Easter Recipes & DIY Crafts to Do with Your Kids 🐰

Fun, simple, and kid-approved ideas for the Easter holidays

Easter means spending more time with your little ones, whether it’s baking for the whānau or filling the day with creative fun. If you're looking for easy, low-fuss ways to entertain the kids this Easter break, we’ve got you covered with a delicious recipe and a cheerful DIY craft that are perfect for getting stuck in together.

Let's get cooking! 

Get the kids busy in the kitchen! Whether you're prepping treats for Sunday lunch or looking for an afternoon activity, this easy and tasty recipe is a winner with little hands and big appetites.

👩‍🍳 Try This: Cute Easter Cookies

These fun-shaped cookies from Chelsea Sugar are easy to make, super cute, and perfect for decorating with your tamariki. Let them get creative with icing, sprinkles, or little chocolate eggs.

Pro Tip:

• Make it a learning moment by letting your kids help measure the ingredients.
• Set up a decorating station with icing in piping bags or ziplock bags with the corner snipped off.

🎨 It's craft time! - Egg Carton Flowers

An eco-friendly Easter activity for kids of all ages!

Looking for hands-on fun this Easter? These DIY flowers are simple enough for preschoolers but creative enough for older kids too. Plus, you’ll be giving a second life to those empty egg cartons!

🌸 What You’ll Need:

• An empty cardboard egg carton
• Child-safe paint (spring colours like pink, yellow, purple, blue)
• Paintbrushes or sponges
• Scissors
• Pipe cleaners (green preferred, for stems)
• Small beads, buttons, or pom-poms (for flower centres)
• Glue
• A pencil or something to poke holes

Instructions:

Step 1: Cut the Egg Cups (Parents to prep)

• Cut the egg carton into individual cups—each one becomes a flower.
• Trim the edges of each cup into petal shapes (round, pointed, or fringed).
• For layered flowers, glue one cup inside another.

Step 2: Paint the Flowers

• Let your child paint the cups however they like! Pastels, patterns, or even rainbow flowers—let creativity bloom.
• Let them dry completely (about 15–30 mins).

Step 3: Add the Centre

• Glue a bead, button, pom-pom, or rolled-up paper into the middle of the flower for a cute finishing touch.

Step 4: Attach the Stem

• Poke a small hole in the bottom of the cup.
• Thread a pipe cleaner through and twist it inside to hold (or glue it if needed).

Step 5: Display Your Blooms!

• Pop your flowers into a vase, recycled jar, or foam block for a bright Easter display.

 Tips:

• Add paper or felt leaves to the pipe cleaner stem.
• Turn it into a Mother's Day bouquet by adding a handwritten note to a leaf.
• Decorate with glitter glue, stickers, or sequins to make them sparkle.

✨ Wrap-Up

Whether you're whipping up cookies or crafting colourful flowers, these Easter activities are all about connection, creativity and fun! They’re easy, affordable, and make for beautiful memories (and maybe a bit of a mess, but that’s part of the fun too!).

Let us know if you try any of these at home we’d love to see your creations! 🐣💕

Article added: Thursday 10 April