Cheap Easter Activities For Kids
With Australians estimated to have spent up to $136 per person on chocolates and special treats last Easter, it’s easy to see why some families are looking for cheaper ways to celebrate the long weekend. We’ll give you some eggs-ellent ideas to turn everyday items into holiday fun, as well as some gift ideas you can enjoy instead of (or alongside) the chocolate. A holiday loan can help you fund the perfect Easter getaway, but you don’t have to splurge every year. Keep the kids and your wallet happy this year with some of our cheap Easter activities!
Overview
- Art activities for Easter
- Easter activities to print
- Easter baking ideas
- How do you make Easter fun for older kids?
- What to get kids for Easter that isn’t chocolate?
Art activities for Easter
Whether it’s an egg hunt or an outdoor concert, most cities have plenty of Easter activities to fill up the school holidays. But not all of them are free, so sprinkle in some cheap or free crafts to keep the costs down. Your budget will thank you, and you’ll hopefully make some fun memories along the way.
- Decorating eggs: Boil some eggs, soak them in vinegar, then use food dye or natural colouring from ingredients you already have to decorate to your heart’s content. Try making an egg for each member of the family, or head to pinterest for some inspiration.
- Easter chicks: Don’t throw away those egg cartons! Cut out the egg slots, paint them yellow, and add some googly eyes or coloured cardboard to make cute baby chicks.
- Air-dry clay eggs: Don’t want to deal with boiling eggs? Air-dry clay is cheap and easy to work with. Plus you can go beyond eggs to make bunnies, chicks, or any Easter shape you can think of. Once they’re dry, you can paint them too for a craft that’ll take up your whole weekend.
- Easter basket: You can’t go wrong cutting out strips of paper, weaving them together to form a basket, then covering it with fun designs and Easter landscapes.
The secret to cheap easter activities is to look around your home and see what you can use without going out to buy anything. You’d be surprised how many household items can make a great, entertaining craft activity (not to mention how many you can sell to fund your crafty weekend). Use our suggestions for inspiration and see if you can come up with your own.
Easter activities to print
If you’ve got a printer at home, you’ve got access to endless cheap crafting opportunities! Even if you don’t own a printer, most local libraries offer a free or cheap printing service. They might even have some free Easter activities of their own to give you inspiration! Here are some ideas to use up any spare sheets of paper lying around:
- Origami bunnies: You don’t even need scissors or glue for this one. Find a template you like, print it out, and start folding!
- Easter egg headband: You can find a template, or just cut out your own shapes for this one. Glue or staple it together, then decorate it however you’d like with drawings, paintings, or sequins.
- Colouring pictures: There are so many Easter colouring templates available online, you’ll never run out of new things for the kids to colour in.
Easter baking ideas
Baking your own Easter treats is a great way to save money and keep your kids entertained. There are plenty of kid-friendly tasks that don’t involve high heat or dangerous tools, so it’s easy to get involved. Here are a few fun ideas:
- Easter nests: Melt some chocolate over a bowl of simmer water, mix in coconut, then form your nests on a sheet of baking paper. Add some coloured candy-coated eggs to bring it all together!
- Rocky road: Chocolate, marshmallows, lollies, biscuits, or whatever else you have in the kitchen can all make a colourful rocky road.
- Easter bunny cupcakes: It’s easy to turn vanilla cupcakes into cute bunny faces.
- Chocolate crackle: Get some coloured icing and sprinkles to turn chocolate crackle into easter eggs or festive faces.
You can even take the baking out altogether and stick to decorating! Buy some plain biscuits, sprinkles, marshmallows, or whatever colourful treats you enjoy, and see who can make the best bunny!
How do you make Easter fun for older kids?
It’s easy to make a few little tweaks to Easter traditions to make them more fun for older kids. Add some clues and riddles to turn an Easter egg hunt into a more challenging scavenger hunt. Or try picking a slightly harder baking recipe, or having a cookie decorating competition.
A themed movie marathon could be a nice way to bring the whole family together. There aren’t many specifically Easter themed movies, but you could get creative with your theme. There are plenty of movies with bunnies, like Alice in Wonderland and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Or you could pick sweets as the theme and dive into any of the Wonka movies (but make sure to have some chocolate on hand for those).
Got a little more wiggle room in your budget? See if there are any cheap camping spots nearby or fun destinations to go for a weekend away!
What to get kids for Easter that isn’t chocolate?
Of course, you might not want to avoid chocolate treats entirely. But your Easter presents don’t have to be all about the sweets. Try including some of the activities we’ve mentioned above, along with pastel colouring pens and any other art supplies you’d need to get them done. You could even turn the goodie bag itself into an activity! Make the basket, then fill it up with treats and crafts as you go.
Need a hand to make this Easter special?
Even with a weekend full of cheap Easter activities, you might want to splash out on a special dinner or a weekend away. Even if you’ve got bad credit, Swoosh can take the stress out of the long weekend with a holiday loan you can use to give your family an Easter they’ll never forget. Hop on over to the website and apply today, or contact our team for more information.
