Kids Art : Easy Easter Egg Cards

Enjoy sharing the joy of Easter with these fun and inexpensive Easter Egg greeting cards! Kids can easily create these Easter Egg Cards for family, friends, classmates, and teachers in a short amount of time with a minimal amount of art supplies.

Easter Egg Card Supplies
You will need colorful pastel construction paper, colorful neon paints (preferably washable and non toxic if you are working with kids), paper plates, and markers. Thicker art paper or card stock will work best for the Easter cards. For cleanup, baby wipes or moist paper towels work best on removing art paints from each kid's fingers.

For added fun, you may want miscellaneous art supplies like ribbons, buttons, glitter, glue, old magazines, pressed flowers, or even scraps of fabric for additional decorating! Kids enjoy adding extra personal touches with fun and zany art supplies!

How to Make an Easter Egg Card
Card Step 1: Choose a colorful piece of pastel construction paper. Fold the construction paper in half. You can choose to create a vertical or horizontal Easter Egg card. For a smaller Easter card, fold the construction paper into quarters instead. If you are making these Easter cards in a classroom setting, be sure that each child receives several pieces of paper to make multiple Easter cards.

Card Step 2: Spoon small amounts of colorful neon paint onto a paper plate. Choose fun and bright paints like hot pink, robin blue, bright yellow, or sea green. The paper plate will work as a palette. Each child should have their own paint palette.

Card Step 3: Dip your fingertips into one color (ex. robin blue). For different sized eggs, you might want to experiment with different fingers. Your thumb will make larger Easter eggs while your pinky finger will make tiny Easter eggs. Kids can have extra fun by combining colors. For example, the top half of their fingertip may have pink while the bottom half has blue, for a crazy looking Easter egg!

Card Step 4: Decorate the front of the card with your finger, making a few round ovals with your fingerprints. Repeat with other colors, being sure to wash your fingertips between paints. Teachers will want to make sure that baby wipes are handy for younger children.

Card Step 5: Wait for the Easter card to dry. When it is dry, decorate each oval like an Easter egg using markers and other fun art supplies like glitter, ribbon, or sequins.

Card Step 6: Write a "Happy Easter!" greeting on the inside of the card after all of the paint and glue has dried. If you want, create more fun Easter eggs inside the Easter card.