Quick and Easy Easter Baskets

What you will need:  white paper lunch bags, tag board, hot glue gun, and watercolors.

 Step 1: Cut the paper bag down to 5 inches.

 Step Two: Cut two pieces of tag board for each paper bag - 4" x6" and 2" x 18".

 Step Three:  Hot glue the 4" x 6" piece to the bottom of the bag.  Next, hot glue the 2" x 18" piece to the inside of the bag as the handle.

 Step Four:  I set up each child's spot with the pre-made basket and watercolors.

I let them know that they can draw designs on the basket first, if they wish.

 

 Finished basket.

My kindergarten team hides six eggs per child.  We write their first and last name on each of their six eggs.  During the egg hunt -  they have to find their eggs.   Mrs. Mendoza (one of my colleagues) separates the eggs by color, putting the same candy in each specific color.  Then she tell her kindergartners to find their name on each of the six colors.  I love her method!!!  If a child has found only 5 eggs - it is easy to figure out what color is missing!  Genius!

Wonder-Full Easter Eggs

I love, love, love this idea from the Artful Parent.  Stickers and sharpies!  Yes! 

Go to the Artful Parent website for more ideas and instructions.  (Click on image or name)

I also adore these gorgeous eggs - the design is made with rubber bands!  

Go to the Purple Trail for instructions. 

This is one of my favorite ways of having children decorate an Easter Egg.  It is easy and the results stunning!  It only requires crepe paper.  For instructions go to First Palette.

There is nothing more endearing than felted eggs.  

Instructions can be found at Activity Village.

Transforming Eggs

This is a project from Mrs. Goodroe's kindergarten across the hall from me.  Each student is given an egg cut out to transform.  They then wrote the sentence, "It was an egg, now it is a . . .".  I thought they turned out so lovely!

Paper Bag Easter Baskets

This is a very easy and cheap way to make an Easter basket.  It does require you prepare the baskets for the children to decorate.   It does not take much time.  You will need brown lunch bags, tag board (or poster board), large construction paper cut in half lengthwise, things to decorate (I purchased Easter foam stickers at Michael's for half price.  I so rarely offer this kind of thing that they were thrilled.  I think the joy is in the peeling of the backing!)

Step One: ADULT PART Cut the brown bag to the height you desire.  I need each bag to hold at least 6 eggs for our Easter Egg Hunt (5 inches tall).

Step Two:  I cut poster board 2" x 20" strips for handles.

Step Three:  I hot glued the strips to the inside of the brown bag.

Step Four:  Cut 5" squares out of poster board.

Step Five:  Hot glue the bag to the square.

Step Six:  CHILD'S PART Using the lengthwise construction paper strip, cut fringe for grass.  I let the students chose what color they wanted or they could choose not to use it at all.

 

Step Seven:  Using a glue stick - rub a layer of glue on the paper bag.  Press the strip on to the bag, moving one side at a time.  (Press from inside the bag - the children did this so well!)

 Decorate with stickers and drawings.