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Crafts for Big Kids Hello and welcome to the Kids Craft Weekly Easter Crafts for Big Kids page! Are you looking for some fun Easter crafts for school-age children? Well look no further. These simple craft ideas have been dreamed up especially for older kids and have been comprehensively tested on my daughter and her school-friends! If you're after something for a younger child you might like to check out my list of Easy Easter Craft Ideas. If you like these ideas, you might want to subscribe to my free email newsletter. Each newsletter contains a selection of craft ideas – organised by theme – that are cheap, educational, child-friendly and fun.You can check out all the previous issues of Kids Craft Weekly on the newsletters page.
Older kids will have a blast making these cute little chicks. It's a lovely idea to pop a small chocolate egg under each of them to create a super cute Easter gift for special friends. We used our brand new pom pom maker for this craft. Pom Pom makers are small plastic forks that make pom pom creation quick and easy. They're very cheap (our one cost $2.00) so if you enjoy crafting with yarn I strongly recommend that you purchase one. If you can't locate one, make your pom poms by using circles of cardboard with the centres cut out – detailed instructions can be found here. You will need • yellow wool • a pom pom maker (or cardboard, tape and scissors) • scissors • small googly eyes • scraps of felt for beak • an egg • cardboard Directions 1. Carefully break open an egg (save the contents for later) and wash the two egg shell halves with warm water and detergent. When they're dry, glue the eggshell halves onto squares of cardboard so that they stand up.  2. Set to work making two pom-poms.  3. Trim pom poms so that they fit into the shell.  4. Glue on eyes and beaks and pop the chickadees into the eggshells. 
These little bunnies are so cute we could barely keep our dirty fingertips off them. They're a little bit fiddley to put together so it's a good one for ages seven and up. Children of all ages, however, will appreciate their undeniable bunny charm! You will need • matchbox • two paddlepop sticks (pop sticks) • white glue • acrylic paint and brushes • scissors • white pipecleaner • permanent marker • cotton wool ball or pom pom Directions 1. Cut one of the pop sticks in half to make bunny ears. Cut the ends off the other pop stick to make little bunny feet.  2. Glue the feet to inside of the matchbox tray, and glue the ears to the matchbox cover.  3. When the glue is dry, paint the matchbox white. Then paint or draw on some bunny features.  4. Pierce a hole through the matchbox, from one side to the other, using a skewer or some scissors. Then cut two pipecleaner arms and thread them through the holes. Then glue on a cotton wool ball tail.  6. Our bunny invited a friend over for afternoon tea so I treated them both to a white chocolate egg – yum! 
These beautiful Easter decorations, made using real egg shells, look fantastic on the table or sideboard in the lead-up to Easter. Seven-year-old Ella loved the challenge of working with the delicate egg shells and fine tissue paper to create an unusual texture. You will need • some real eggs • sticky tape • coloured tissue paper • scissors • white glue • water • glitter • paint brush Directions 1. Carefully crack open the eggs and save their contents for later – I see a cake in your future! Wash the insides of the egg shells using detergent and warm water.  2. Once the egg shells are dry, piece them back together and keep them firmly in place with some well-placed sticky tape.  3. In a small plastic container mix a good glob of white glue with an equal amount of water. Stir well and then mix in some glitter. Any glitter will work but super-fine glitter will look best.  4. Cut your coloured tissue paper into small squares, then start gluing them onto the egg using the glitter glue mixture. Fingers will get sticky so it's a good idea to keep a damp washcloth on hand.  5. Once the eggs have been covered in tissue paper pieces, balance them on a small plastic container or cookie cutter to allow them to dry.  6. It may take a while for them to dry completely but once they do, they'll look absolutely stunning.  |
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