Easter Crafts and Activities

Free Holiday Curriculum Ideas for Teachers and Homeschoolers

Easter art activities brighten lesson plans with curriculum for students that celebrates the traditional beginning of spring.

After a long, cold winter, elementary students will enjoy ushering in spring with some Easter related crafts.

Scratch Eggs

Content Areas: Art and Fine Motor Skills (Coloring, Painting, and Cutting)

Materials:

• White Construction Paper (at least 8 ½ X 11)
• Large Egg Stencils (approximately 7X10” but no larger than the construction paper provided)
• Crayons in Different Colors
• Newspaper
• Black Tempera Paint
• Paint Brushes
• Plastic Knives
• Scissors

Activities

• Cover student work space with newspapers.
• Have students cover an entire piece of white construction paper with different colors of thick crayon. Encourage students to make their colors very opaque and to overlap the different shades. Ask students to write their names on the back of the paper before going to the next step.
• Provide each student with black tempera paint and a brush. (Classroom Management Tip: Do not hand out the paint and brushes until each student has shown you his or her name on the back of the colored paper!)
• Ask students to paint a thick layer of black tempera paint that covers every bit of the colored paper.
• Put papers aside to dry.