Easter

by Linda

Some great Easter crafts and decorative ideas, and of course, instructions for colouring and decorating Easter eggs.

Decorative Wood Eggs
Also available: Styrofoam Eggs White

Soap Creations Melt & Pour Molds - in a variety of shapes, including egg.
Soap Creations Fragrant Accents 1/4 oz is also available .

More Easter Crafts, Supplies, Decorative Items

All links below open in a new window. All have photos unless noted. Note 1: Be sure to get the correct type of chart. Knitting charts are designed for stitches that are wider than they are tall, cross stitch charts are designed for square stitches, crochet is usually square but can vary depending on the stitch used, etc.

Beadwork

Miniature Beaded Easter Basket - uses seed beads, finished size only 3/4 inch across!
Peyote Beaded Easter Egg Pattern - flat
Pony Bead Bunny - it's pink!

Crochet

Ancilla Easter Egg Cover - New! - PDF file
Art Deco Easter Eggs - uses size 10 crochet thread, covers pastel coloured Easter egg.
Basket - in Knit Cro Sheen, no picture.
Bunny Candy Pouch - made from worsted, ties closed at one end.
Chocolate Bunny!! - tempting enough to eat!
Duck - filled with jelly beans!
Easter Basket - using acrylic yarn, chenille stems (for handles)
Easter Basket - in worsted.
Easter Basket Decoration - a cute little basket made from size 10 thread.
Easter Basket Fridgie - in worsted, about 8 by 7 inches.
Easter Bunny Fridgies - in worsted.
Easter Egg - in worsted, no picture.
Easter Egg - in worsted, stuffed with fibrefill
Easter Eggs - stuffed with fibrefill
Easter Eggs - yes, he's back, the Happy Hooker, with a few Easter patterns for you, little eggs with littler animals inside! (no pictures).
Easter Egg Bookmark - made of variegated Knit Cro Sheen.
Easter Egg Dressups - New! - made with sport yarn, make a cup, a basket, or a bunny, or all 3, easy and very cute!
Easter Egg Fridgie - in worsted, flat.
Easter Egg Potholder - crocheted of cotton worsted. (Note: DO NOT use acrylic, it may melt at high temperatures and serious injuries could result.)
Egg Coaster - New! - just like it says, a coaster shaped like an egg.
Egg Snuggy - uses worsted, made to cover styrofoam or plastic egg.
Filet Crochet Two Rabbits With Easter Egg - chart also useful for regular crochet and cross stitch (not knitting).
Filet in Blue Easter Egg Cover - New! - PDF file.
Gangly Easter Chick Fridgie - in worsted
Heart With Cross and Thorns Chart - for filet crochet or cross stitch, you will have to save the image and enlarge it as it's quite small.
Holiday Basket - circular, done in yarn or rag crochet, picture missing at present.
Jelly Bean Bird (Turd Bird) - using worsted, no picture.
Lamb - cute little stuffed animal, about 12 x 14 inches, white with black accents, loop stitch wool, uses brushed yarn.
Little Bunny - floppy eared stuff animal, made from worsted, cute!
Marabu Easter Egg Cover - thread crocheted cover for coloured plastic Easter egg, top off with a feather, different!
Mini Easter Bunny Fridgie - a little wee thing, uses a few metres of worsted, can also use to decorate toddler's clothing, etc.
Multi Coloured Easter Eggs - flat, egg shaped fabric, about 3 inches tall, in worsted.
Nuncia Easter Egg Cover - New! - PDF file.
Shell Stitch Easter Basket - covers a frozen whipped topping container, uses worsted.
Small Baskets - made from worsted, contain flowers.
Tapestry Crochet Easter Egg - Try out Tapestry Crochet with this Easter egg.
Victorian Easter Egg Ornament - made of size 10 thread, made to cover pastel plastic Easter egg.
Victorian Egg Covers - New! - done in crochet cotton, several designs.
Whimsical Bunny Container - worsted yarn, made to cover baby food jar, I don't know if it's spelled wrong on their site on purpose or by accident. :)

Cross Stitch

Bunny Baby Cross Stitch - a small child dressed as a bunny helping out in the garden, available in chart format, also Easy Cross, PCStitch and Machine Embroidery formats, adorable!
Easter Bunny Cross Stitch Chart - DMC colours.
Easter Egg - easy counted cross stitch for beginners, step by step instructions, on 14 ct Aida, DMC colours.
Easter Egg Cross Stitch Pattern - simple Easter egg with flowers, DMC colours given.
Easter Egg Alphabet Cross Stitch Sampler - letters on a variety of pastel striped eggs, plus a bunny or two thrown in for good measure.
Easter Greetings 2002 Chart - two yellow chicks on a floral leaf, on the front of an egg.
Tom Pudding Designs' Happy Easter cross stitch chart, 30w x 47h, DMC colours.
Happy Easter Cross Stitch - egg with flowers, for greeting card, 39w x 49h, available as a chart or for Machine Embroidery, XStitch Pro - Standard, XStitch Demoprinter, Patternmaker Pro, Easycross and PCStitch 5.
Happy Easter Cross Stitch Chart - DMC colours, two bunnies, a heart, etc.
Happy Easter Cross Stitch Chart - bunnies, chicks, geese an bees gathered around and Easter basket filled with eggs, available in chart format, also as XStitch Pro, Patternmaker Pro, Easy Cross, PCStitch and Machine Embroidery Format, lovely!
Lamb Baby Cross Stitch - a small child dressed as a lamb, surrounded by a bunny etc, on a flowery patch of grass, available as a chart, and for XStitch Pro, XStitch Pro Demo Printer, Patternmaker Pro, Easy Cross, PCStitch and Machine Embroidery formats, cute!
Ukranian Easter Egg Cross Stitch Chart - colour chart.
Ukranian Easter Egg Cross Stitch Chart 2 - colour chart.
Ukranian Easter Egg Cross Stitch Chart 3 - colour chart.

Dyeing, Colouring and Painting Eggs

Happy Easter Eggs - decorated with star stickers and rubber bands.
How to Colour and Decorate Easter Eggs courtesy of the Canadian Egg Marketing Board.
Marbelous Easter Egg - done with acrylic paints, courtesy of Delta.
Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs using common kitchen ingredients
Some inspiration for you - a bunch of gorgeous pictures of Pysanky (Ukranian Easter Eggs - part of my cultural heritag e).
Pearlized Easter Eggs - sponged, pearlized finish.

Knitting

Aunt Maggie's Easter Ripple Afghan - a 45 by 56 inch knitted afghan, 4 row repeat, basically a Feather and Fan afghan in spring colours, no picture.
Bunny - A horizontal bunny, different and really cute!!!
Chick - fits over a large, plastic egg.
Chick Pattern - designed to cover Cadbury easter egg, no picture.
Child's Easter Egg hat - in worsted, directions are for 6 - 12 months of age, can be made larger as needed for an older child.
Easter Basket Knitting Motif - New! - colour chart for knitting, using crochet or cross stitch will make the image taller.
Easter Bunny and Egg Knitting Chart - colour chart suitable for knitting as is, if you use it for crochet or cross stitch, you will have a taller, skinnier bunny. :)
Easter Bunny Egg Cover - fits over a hard boiled egg, a cute little thing...
Easter Chick Knitting Chart - New! - 52 sts w by 59 rows long, shown in colour.
Easter Chicks - no picture
Easter Chicks - to cover easter eggs, no picture.
Easter Egg and Bunny Knitting Motif - New! - 39 sts wide by 74 rows long, uses 8 colours, great for the front of a child's sweater.
Roll Brim One Egg Easter Basket - New! - made to hold a chicken egg, cute cute cute!
Easter Egg Hat - New! - a baby's hat in spring pastels.
Egg Cozy - uses 2 strands of worsted, no picture.
Judy's Cadbury Chick - New! - in worsted, to cover an easter cream egg.
Knitted Chick - New! - in worsted, designed to cover an egg, no picture.
Knitted Easter Egg Basket - New! - cute little things, holds a couple of easter cream eggs.
Rabbit Hat for Easter - no image showing today, maybe they'll fix it someday. :)

Machine Embroidery

See Cross Stitch section above - some charts are also available in machine embroidery format.

Machine Knitting

Another little Bunny - this one is sitting upright, to make on the Mattel Knitter.
Knitted Chick Motif - DAK file available, also can be hand knit using chart provided
Machine Knitted Easter Egg Basket - has a slight brim, made to hold a single Easter egg. uses baby yarn.

Paper Crafts

A Holy Easter Parchment Craft Easter Pattern - absolutely gorgeous, here is the completed project.
Papier Mache Egg - shaped around small balloons.
Papier Mache Easter Basket - uses tissue paper for colour, remove areas after dry to make handles.

Quilting and Sewing

Cute Bunny - the cutest little stuffed animal.
Paper Pieced Easter Scramble Wall Hanging - Easter egg shapes.
Quilted Easter Table Mat (Place Mat) - little yellow chicks, eggs, gorgeous!

Tatting

Tatted Easter Basket Ornament - flat
Tatted Egg Frill - covers 6 cm high plastic egg.
Flowered Easter Egg - Tatted - using pearl cotton, see image at right.

Wood Crafts

Angelic Bunny Pin - paints on wood and heavy watercolour paper.
Betsy Bunny - acrylic paints on 3/4 inch pine.
Bunny Frame - another wooden craft, show off your Easter pix!
Bunny Mailbox Sitter - painted cedar.
Easter Basket - cut your wood, paint, and assemble onto a ready made basket.
Easter Rabbit Scroll Saw Pattern - uses 1/2 inch thick wood.
Everybunny Welcome - a wood craft for your door or wall.
Happy Easter Pin - acrylic paints on 1/3 inch pine.
Happy Easter Plaque - painted wood.
Wooden yard Egg - decorate your yard too, wooden.

Other Crafts and Supplies

Bertie the Bunny - felt and pom poms on a styrofoam cone.
Bunny in an Egg - courtesy of Joann, a bunny inside a paper mache egg, different!
Bunny Pot - this time the proper end of the bunny is poking out of the flower pot, uses craft foam.
Chenille Bunny - chenille stems wrapped around styrofoam eggs.
Clay Pot Easter Bunny - a bunny's backside popping out of a clay pot, similar to the Easter Oops!
Giant Crochet Thread Easter Eggs - not crocheted, more like papier mache, but not quite, good craft for kids. :)
Decoupage Easter Eggs - uses a natural egg shell (mounting instructions on site).
Easter Bunny Wall Hanging - made using craft sticks and craft foam.
Easter Egg Basket - pattern for basketmakers.
Easter Egg Wreath - crystalized finish on styrofoam eggs attached to a macrame ring.
Easter Wreath - a stuffed bunny in the middle, wooden eggs all around.
Farmer Bunny - similar to Miss Sarah, but wearing overalls...
Hard Boiled Bunny - pom poms, wiggly eyes, felt, great one for kids, very cute!
Jelly Bean Bunny - a felt bunny created around a clear plastic ball filled with jelly beans!
Jelly Bean Pots - painted clay pots filled with jelly beans.
Joyous Easter on North Cross Linen - fits cathedral window greeting card
Macrame Easter Basket - made from brushable cord.
Miss Sarah Bunny - a pom pom, styrofoam, felt and chenille creation.
Mosaic Egg - jewel tone needlepoint, absolutely gorgeous!
Neon Leon - a knobby kneed bird, pom poms, chenilles, feathers, different!
Pastel Easter Eggs - Counted Thread - pastel colours, instructions are in PDF format, lovely.
Straw Hat Bunny - take 2 straw hats, some chenille, paint, ribbon, pom poms, well, you get the idea. :)
Styrofoam Egg Chick - a friend for Neon Leon.
Thread Eggs - like papier mache, but with thread, around small oval balloons, really different!

Amazon's books about Easter crafts, for adults and kids.

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