Tell Hobbycraft what arts and crafts you will be doing with your DCs over the Easter period – x3 £100 vouchers to be won! NOW CLOSED

[KathrynMumsnet]

Hobbycraft have asked us to find out what arts and crafts activities you’ll be doing with your DCs during the Easter period.

Here’s what they say, “With lots of opportunities for fun over the Easter holidays we’d love to know what crafty activities you’ll be taking part in this Easter holidays! Are you making Easter bonnets, or even creating your own egg hunt or maybe baking with the kids? Here at Hobbycraft we’d love to hear about how you create your own Easter family traditions!”

So, what kind of arts and crafts activities will you be doing with your DCs in the run up to Easter? Maybe you’ll be painting and decorating Easter eggs? Or will you be making Easter bonnets in time for an Easter bonnet parade at school? Whatever it is we’d love to hear it!

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where three lucky Mumsnetters will win £100 Hobbycraft gift cards!

Last year, here at MNHQ we put together a video tutorial on making an Easter bonnet so if you need any inspiration do check it out!

Thanks and good luck,

MNHQ

P.S. For more Easter crafts ideas, check out our Hobbycraft pages on Mumsnet.

Baking Easter themed treats, maybe decorating some eggs and making some fluffy chicken decorations. :)

Yes we are painting egg and making cookies

Before Easter the children had competitions at school, my DD decorated an egg so it could be her favourite teacher and my DS made the traditional Easter bonnet. For Easter we usually decorate boiled eggs with food colouring and ribbons, make an egg hunt and make some decoration for the Easter lunch.

Definitely an egg hunt and also some Easter baking.

We are armed with lots of cake decorating equipment, and a go kart we have to make....poles apart I know.

Swe have been making Easter bonnets for the Easter parade, and plan to decorate baskets for te easter egg hunt

We will be making bonnets and creating cards for the family

We will be painting Easter cards and making collages with empty chocolate egg wrappers!

I've decided that all the kids need to learn to sew. I've got some mazes etc to print on paper for them to try on the sewing machine and I think we'll try some buttons as well.

easter bonnet time!!!!

Easter bonnets & chicks in baskets

We've never done Easter bonnets before, so I think we'll do that. Making Easter-themed chocolate things....I have some themed moulds.

We are going to be making 'under the sea' theme with bottles, food colouring for the water and fishes to put inside :) my eldest also wants to make some red velvet cupcakes bless him lol x

Will be making surprise Easter eggs with kids. The surprise is each egg has a gift or chocolate put in by me. The eggs are then hidden around the garden.

Indoor or outdoor egg hunt (weather deciding) and will be making the biggest and best-est bonnet ever seen !!!!!

My dd wants to learn to crochet and ds loves playdoh so we will make our own :)

My sons are too old to do crafts with now, but we always painted eggs when they were small. My eldest has children of his own now & he remembers what we used to do so is planning on carrying on the tradition. I expect a nice painted egg :)

My Easter will be spent doing different things with different children. My eldest will be back from Uni, so will be enjoying her company, then I have a son studying for his "A" levels and another daughter studying for her GSCE's, which will mean I need to keep my 8 year old busy and not making too much noise. We will definitely be making Shredded Wheat Easter nests and also having an Easter Egg hunt. We will also try and make a game that incorporates basic maths with fun - a type of Ludo and, if I'm feeling ambitious, I make include some spelling practice on the question cards!!

My kids are working towards their Arts Award - Discover level at the moment so we'll be doing all manner of things for that; painting, papier mache eggs, clay modelling etc.

Actual Easter type crafts - we usually make an Easter 'tree' with some pussy willow sticks and decorate it with painted polysterene eggs on strings. We also paint real eggs to have pretty dippy eggs for tea!
The school has an Easter disco each year and there's always an Easter bonnet competition so we'll be making those this week too!

we will be making chocolate cornflake easter buns and some salt dough pebbles with my sons hand and foot prints in for my garden

Easter hat already made
We have huge box of mister maker kits we do when my son wants to
Just had back patioed for first time so promised he can paint outside
Also have playdoh sets he enjoys doing

we will be making an easter bonnet - just like I did when I was little

We have to be a bit careful around this time of year because my little girl is severely allergic to eggs but we will def be making an eater bonnet ready for an easter egg hunt in the garden!

Me and the kids always make personalised biscuits for all the children in the family which they love having unusual names! We also make an easter bonnet together and join the parade at school wearing it :D

We will be painting eggs