This document provides 30 ideas for celebrating Easter with kids, including making pom-pom chicks, decorating cupcakes, singing songs, going on a daisy walk, decorating Easter bonnets and baskets, hiding and finding eggs, painting eggs, decorating trees, learning about spring baby animals, and making felt bunnies. The ideas incorporate arts and crafts, outdoor activities, baking, and traditions from different places to engage kids in celebrating Easter.

1. 30 ideas for Easter
with the kids.
Thanks to all the folks at Flickr who posted pics under a Creative Commons Attribution licence

2. See what different words people
use: Easter by Bix at http://
www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/
716700/Easter

3. What does a chick need in order to thrive? Hot Chick by JOEM500

4. Make a pom-pom chick: Chicks by Migraine Chick

5. Take some crazy chick pics: Chicks by Dominic Pics

6. Decorate a cupcake:
happy easter 2008 by
love janine

7. Use licorice laces for a basket handle:
Easter Egg Cupcake by cd.harrison

8. Roll marzipan simnel cake balls: Time for tea by Eljay

9. Sing “hot cross buns”: Buns by tico24

10. Sew felt, roll modelling clay, squish salt-dough, scrunch paper: Hot Cross Buns by Miso-Onigiri

11. Practice piping skills: Lamb Cake by tracyhunter

12. Pom-pom: lamb by Andagi

13. Talk about twins: lamb fight by the sea the sea

14. Go on a daffodil walk:
Easter Parade by
Seamus Murray

15. In German, they’re: “Easter Bells”. Think
up a descriptive name of your own:
Daffodil Illumination Expert by Jesus
Presley

16. Make a display with
something in the air,
something on the ground and
something below ground:
IMG_4021 by Toast to Life

17. Decorate an Easter bonnet: IMG_1809 by wax and feathers

18. Make an Easter basket: IMG_3649 by Toast to Life

19. Hide & find eggs: Easter Egg Hunter by makelessnoise

20. Set out your own market stall: Easter Eggs by celesteh

21. Paint: Easteregg by Pingu1963

22. Experiment with wax and cold tea staining: Easter by Dainis Matisons

23. Try something intricate: easter eggs by lizjones112

24. Is Easter weather hot, or cold? White Easter by unukorno

25. Decorate a tree outside or
some twigs indoors:
easter tree by lizjones112

26. How does your town
celebrate? Hannover in
Easter mode by Eirik Newth

27. Find out why springtime is a good time to see baby animals: Bunny by Ben Goodwyn

28. Can you? Spot the Bunny by Afroswede

29. Make a simple bunny:
feltbunny by spare organ

30. What might this rabbit want to say to you?
everybody loves them bunnies by
notsogoodphotography

31. Happy Easter!
Thanks again to all the folks at Flickr who posted pics under a Creative Commons Attribution licence