Easy Spring Craft Ideas for Family Fun

“April showers bring May flowers,” and spring crafts to do with the little ones on those rainy spring days. This may be the former day care teacher in me, but as I’ve said before, I love crafting with my kids. When they’re easy, short, and fun, it’s even better since it is difficult to keep my son’s attention for a lengthy period of time. With spring blooming quickly, here are some fun springtime crafts. Let’s spring into it.

Fork Stamped Tulips

This craft is quick, easy, and extremely inexpensive with a vibrant, beautiful outcome. It promotes fine motor skills and can improve color recognition. The materials are all items you probably have in your home already.

Materials:

• Forks
• Paint
• Paper plate
• White paper
• Paintbrush

First, you pour different colors of paint on a paper plate, treating it as if it’s your palette. Then you dip the fork in the paint and press on the paper. Finally, use the paintbrush to paint on the green stems of the flowers. How easy is that?

Sponge Painted Butterfly

When I see butterflies fluttering around, it is a sure sign that spring has sprung. This craft is a fun way to have a constant sign of spring in your home. This craft fosters fine motor skills and can also create discussions about butterflies.

Materials:

• Loofah
• Paint
• Craft Stick
• Pipe Cleaner
• Butterfly cutout
• Glue
• Scissors
• Paintbrush/markers (to color the craft stick)

The first step is to create a cutout of a butterfly, either by drawing or tracing from a photo onto the construction paper. Then, pour enough paint on the plate to cover the loofah. Dip the loofah into the paint and then dab it onto the paper. Create the antennae of the butterfly by cutting a pipe cleaner in half and then gluing it to the head of the butterfly. Finally, color the popsicle stick and glue it into the middle. Voila. A beautiful butterfly emerges into the world.

Caterpillar Name Craft

This craft is so cute and fun, and will be exciting for your children to see their name in the craft. Not only is it fun and cute, but it strengthens fine motor skills, enhances color and letter recognition, and helps children learn to spell their name.

Materials:

• colored paper
• pencil
• scissors
• marker
• googly eyes
• glue stick

First, trace the number of circles that you need to create your child’s name with different colored paper for each. Depending on their age, you can write the letters of their name on each circle with you reviewing each letter as you go, or if your child is older, you can have them write each letter to help practice. After that, they glue the letters down in the correct order to complete their name. Make and glue the antennae down along with the googly eyes to complete the caterpillar.

Paper Plate Bunny

This project is super simple and has different variations. Your kids can add as many or as few details to it as they’d like. It promotes fine motor skills and can even promote body part recognition.

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Paper
• Googly eyes
• Glue
• Black yarn
• Pipe cleaners
• Pom-poms
• Cotton balls
• Scissors
• Sharpie

The first step is to completely cover the paper plate with glue by brushing it on with a paintbrush. Once the glue is on, cover the entire glued area with cotton balls or white pom poms if you choose to use those instead. Draw and cut out the bunny ears with paper, and glue the googly eyes on the cotton balls. Finally, use pipe cleaners to create the nose and whiskers to complete the bunny’s face.

As always, I ask and encourage you to share your final product with all of us to see how it came out. Also, please share any additional crafts you have done to spark our creativity. Happy Spring!