Looking for fun and simple Easter crafts to make for or with the kids this year?
Try these Easter crafts at home for fun or during your Easter Party

Crunch Easter Baskets
2 cups butterscotch chips
1 (12 ounce) package chow mein noodles
Jelly Beans
Microwave the butterscotch chips in a microwave-safe bowl on High until melted, stirring at 15-second intervals. put melted butterscotch chips over the noodles in a large bowl, tossing with a wooden spoon until well coated. Let cool slightly. Shape by hand into 1/4-cup stacks and place on a cookie sheet or waxed paper. Make small indention in the middle of the stack. Let cool completely. Fill stacks with jelly beans.
Yield 2 dozen crunchy baskets
May use chocolate chips for Wood Stacks or white chocolate chips for Birch Stacks.

Make Rice Krispie Treats using Kellogg’s Razzle Dazzle Rice Krispies. let the mixture cool slightly and shape into 3-inch eggs. These make yummy Easter eggs.

Growing Easter Baskets
Supplies:
Empty 1/2 gal. Milk Cartons
Potting Soil
Grass Seed (fast growing if you have it)
Stuff to Decorate Carton
Take empty milk cartons, cut down to 4-5″ high. Can cover with contact paper or construction paper and decorate. Fill 2/3 full with potting soil, the generously cover with grass seed. Have children water daily; grass should grow in about 4-7 days. With remaining carton, cut a handle to staple to the basket. Fill with decorated eggs.

Egg Carton Bunny
Materials Needed:
Egg Carton
Cotton Balls – regular size
Black thread
Scissors
Ruler
Beads, small buttons, or pom-poms
Pink and white pipe cleaners
Pink yarn
Glue
1. With adult supervision, cut one cup from egg carton
2. Glue cotton ball on each of the cups’ four corners to make feet
3. Turn cup over with open side down and glue cotton ball on back for tail.
4. Use beads, small buttons or pom-poms and glue in place for eyes and nose
5. Cut black thread into 1-inch pieces. Glue thread under nose to create whiskers.
6. Glue pink yarn below nose for the mouth.
7. Cut two three-inch sections of white pipe cleaner and two two-inch sections of pink pipe cleaner.
8. Take one white and one pink pipe cleaner, place and gently bend. Be sure the pink is on the inside of the ear. Poke holes on top of “bunny” and insert pipe cleaners to form ears.
With a little imagination and ingenuity, you can create a whole bunny family. Make one for each person and use as a decoration for each place setting.

Egg Decorating
Supplies:
Hard Boiled Eggs
Markers
Pass out hard boiled eggs to everyone at the table. Have each person draw a feature on the egg with felt tip markers. Continue passing the eggs until each egg has a face (eyes, cheeks, nose, mouth, ears, moles, eyelashes, chin, freckles, etc.).

Rabbit Head Bands
Supplies:
Construction Paper
Glue
Cut out a strap long enough to fit around a child’s head. Cut rabbit ears, using white and pink construction paper. Glue or staple onto the strap, and make it into a head band.