Egg Carton Recycled Easter Crafts

After you boil all your Easter eggs what do you do with the egg carton? The possibilities are endless! I am going to show you a few ideas for recycled and eco-friendly Easter crafts, including a flower, a bunny rabbit, a cat, and a caterpillar.

Flower

Cut out one of the cups from the egg carton. Every egg carton has a slightly different shape but you should get a flower-like shape after cutting. You may have to cut it a bit more to form the petals.

Use a sharp instrument to poke two holes at the bottom of the flower. Then you will thread a chenille stem through one hole and back out the other hole.

Twist the two ends together to form the stem.

My daughter painted the flower and glued a pom pom in the middle. This is the finished product:

Caterpillar

Cut the egg carton down the middle lengthwise to make this caterpillar. You can add more cups to make it longer. Let your kids have fun painting and decorating it!

Cat

For the cat you will need two cups - one for the head and one for the body/legs. Make sure to cut the legs to be the same length otherwise it won't stand.

For the head you use another cup and you may have to cut and shape the ears.

Glue or staple the head and legs together.

Let your child paint the cat, add eyes, whiskers, tail, and any other accessories.

Rabbit

The rabbit is the same as the cat except the ears are longer.

Paint it, add eyes, whiskers, a pom pom tail and anything else your child wants!

Free Easter Lacing Cards

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Lacing is a great activity for young children to help develop fine motor skills, concentration, and hand-eye coordination. Try it out with these 3 Easter themed lacing cards!

Print the cards out, then laminate them and cut out the picture along the dashed lines. (If you don't have a laminator you could glue them to a thin cardboard like a cereal box). Then use a hole puncher to punch holes where indicated. For young children I suggest starting with the egg or the chick as those are easier. For older children you can add challenge by punching extra holes in between the holes that are already there.

Give your child a shoe lace, or a piece of yarn that is reinforced by tape at the end. Tip: to make it easier you can add a bigger piece of tape at the end, as big as 1 or 2 inches to form the lacing "needle". Enjoy!

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Free Easter Playdough Mats

There is something so irresistibly fun about playdough. Try out these Easter Playdough Mats for some simple activities that your kids will love! Great for creativity, logic, fine motor skills and color recognition. Just print and laminate and your child can use them again and again.

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These FREE Easter Playdough mats include 6 designs featuring an Easter bunny, Easter eggs, basket and bunny maze. Our favorite way to use playdough mats is to laminate them, so they can be reused. This is the laminator that I have used for years and highly recommend.

For more playdough mats, see our Summer, Fall, Winter and Christmas mats!

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35 Free Easter Printables for Kids

If you enjoy printables you have come to the right place! I have collected 35 of the best Free Easter printables and printable packs for kids. I did all the hard work for you, so bookmark this page and it can be your one-stop site for Free Easter printables!

Easter Printable Packs

Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Learning Pack for Tots & PreK by Totschooling
Easter Egg Pack for PreK & K by This Reading Mama
Easter Do-a-Dot Printables by Gift of Curiosity
Easter Printable Pack by 3 Dinosaurs
Easter Resurrection Pack by 3 Dinosaurs
Easter Worksheets for Kids by Itsy Bitsy Fun
Easter Printable Pack for PreK & K by Itsy Bitsy Fun
Easter File Folder Games by Itsy Bitsy Fun
Easter Pre-K Pack by Over the Big Moon
Easter Activity Book by Happy and Blessed Home

Easter Hands-On Printable Activities

Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Eggs Sight Word Matching by Totschooling
Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Bunny Number Matching by Totschooling
Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Lacing Cards by Totschooling
Easter Peep Lacing Cards by From ABCs to ACTs
Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Playdough Mats by Totschooling
Easter & Sring Playdough Mats by This Reading Mama
Easter Playdough Mats by Golden Reflections Blog
Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Basket Math Game by Totschooling
Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Picture & Word Tracing by Totschooling
Easter Egg Scissor Skills Pack by This Reading Mama
Easter Scissor Cutting Sheets by Makeovers and Motherhood
Easter Egg Color Grading by Gift of Curiosity
Easter Egg Memory & Matching by Powerful Mothering
Egg Pals Cut & Paste Printable Craft by Kids Activities Blog
Pin the Tail on the Bunny by From ABCs to ACTs
Easter File Folder Game by The Measured Mom

Easter Printable Coloring Pages

Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Q-Tip Painting Printables by Totschooling
Easter Coloring Pages by Itsy Bitsy Fun
Easter Coloring Pages by Gift of Curiosity
Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Egg Hunt Alphabet Game by Totschooling
Beginning Letter Sounds Egg Hunt by This Reading Mama
Easter Printable Masks by Itsy Bitsy Fun
Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Scavenger Hunt Printable by Artsy Momma
Easter Coloring Page Placemats by See Vanessa Craft
Printable Easter Eggs by Picklebums
Bunnies & Eggs Coloring by 1+1+1=1
25 Free Easter Coloring Pages by Kids Activities Blog

Easter Fun & Games with Printables

Easter Bingo Game by Crazy Little Projects
Don't Eat the Peep Easter Game by Thirty Handmade Days
ABC Easter Egg Hunt and Stamp by Playdough to Plato

Free Easter Basket Matching Game

The next fabulous blogger in my guest post series is Deborah from Mommy Crusader and Her Knights and Ladies. She is mommy to five young children, and blogs about kid's activities, crafts, parenting and even creates free printables like the one she is sharing today! You can find a lot of great ideas for preschool educational activities, such as C is for Counting, D is for Dots and E is for Equals, all of which include free printables, so definitely check them out!

I’m so excited to be guest posting for Totschooling today. Educating my little ones is something I take rather seriously, and Totschooling is a great blog that gathers fabulous resources for parents who work on educating their toddlers and preschoolers. Today, I am sharing a Math activity geared for three to five year olds. We had a lot of fun with it, and I hope you do too.

Easter Basket Matching – One to One Correlation Math Activity

Who doesn’t love to go Easter egg hunting? I know my children love to, so I thought I’d make a Math card game based on an Easter egg hunt. The game is based on the classic card game war, but with a slight twist.

Setup:

Print out the cards here: Easter Matching Game (Cardstock is best, it makes them easier to shuffle and easier for little hands to handle.)

Shuffle the cards and deal them all out.

Play:

The youngest player goes first. Everyone turns over their top card and the player examines the cards to see if there is a match. If there is a match, that player keeps the match and has another turn. Any cards that aren't part of a match are discarded. Continue until there is a round with no matches.

Move to the next player. They play the same as the first player, with everyone turning over their top card and the player examining them to see if there is a match. This player keeps all matches and discards any non-matching cards. This player keeps playing until there is a round with no matches.

When any player runs out of cards, shuffle the discard pile and re-deal the cards to the players.

Continue the game until every card has been matched.

This game is really helpful for little ones who are working on one-to-one correlation and also very helpful for number recognition. They also really like it because they can win. My preschooler considers the game a 'win' whenever she gets a match.

Deborah is the Mommy behind Mommy Crusader and Her Knights and Ladies. The name of her website was chosen because her children are always playing princess and knight, and sometimes being a mommy feels like a crusade. She has five children, 10 and under, and one awesome and supportive husband. With her bachelor’s degree in Interpersonal Communication, she writes about parenting tips and fun kid’s activities and crafts with a focus on preschool learning activities. Check her out at MommyCrusader.com.

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Easter Picture & Word Tracing Printables

My daughter has really been intro tracing letters lately, so to encourage her interest, I created a set of Easter themed tracing printables. This is a fun way to practice handwriting and fine motor skills while getting ready for Easter. Trace the word, then trace the picture and color it in!

This Free Easter Tracing printable set includes 4 different designs: a rabbit, an egg, a basket and a cross, in both upper case and lower case letters.

This is a no-prep activity - just print and give to your child. However, if you laminate the sheets or put them in page protectors, they can be wiped and reused over and over again.

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For more handwriting practice that includes reading and tracing CVC words, see our CVC Word & Picture Tracing Cards.

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Easter Egg Hunt Alphabet Game & Free Printable

Egg hunts are one of our favorite things to do around Easter. To add extra educational value, I came up with this printable activity where children can practice letter recognition and handwriting skills while hunting for eggs.

This FREE printable Easter alphabet game can be played in different ways depending on your child's age and skill level.

1. Using a permanent marker, write each letter of the alphabet on 26 plastic eggs. Hide them outside or around the house or classroom. Each time an egg is found, the child reads the letter that is written on the egg. Then the child finds the matching letter on the printable and either traces the letter, places a dot with a dot marker, or covers the letter with a token. Repeat until all eggs are found!

2. Instead of a traditional egg hunt, children can simply use the printable to trace all the letters or mark them with a dot marker while reading them aloud. 

3. The printable can also be used with smaller eggs or candy. Write the alphabet on each piece and have the child place the pieces directly on the sheet over the matching letters.

If you have any other ideas on how to play, leave a comment!

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This Easter Egg Hunt alphabet game is part of our Alphabet Games Bundle, a set of 15 unique, hands-on printable ABC games.

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Easter Egg Q-Tip Painting with Free Printable

Painting and decorating Easter eggs is a fun tradition that all kids enjoy. Why not try this unique twist on painting eggs that also enhances your child's fine motor skills, using q-tips instead of a brush!

I have included an easier and a harder version of this printable, because painting with q-tips can be quite challenging. The easier version can also be used for kids to create their own designs in the white spaces.

Click the links below to Download your Free Easter Egg Q-Tip Painting Printable:

Regular Version (dots covering entire egg)

Easier Version (less dots)

You might also enjoy Q-Tip Painting Printables for Earth Day, Valentine's Day, Christmas and Alphabet themed!

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Jelly Bean Learning Printables for Kids

Jelly beans are popular Easter treats this time of year, and their versatility make them perfect for learning activities. I created a set of free Jelly bean printables for kids to practice a variety of math, literacy, and fine motor skills.

Here is what's included in this set:

-Sorting by Color
-Graphing by color
-Counting 1-10
-Addition
-Patterns
-Number recognition
-J is for Jelly Bean
-Find & Cover the letter J
-Easter egg decorating

The majority of these printables are not colored in and meant to be customized, because each pack of jelly beans comes with slightly different colors.

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Easter Bunny Paw Prints Number Matching

Here is a fun Easter activity to help with number recognition. This activity encourages counting, as well as recognizing numbers and number words.

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This FREE Easter printable consists of 12 bunny paw prints, with 3 toes on each paw. The object of the activity is for the child to match the number, number word, and dot representation to the correct paw print. Each paw print has a certain number of bunnies. The child will count the bunnies and then match the correct toes on the paw.

You can add to your Easter counting fun with these Free Printable Easter Egg counting and Math activities. You can also find some Easter counting Play Dough mats inside this 59 printable pack here to add more chances for number recognition practice!

Instructions for use:

Print and laminate the toes (the ovals with the dotted lines). Add Velcro dots to the back of the toes and the top of the paws to help them stick better.

Ways to play:

1. Paws can be cut out individually and laminated to create cards for matching. 
2. Or they can be added to a file folder to create a file folder matching activity. You can put one on each page on the inside and then one on the back of the folder to include all three pages on the file folder.

Expanded uses for the printable:

• Print and laminate the paws themselves to use as counting cards. The child can count the number of bunnies on each paw and place them in numerical order.
• Cut out and laminate the paw prints to the ground to create a path for the kids to follow in a fun game of follow the numbers.

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Meet Becka:
I'm a homeschooling mother of 3 who loves being creative. Miniature Masterminds is the blog where I share my knowledge from years of Early Childhood Education classes and past experience working with young children in the classroom, as well as being my much needed creative outlet. I love sharing free printable activities, crafts, and ideas to help others in their work with young children. Miniature Masterminds also showcases the activities I do with my preschool daughter, elementary school age son, and middle school daughter in our home education journey.

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Free Printable Easter Egg counting and Math activities. You can also find some Easter counting Play Dough mats inside this 59 printable pack here to add more chances for number recognition practice!

Instructions for use:

Print and laminate the toes (the ovals with the dotted lines). Add Velcro dots to the back of the toes and the top of the paws to help them stick better.

Ways to play:

1. Paws can be cut out individually and laminated to create cards for matching. 
2. Or they can be added to a file folder to create a file folder matching activity. You can put one on each page on the inside and then one on the back of the folder to include all three pages on the file folder.

Expanded uses for the printable:

• Print and laminate the paws themselves to use as counting cards. The child can count the number of bunnies on each paw and place them in numerical order.
• Cut out and laminate the paw prints to the ground to create a path for the kids to follow in a fun game of follow the numbers.

Click Here to Download your FREE Easter Bunny Paw Prints Number Match

Meet Becka:
I'm a homeschooling mother of 3 who loves being creative. Miniature Masterminds is the blog where I share my knowledge from years of Early Childhood Education classes and past experience working with young children in the classroom, as well as being my much needed creative outlet. I love sharing free printable activities, crafts, and ideas to help others in their work with young children. Miniature Masterminds also showcases the activities I do with my preschool daughter, elementary school age son, and middle school daughter in our home education journey.

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Easter Sight Word Matching

Practice sight words this Easter with a fun Easter egg matching activity!

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This FREE Easter Sight Word activity is perfect for children in preschool or kindergarten who are learning sight words. The activity includes all 40 Dolch pre-primer sight words. There are 4 pages included, each page featuring a different design and 10 different sight words.

NEW! There is also a blank version included at the end of the PDF. Print and write the sight words that your students or children are currently learning!

Ways to Play

• This activity can be done as a cut & paste activity
• Or it can be turned into a reusable matching game by laminating and using Velcro dots to attach the pieces.
• You can also add an Easter "egg hunt" twist by hiding the laminated eggs around your house, classroom, or in a sensory bin. The child finds the eggs, reads the sight words and matches them to the pages.

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