For many families, painting Easter eggs is a tradition. It can be a fun tradition of breaking out the art supplies and dying pastel eggs with creative patterns. It’s also a very messy craft.

Or maybe your family doesn’t like painting Easter eggs. There are other crafts you can do with your kids to bring Easter spirit into your home.

Egg Birdseed Ornaments

A craft created by Redeem Your Ground, it’s environmentally friendly and fun for all ages. If you have issues with bears in your yard though, stay clear! They will love eating it just as much as birds and other wildlife.

Mix 3/4 cup flour, 1/2 cup water, 1/4 cup corn syrup in a bowl.

Next, stir in 4 cups of birdseed.

Then it’s time to mold them into eggs. You will need plastic Easter eggs for this step.Spray the inside of your plastic eggs with cooking spray to ensure that the mixture doesn’t get stuck.

Scoop the mixture into both sides of the plastic egg…a little excess is actually good. Excess will squeeze out the sides and you will just wipe it off. Make sure you close the egg completely so that you make sure the top and bottom half are firmly packed together.

After you have all of your eggs filled and closed up (this recipe made 18 small eggs), you will then want to open one end of the plastic egg. Open the smaller, bottom end of the egg. You have to do this gingerly and carefully so as not to pull the 2 halves apart.

Let them dry like this for a couple of hours.

Flip the eggs over and remove the other half of the plastic egg shell. Placing the eggs in a muffin tin during this process helps.

Use bright spring colored raffia or yarn to make them festive when you hang them. (1) Cut two pieces to about 30-32″ and tie the two pieces together with a knot in the center. (2) While one person is holding the egg the other will lay the knot on the center of the base of the egg and spread the raffia out like an X . (3) You will then let the raffia drape around to the top of the egg forming a cradle of sorts. (4) At this point you take two strands in each hand and use them to tie a tight double knot at the top of the egg. (5) After that, tie a bow on the top of the egg with the raffia. (6) Take the tails of the bow and tie the ends of them in a double knot to create a loop that the ornaments could be hung by on the tree.

Marbled Easter Egg Art

This craft was created by Kids Activities Blog and is great for every age child. A tip with this one, make sure to open your windows and wear gloves. Nail polish is very smelly and can get on your hands easily.

Fill a shallow bin halfway with water.

Invite your child to pour nail polish into it. Just a small amount of nail polish is needed. If too much was used, the nail polish creates unsightly blobs on the paper.

Swirl the nail polish with a toothpick to create a marbled effect.

Dip the paper egg shape into it.

Pull out the paper, then set it on a piece of newspaper to dry. Kids may be able to dip a second egg into the water, but if more nail polish is needed, add more.

Potato Stamp Eggs

This craft was made by Crafty Morning and is a simple, fun way to decorate paper or other things with stamped, colorful Easter eggs.

You will need a potato, a knife, paint, and a piece of paper.

Cut potatoes in half.

Use the knife and make shapes in the potato.

Dip the potato in the paint and stamp really hard against a piece of paper.

Yarn Egg Easter Craft

This one was made by Fantastic Fun and Learning and does not take much to do. Preschoolers and up will enjoy wrapping the yarn around the egg to make their own egg ornament.

All you need for these eggs is a piece of cardboard, some yarn, and some tape.

Cut out a basic egg shape. Don’t worry about it being perfect. Once it’s wrapped in yarn it won’t matter if the shape is completely perfect.

Punch a hole in the top of the egg and threaded a loop of yarn through it so you can easily hang the finished eggs.

For younger preschoolers wrapping the yarn while holding the egg in one hand can be a bit challenging. Tape an end of the yarn to the egg so it will stay in place.

Have your child hold both ends of the egg in each hand and flip the egg over and over again. The yarn will twist around the egg.

Tuck in the end of the yarn so it does not come loose and hang it up. Because they are a two-sided craft they are great for hanging in windows or as mobiles hanging from the ceiling or light fixtures.