Extraordinary Edible Easter Crafts Are a Great Alternative to Traditional Crafts

Spring is a great time to engage your kids with crafts. As colder weather and rain often keep children inside, those busy hands need something constructive to do.

If you are short on space to display crafts, though, or just don't want to have your house overloaded with holiday crafts, then edible Easter crafts are a perfect alternative for you!

Here are three great crafts that will keep your home festive, your children busy, and will allow for even more enjoyment when they are devoured later. All are simple to put together and the items can easily be picked up on your next shopping trip.

Edible Easter Baskets

Ingredients:

1 Package of Waffle Cone Sundae Bowls

1 Bag of Red Licorice Strips (Semi-soft ones work best such as Twizzler Pull and Peel varieties)

1 Bag of Jelly Beans

1 oz Baking Chocolate

8 oz Shredded Coconut

Green Food Coloring

Directions:

Cover a flat baking pan with wax paper. Place two to twelve waffle cone sundae bowls on top of wax paper.

Melt chocolate according to directions on package, then use melted chocolate to attach red licorice to the waffle bowls, in the fashion of a basket handle. Hold the red licorice in place manually until chocolate sets, then allow five to ten minutes for chocolate to completely cool and harden.

While chocolate is setting, pour shredded coconut into a mixing bowl. Add one to two drops of green food dye to coconut and mix until coconut flakes are green-colored.

Sprinkle coconut to cover the bottom of each basket. Place jelly beans in a decorative pattern over the coconut. For additional color and design, use melted chocolate to attach jelly beans in a decorative pattern on the outside of the waffle cone sundae bowl.

Serve baskets to friends and family!

Note: You may fill baskets with additional candies or serve with a scoop of ice cream too.

Edible Easter Baskets

Ingredients:

1 Package of Waffle Cone Sundae Bowls

1 Bag of Red Licorice Strips (Semi-soft ones work best such as Twizzler Pull and Peel varieties)

1 Bag of Jelly Beans

1 oz Baking Chocolate

8 oz Shredded Coconut

Green Food Coloring

Directions:

Cover a flat baking pan with wax paper. Place two to twelve waffle cone sundae bowls on top of wax paper.

Melt chocolate according to directions on package, then use melted chocolate to attach red licorice to the waffle bowls, in the fashion of a basket handle. Hold the red licorice in place manually until chocolate sets, then allow five to ten minutes for chocolate to completely cool and harden.

While chocolate is setting, pour shredded coconut into a mixing bowl. Add one to two drops of green food dye to coconut and mix until coconut flakes are green-colored.

Sprinkle coconut to cover the bottom of each basket. Place jelly beans in a decorative pattern over the coconut. For additional color and design, use melted chocolate to attach jelly beans in a decorative pattern on the outside of the waffle cone sundae bowl.

Serve baskets to friends and family!

Note: You may fill baskets with additional candies or serve with a scoop of ice cream too.

Edible Easter Necklaces

Ingredients:

1 Box of Peeps (Chickens, Bunnies, or other Easter Designs)

1 Bag of Red Licorice String

1 Box of Fruit Loops

Directions:

Remove Peeps from packaging. Using a skewer or another small, sharp instrument, poke a straight line hole through the top of the Peeps candy.

Place Peeps with necklace "holes" into a bowl. Empty box of Fruit Loops into another bowl.

Using red licorice string as the strand for the necklace, hook fruit loop and Peeps onto string to create a uniquely fashionable edible necklace.

To wear, gently tie licorice strings to form a necklace, then eat and enjoy!