Easter Decor Ideas You Can Make Using Kids’ Craft Kits

Recently, I found some painting kits at Dollarama featuring fun plaster Easter shapes. They come with a row of paint pots and a paintbrush and were designed for kids to have fun with. However, as soon as I saw them, I knew I could use them to make grown-up decor. Try these easy Easter decor ideas you can make using kids’ craft kits. Just substitute your own paints and paint brushes to colour the plaster shapes. 

Easter Decor Ideas You Can Make Using Kids’ Craft Kits

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Easter Decor Ideas No. 1: Egg Pots as Planters

 

 

I liked these egg-shaped pots and thought I could turn them into something to display my faux succulents for spring.

Step 1: Paint Easter Egg Pots

 

 

These little pots are about 2 inches tall, with an opening of about 2 inches. I chose to paint them in solid springtime colours.

Step 2: Add Gloss Mod Podge to Pots

 

After the paint was dry, I applied two coats of gloss Mod Podge to each Easter egg pot. The idea is to make them look more like ceramic.

Step 3: Fill Pots with Mini River Rocks

 

 

I’m not gluing anything down. I just filled each pot with mini river rocks as a base and stuck the succulents into the rocks. That way I can reuse the egg pots for something else next year.

Step 4: Display With Succulents or Small Flowers

 

 

I like how these Easter succulent pots turned out. You can display them singly…

 

 

…or in a group. 

 

 

I thought the shape of these egg pots resembled tulips, so you could also glue them to the tops of these cute leaf candlesticks from Dollar Tree using a strong glue. Then you can place votive candles inside of the pots. I’m using flameless candles here.

Flameless votive candles . Image credit Amazon

Easter Decor Ideas: No. 2 – Make a Shadow Box

 

 

This craft kit contains three cute plaster bunnies in different sizes. 

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This Easter decor idea came from something I saw on YouTube. I had picked up a couple of these scroll frames at Dollar Tree when they were first available, but wasn’t sure how I would use them until I saw a YouTuber make a shadow box with one. I went scrounging in my wood pieces stash and found a box that was perfect for what I needed. It’s approximately 5 1/2 inches square and about 1 3/4 inches deep.

Step 1: Paint Wood Box and Scroll Frame

 

 

I painted the frame and box to match the spring napkin I was going to be using as the backdrop in my Easter shadow box. Paint the inside of the box, as well as the outside of it.

 

 

You don’t necessary have to use a napkin in your shadow box.  A pretty scrapbook paper would work just as well.

Step 2: Cut Down the Napkin for Background

 

 

After separating the napkin layers, I laid the napkin over top of the box to determine where I needed to cut it so as to maximize the pretty print.

 

 

Using a glue stick, I glued the napkin into the box. Make sure all of the edges are glued down then use an X-acto knife to trim the edges. 

Step 3: Paint a Bunny for the Shadow Box

 

 

These were the two bunnies that weren’t too wide to fit into the shadow box. I thought the larger of the two would fill the space nicely. I had originally tried different colours on the white bunny but eventually decided that white would work best against the backdrop I’d chosen. As these plaster pieces are already white, you wouldn’t even have to paint it at all, if that was the look you wanted.

Then I gave the bunny two coats of gloss Mod Podge. 

 

 

I hot glued the bunny into the right-hand side of the box so that the butterflies in the background could still be seen.

Step 4: Add Reindeer Moss to the Base

 

 

Next, I glued reindeer moss onto the bottom of the display, tucking some small pieces in around the bunny.

Step 5: Add Egg-Cessories to the Shadow Box

 

 

I had these foam mini eggs in my stash and painted three of them in different spring colours. Sticking them on the end of a skewer made them easier to paint and then I just stuck the skewers into a piece of styrofoam while the paint dried. I think I gave each egg two coats of paint.

These tiny eggs have been in my stash for years so I’m not even sure where I bought them, but you can get pre-coloured mini eggs on Amazon, which will save you this step.

Step 6: Glue Accessories into the Shadow Box

 

 

Next, I tucked some small white flowers into one corner of the box to add dimension and glued the painted eggs onto the reindeer moss.

Step 7: Give the Shadow Box a Pedestal

 

 

Because of the frame, the shadow box needed to be elevated somehow. I had short glass candlesticks from Dollar Tree in my stash and thought that, rather than putting legs on the box, one of these would make a great pedestal. This one was from a previous project and had already been painted white.

All I did was hot glue a small spray of faux purple flowers onto the base, to coordinate with the colour of the shadow box. Then I hot glued the candlestick to the bottom of the shadow box in the centre.  If you want a more permanent hold, use a stronger glue like E6000.

Completed Easter Shadow Box

 

 

The completed shadow box really brightens up my space and, of course, this project can be painted in any colour you choose. 

I hope you enjoyed these Easter decor ideas using kids’ craft kits.

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