Materials: colored plastic Easter eggs

Procedure: Hide ½ of the Easter egg and have child locate the halves and match the colors.  If you would like, give the child an M&M for each correct match.

Variation: Scramble the colors and have your child put them together so the colors match

Materials:  jelly beans and a jar

Procedure:  Put several jelly beans in a jar and have your child guess how many are in the jar.  If correct, they get a jellybean.  Once they guess the correct amount, add or subtract from the original amount and let them guess again.  You might want to have set times of the day when to guess the amount of jellybeans.  Decide when and how many times per day you would like your child to make a guess.

Materials:  jelly beans and a jar

Procedure:  Put several jelly beans in a jar and have your child guess how many are in the jar.  If correct, they get a jellybean.  Once they guess the correct amount, add or subtract from the original amount and let them guess again.  You might want to have set times of the day when to guess the amount of jellybeans.  Decide when and how many times per day you would like your child to make a guess.

Materials: plastic Easter eggs, basket

Procedure:  Toss the plastic Easter eggs into the basket.  This is a great activity to develop gross motor skills as well as eye hand coordination.

Materials: jellybeans, muffin tin

Procedure: Have child sort the jelly beans by color.  Count and record the number of each color of jelly beans.  For a group activity, graph the number of each color group per child.

Materials: construction paper, scissors, Karo syrup, paintbrush, food coloring, and glitter (optional)

Procedure: Cut out several eggs shaped designs from the construction paper. Light colored paper works the best.  Pour Karo syrup into a bowl and dilute with water.  You do not want it watery, but just thinned out a little.  Paint the syrup onto the egg using the paintbrush.  Hold the food coloring above the egg and drop a couple of drops onto the Karo syrup just painted onto the egg.  Use the paintbrush and swirl the food coloring in the syrup.  If you want you can sprinkle glitter into the syrup.  Allow the egg to dry over night.  The thicker the syrup is the longer it will take the egg to dry.

Materials: white paper towels, scissors, food coloring, and eyedropper (optional)

Procedure: Cut out egg shaped designs from the paper towels.  Drop food coloring drop by drop (use the eyedropper if necessary) onto the egg.  Try to use two or three colors per egg so the colors can mix together on the egg.  Allow the eggs to dry and then paste onto construction paper for a background.

Materials:  shoebox lid, craft sticks, glue, paint, Easter grass, jelly beans, peeps chicks

Procedure: paint the craft sticks and glue around the shoebox lid.  When finished, should look like a picket fence.  Fill with Easter grass and add jelly beans and peep chicks for a cute display.

Materials:  crushed colored eggshells, construction paper, scissors, glue

Procedure: Cut egg shapes from the construction paper.  Spread glue over the egg and sprinkle the eggshells onto the glue.

Materials:  white construction paper, scissors, food coloring, condensed milk, 4 bowls, paintbrush

Procedure: Cut egg shapes from the white construction paper.  Pour the condensed milk into the four bowls and add a few drops of food coloring.  One color per bowl. Paint the eggs with the mild.  When they dry they will have a glossy appearance. 

Materials:  egg carton, jelly beans, marker

Procedure: Write the numbers on the bottom of the egg carton from 1-12.  Have child put 1 jelly bean in the 1 cup, 2 in the 2 cup until all 12 are filled.

Materials:  10 toilet tissue tubes, different colors of tissue paper in pastel colors, Easter stickers, ball

Procedure: Wrap each of the toilet tissue tubes in the pastel tissue paper.  Place the Easter stickers on the wrapped tubes.  Set the tubes up a triangle.  Roll the ball and count the number of tubes knocked down. 

Materials:  hard boiled eggs, flowers

Procedure: Go outside and pick flowers.  Rub the flowers on the eggs.  The color will transfer onto the egg.  Dandelions work very well for this project.  Try and pick many different flowers and see which ones transfer the most color.

Materials:  green sponge, shamrock pattern, scissors, marker,  grass seeds, water

Procedure: Trace the shamrock pattern onto the sponge and cut out.  Wet sponge and wring out the excess water.  Sprinkle the grass seed onto the clover.  Water the seeds and will start growing grass in a few days. 

Materials:  box of Lucky Charms, muffin pan

Procedure: Sort the different marshmallows into the six compartments of the muffin pan.

Ingredients:  pistachio pudding, milk, miniature marshmallows, Keebler Elf Cookie

Procedure: Prepare the pudding with mild and stir in the marshmallows.  Refrigerate till thick.  Place in a clear plastic cup and put a Keebler Elf cookie on top.

Materials:  salt, green food coloring, zip lock bag, paper, salt shaker, glue, scissors, shamrock tracer

Procedure: Trace and cut out the shamrock.  Mix the salt and green food coloring in the baggy.  Pour the green salt into the salt shaker.  Spread glue on the shamrock and sprinkle salt onto the glue.

Materials: shamrock tracer, cardboard, scissors, marker, clear contact paper

Procedure: Enlarge the shamrock tracer and trace the shamrock onto the cardboard.  Make 10 shamrocks.  Write the numbers 1-10.  Cover the shamrocks in clear contact paper.  Lay the shamrocks out on the floor.  Ask the children to jump over the number 5 shamrock, walk around the number 2 shamrock, etc.

Ingredients:  1 cup milk, 2 scoops vanilla ice cream, a few drops of green food coloring

Procedure: Place all the ingredients in a blender.  Blend until smooth.  Add additional food coloring if needed.

Materials: chocolate coins

Procedure:  Hide the coins in the house or in the yard and allow your child to hunt for “luck” left by the leprechauns.  To really have fun, invite some of your child’s friends over to join in the hunt.

Materials:  paper, stapler items to use for decorating (crayons, markers, paint, glitter, stickers, etc.) glue, and newspaper

Procedure: Cut out two shamrock from the paper.  Let your child decorate one side of each of the shamrocks.  Staple the two pieces together leaving an opening in the top.  Stuff the shamrock with newspaper and finish stapling.

Game:  Make several shamrocks and toss them into a large pot.  See how far you can throw them and still get them to land in the pot or see how small of a pot you can toss them into.

Materials:  paper, glue, and green tissue paper

Procedure:  Cut out a shamrock from the paper.  Tear small pieces of tissue paper and wad up into small clumps. Glue the wads onto the shamrock.  This is a good project to work those small muscles and develop small motor skills.

Materials:  clay flower pot, paint, dirt, flower, water. marker, disposable plate

Procedure: Pour a small amount of paint onto the plate.  Dip finger into paint and randomly place fingerprints on the pot.  Allow to dry.  On the bottom right name and date.  Plant a flower in the pot.

Materials:  lace fabric, scented soap, ribbon, grater, paper plate

Procedure: Cut the fabric into a four by four square.  Grate the soap onto a paper plate.  Place the grated soap onto the middle of the fabric.  Pull up all four corners of the fabric and gather them towards the middle.  Tie a bow.  Can be placed in a dresser drawer.

Materials:  1/2 cup white powdered detergent, 1 tablespoon water, food coloring, candy mold

Procedure: Mix the detergent with the water to form a thick paste.  Add a drop or two of food coloring.  Just enough to add a little color.  Pour into the candy mold and allow to harden.  These soaps make nice gifts if the molds reflect the person or occasion.

Materials:  baby food jar, tissue paper, paint brush, glue, water, bowl, tea light candle

Procedure: Mix glue with a little bit of water.  Paint the mixture onto the jar.  Apply cut-up pieces of tissue paper to the glue.  Paint an additional coat of paint onto the tissue paper.  Allow to dry.  Put a tea light candle in the jar.