Whether you need something for the kids to present to grandparents or want to have a craft option available while Easter dinner prep concludes, this easy Paper Easter Egg Wreath is perfect. With just the printable paper template, scissors, glue, and a coloring option (markers, crayons, or colored pencils) required, it’s a simple project that kids can do alone or with an adult.
Easter Egg Wreath Craft for Kids
This fun wreath craft lets your littles’ creative lights shine, and each outcome will be a unique décor piece to keep at home or share with friends, family, or neighbors. Toddlers can handle the coloring portion independently and then partner with an older child or adult for the scissor work. For kids preschool age and up, the cutting portion of the task is a great way to keep those fine motor skills sharp while school is out for spring break this April.
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Craft Supplies Needed for the Paper Easter Egg Wreath
- Color and Cut Paper Easter Egg Wreath Template
- White and colored cardstock
- Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
- Scissors
- Gluestick
Directions for the Easter Egg Wreath
Let the creative juices flow to choose and apply your egg and bow colors, then cut them out along with the wreath circle. Arrange the eggs on the circle until you’re happy with the look, then glue them down one at a time, adding the bow at the center bottom as the finishing touch.
- Download and Print the Color and Cut Paper Easter Egg Wreath Template
Our Easter Egg Wreath Template is available in our Teachers Pay Teachers shop! After purchasing the template, download it to your device and then print it on white cardstock. If desired, print the wreath frame and bow on colored cardstock. We printed our bow template on pink cardstock and our wreath frame on green cardstock.
- Color the Easter Egg Template
Use markers, crayons, or colored pencils to color in the Easter eggs! We used our favorite Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils. The Easter egg patterns are large and easy for small hands to color, but we’ve also included a blank egg template (no patterns).
- Cut the Templates
Use scissors to cut apart the Easter eggs, wreath frame, and bow.
- Put the Craft Together
Now that you have all the pieces cut, it’s time to put the Easter Egg Wreath together! Use a glue stick to secure the paper Easter eggs to the wreath base. When you are finished, glue the paper bow to the bottom of the wreath.
- Your Easter Egg Wreath is Finished
Your paper Easter Egg Wreath craft is complete. Use tape to hang the wreath to the refrigerator, a door, or your classroom!
Large Group Crafting Tips
Are you planning to make this craft with your class, after-school program, or day camp program?
- Know your numbers. How many people have you invited? How many of each item—paper templates, glue sticks, markers—will you need? Assess your art supplies and determine if you have enough or need to buy anything before your event.
- Print templates ahead. Don’t wait until guests have arrived to start printing the required pieces. Print ahead of time to ensure you have enough ink or toner, the desired paper weights and colors, and enough copies.
- Consider participant ages. Are all the crafters in a similar age and ability range? If not, you may need to tailor aspects of the craft to eliminate potential frustrations for very young children, or offer a way to enhance the craft enough to challenge older, more experienced crafters. For the paper Easter egg wreath, consider extending egg decorating options with glitter, small plastic gems, or a real ribbon instead of a paper one.
- Where will you work? Are you having the event outside or inside? Do you have enough table space and chairs? If the event is outside and it’s windy or rainy, what’s your backup plan?
- Longevity. Is there a way to give this unique craft staying power for more than a season? Consider laminating each participant’s project so it lasts for many Easters to come.
Take it Further
Keep reading for some fun enrichment ideas!
- Challenge kids to identify patterns on the eggs—are the pre-printed lines repetitive and predictable, or random?
- Ask the kids whether the colors they chose for their eggs kept repetitive patterns intact, or made them random.
- Add some new vocabulary words for older elementary students—what does concentric mean? Do they know other words for egg-shaped? (i.e., ovoid, oval, elliptical, ovate, oviform)
- Math/counting opportunity: How many eggs were on the template? How many did the child use? If some were left over, can the child create a number bond showing the total number and its component parts?
- Did the child assemble the wreath like the example project? If not, have the child tell about the artistic choices made, and why.
- Pair this craft with an Easter book such as The Easter Egg by Jann Brett.
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Paper Easter Egg Wreath
Just in time for Easter, learn how to make an easy and fun Paper Easter Egg Wreath! It's perfect for home or school.
Materials
- Color and Cut Paper Easter Egg Wreath template
- White and colored cardstock
- Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
- Gluestick
Tools
- Scissors
Instructions
- Download and print the color and cut Paper Easter Egg Wreath template. If desired, print the wreath frame and bow on colored cardstock.
- Color the Easter Egg template with markers, crayons, or colored pencils.
- Use scissors to cut apart the Easter eggs, wreath frame, and bow.
- Use a glue stick to secure the paper Easter eggs to the wreath base. When you are finished, glue the paper bow to the bottom of the wreath.
- Your paper Easter Egg Wreath craft is complete. Use tape to hang the wreath to the refrigerator, a door, or your classroom!
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