Easy Easter Bonnet Crafts, Free Easter Cards, Religious Easter History, Videos, Tips and More

The religious aspects of the sacred Easter holiday have sprouted moderntraditions like wearing Easter bonnets and creating Easter baskets forchildren. The Editors at FaveCrafts have put together some of ourfavorite Easter craft projects – to make celebrating with your familyeven easier - along with some tips and tricks, and a bit of religioushistory.

How to make an Easter Bonnet: Craft Projects for Kids

Simple Paper Plate Bonnet

• Have kids decorate paper plates any way they wish. Use pastel paper,markers, stickers, glitter and construction paper to create an Easterdesign. Punch two holes in the sides of the plate and run a stringthrough to tie around the child’s chin.

Straw Hat Bonnet

• Use an old straw hat (or get an inexpensive one from a craft store)and let kids decorate with artificial flowers and ribbon. Using thesame method as above, run an elastic band or long piece of ribbonthrough the bonnet and tie under child’s chin.

Bunny Ears Bonnet

• Glue together a paper bowl and paper plate to create a hat shape. Cutthe paper plate into a brim, leaving about ½ inch border around theedge of the bowl. Allow kids to paint and decorate the hat using posterpaint. Once the hat is dry, you can cut bunny ears out of constructionpaper and lets kids paint the outside the color of the hat, and theinside a lighter shade. To finish the bonnet, cut slits into the paperbowl top to fit in bunny ears and glue or tape to the inside of thebonnet.

The History of the Easter Bonnet

Falling right in with the tradition of wearing new clothes for Easter –in sync with spring representing birth and renewal – the Easter bonnetwas made famous by Irving Berlin in the early 20th Century in areference to the Easter parade in New York City:

In your Easter bonnet,
With all the frills upon it,
You’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade.

The Easter parade began in New York in the 1870s and originally wasmade up of churchgoers carrying flowers from St. Thomas Church to St.Luke’s Church. Today the Easter Bonnet is worn by women and girls toEaster Church services and often to parades. The hats are usuallywide-brimmed and decorating with flowers, ribbon or other festiveadornments.


Free Religious Easter Card Project: Beaded Easter Cross Card

By Treasure It for Kreinik

Create this beaded Easter Card using Treasure Tape and DiamondBeadlets. This makes a great project for kids that they can give as agift when they are done.

Materials:

• Purple blank card, 5" x 7" and matching envelope
• 1/2-inch-wide polka dot ribbon
• Yellow construction paper
• Scraps of brightly colored wrapping paper
• Kreinik #32 Braid 095 Starburst
• 1/4" roll of Treasure Tape
• 3/4" roll of Treasure Tape
• Diamond Beadlets®
• Shallow pan or tray
• Scissors

Steps:

1. Lay a strip of 1/4" Treasure Tape along the top andbottom edge of the card front. Remove the red liner to expose thesticky tape, and lay the polka-dot ribbon on the sticky strips.
    
2. Cut out a cross shape from the yellow construction paper, making sure the cross is 3/4 of an inch wide.
    
3. Laypieces of 3/4" Treasure Tape on your purple cardstock in the shape of across. Remove the red liner to expose the sticky part, and lay theconstruction paper cross right on top.
    
4. Lay strips of 3/4" Treasure Tape on top of the yellow cross. Remove the red liner to expose the sticky top.
    
5. Outline the cross with the #32 Braid, pressing the thread onto the tape to adhere.
    
6. Cut up or tear pieces of wrapping paper and lay on the yellow cross, to resemble a mosaic.
    
7. When decorating is complete, lay your card in a shallow pan or tray and cover remaining areas with Diamond Beadlets.

More Free Easter Card Ideas

Five Easter Bunny Cards

Hats and Flowers Thank You Card

Easter Inspiration Greeting Card

Jeepers Peepers Greeting Card

Easter Basket Lining Tips
 

• Make your Easter baskets authentic with real grass! Twoweeks before Easter, line a basket with aluminum foil and potting soil.Sprinkle grass seed, cover with a small amount of soil and moisten.Cover the top with plastic wrap and leave in a warm place. Once thegrass has begun sprouting, take off the plastic wrap and allow tocontinue growing. Water daily and in a few weeks you will have a basketfilled with grass!
   
• If you want to get away from using plastic grass, tissue paper and lace doilies make great (and easy!) Easter basket liners.