Here’s an adorable Easter craft for kids to make before an egg hunt! Although I was in charge of the Bunny Bags, Mary Poppins ended up doing ALL of them with the kids! Engineer was sick at the beginning of the week, so I’d missed some days.
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Bunny Bags are a colorful Easter craft for kids to make
Materials (affiliate links below – thanks for your support)
Colorful patterned scrapbook paper – mine was leftover I already had on hand
Brown gift bags with handles
Pipe Cleaners from our usual stash
Markers
Glue
Directions
1. Cut scrapbook paper for the bunny’s face, eyes, nose, ears, and feet.
2. Have child choose a piece of paper for the bunny’s face, and let her glue it to the front of the gift bag.
3. Have child glue ears to the top inside part of the bag. This works best when the bag is laying face down.
4. While the face and ears are drying, child can draw the bunny’s eyes.
5. The child can then glue the bunny’s eyes to the front of the bag.
6. Help the child glue down pipe cleaners for the bunny’s whiskers. If regular glue doesn’t work, use a glue gun.
7. Affix the nose on top once the pipe cleaners are dried.
8. Add the bunny’s feet to the bottom of the Easter bag.
I think the Bunny Bags turned out so well! The students really enjoyed using them during our school’s annual Easter egg hunt! The large handled bags made it easy to hold all of their Easter goodies.
While incredibly cute, I think next year we’ll do it a little differently. Because of the weird weather, and because Mary Poppins was on her own a few days, it was a rushed project. With this age group (4 and 5 year olds), it’s an Easter craft for kids to do one-on-one with an adult. So I’ll definitely be trying it again, just when the time isn’t so limited!
Do you have an Easter craft for kids to do this spring? What are they using during their Easter egg hunts?
Christina Marie says
March 30, 2013 at 2:27 amHope you have a great spring break! Mine is coming to an end! 🙁
Christina 🙂
MaryC says
March 30, 2013 at 2:26 pmThank you, Christina! Engineer and I are looking forward to our breaks. He has his spring break that same week I do, which will be fun. 🙂
Terri Izatt says
March 30, 2013 at 2:44 amThose bunny bags are too cute! I have to pin them so I can remember for next year!
MaryC says
March 30, 2013 at 2:26 pmThank you, Terri, and thanks for pinning. 🙂
claudia says
March 30, 2013 at 3:58 amsuper cute bags you guys made
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MaryC says
March 30, 2013 at 2:26 pmThanks, Claudia. 🙂
KC @ genxfinance says
March 30, 2013 at 4:57 amOhh what a fun day! Hope to see your Easter photos. Happy Easter and egg hunting.
MaryC says
March 30, 2013 at 2:27 pmHope you have a happy Easter, as well!
Beth Ann says
March 30, 2013 at 6:50 amIt looks like you had such a fun week! The weather has been odd here too. We had a snow day last week. I hope you have a wonderful break! Happy Saturday!
MaryC says
March 30, 2013 at 2:27 pmAt least we weren’t the only ones with weird weather! Thanks, you too. 🙂
Karen @ PreKinders.com says
March 18, 2014 at 8:56 pmOh my goodness! Those are so cute! I did Easter bags with scrapbook paper eggs and grass last year, something I found through Pinterest. I will have to try these this year.
Mary Catherine says
April 3, 2014 at 3:27 pmThanks, Karen! I think they are adorable too, but I’m a bit biased! If you try it out, be sure to let me know how it goes. 🙂