9 Easter Crafts to Do With the Grandkids

2. Make egg dolls​

Dyeing isn’t the only thing you can do with eggs: Try easy eggshell dolls for a unique project.

Gather uncooked eggs, scraps of card stock, yarn and sewing trimmings, says Sandy Hu, creator of the Call Me Grandma! website. “It’s an excellent project to inspire creativity and imagination,” Hu says.

After hollowing out the eggs, use indelible markers to draw on faces, and glue on yarn for hair. Create a body with a cylinder of decorated cardstock and use sewing scraps to get creative with clothing, hats and other decorations. For more details, check out Hu’s full tutorial with adorable results.​

3. Bake bunny cupcakes​

Tiny pieces of tinfoil added to a muffin tray turn regular cupcakes into bunnies. Grab a muffin tin, some foil and paper cupcake liners. Whip up your favorite cupcake recipe (carrot cake perhaps?) and follow this easy trick to use three tinfoil balls to create the shape for the ears. Once the cupcakes are made and cooled, decorate as you wish.​

4. Make cascarones​

Transform eggs into the ultimate party favor, says Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack, lifestyle blogger and author of Muy Bueno: Fiestas. Carefully puncture an eggshell, remove the whites and yolk, dye the egg and then fill with paper confetti. Seal up the hole with a piece of colorful tissue paper. The results are festive Easter favors that Marquez-Sharpnack calls cascarones, and which release a swirl of colorful confetti when broken. The name comes from the Spanish word for shell, or cáscara, says Marquez-Sharpnack: “Legend has it that it’s good luck if you have a cascarón broken over your head!”​

5. Bake up a bird’s nest​

Sweet birds’ nests are an easy spring treat. Rachael Nicholson, the woman behind the Mama of Minis blog, makes a gluten-free, peanut butter version, but you can use any cookie dough. Place dough rounds in muffin tins to bake. After you remove the little “cookie nests” from the tin, add your favorite “eggs” such as peanut M&Ms, Reese’s Pieces or chocolate eggs. ​

6. Create egg carton treasure chests​

Once you go through a dozen eggs, there’s no need to chuck the carton into the recycling. Instead, turn egg cartons into charming treasure chests for holding Easter treats or any other valuables your grandchildren might have. With an empty egg carton, some paint, brushes, stickers and other crafting items, kids can turn trash into works of art. ​

7. Make Peep treats​

Transform all those brightly colored marshmallow Peeps into Rice Krispie Treats with this delicious Easter activity. Line a greased baking pan with Peeps, cover them with Rice Krispies, top with butter and chuck it in the oven until the Peeps have turned into pastel goo. Mix, flatten and return to the oven for another minute or two, cool and serve.​

8. Fashion bunny bags​

Brown paper lunch bags become adorable Easter baskets in this easy craft. All you need are lunch bags, markers, colored pencils and a cotton ball for a tail. Cut the bag, decorate and you have a bunny basket to fill with treats.​

9. Throw a Peeps party​

Play with your food by transforming Twinkies and marshmallow Peeps into Easter play sets. Start with a Twinkie, carve out a little seat and put a Peep Bunny inside. Add a steering wheel and some tiny Oreo tires to make a car or let your imagination run wild and create an entire village out of sweets. If your grandkids get really inspired, some local libraries hold Peep diorama contests and may be looking for entries! ​