're ready to draw something new.
21. Easter Egg Ball Run (Kaden Egg Delivery)
Help the Easter Bunny deliver his eggs on time by building him a ball run to transport the eggs!
Helpful Hint: Check out our Ball Run Play Guide for some guidance and inspiration on building a ball run.
22. Nature Easter Eggs
Grab your Olli Ella Basket and venture out into the garden to collect some foliage and flowers for your creation. Head back inside and use your Kitpas Art Crayons to draw an Easter egg design on some recycled cardboard. Take your time arranging and gluing your flowery-finds onto the cardboard and watch your Easter nature creation come to life!
Linda Fulton for @oskarswoodenark
23. Hot Cross Building Blocks
Calling all shop keepers and bakers! Did you know you can make some delicious looking Hot Cross Buns with your Building Blocks and playdough or DAS Modelling Clay?
24. Rubbing Textured 2D Easter Eggs and Basket
Using some scrap paper, draw and colour in an Easter basket for your eggs. Next, place a piece of paper with your egg templates on a texture surface (such as bubble wrap or a larger piece of Lego) and then colour them in with your Kitpas Art Crayons for some unique egg designs. Cut out your Easter eggs and pile them into your basket!
25. Build a KAPLA Easter Character
Give yourself the ultimate KAPLA building challenge by building one of the Easter characters below!
Easter Chick
Easter Bunny
Easter Products from Oskar's Wooden Ark
At Oskar's Wooden Ark, we stock a gorgeous range of captivating products perfect for Easter. Whether you're looking for gift ideas for your loved ones or some crafty DIY activities, we have everything you need for a wonder-filled family Easter!
