Easter is filled with colorful eggs, sweet treats, and the excitement of the famous bunny himself! One of the best ways to celebrate is by getting little hands creative and making something fun.

Hop into the Easter spirit with this adorable Easter bunny basket craft! Kids will create a charming little Easter basket with a bunny peeking out.

If you’re looking for more ways to keep little hands busy this Easter, be sure to check out our collection of easy Easter crafts that will bring even more creativity to the holiday!

A collage of images showcases a "Peek-a-Boo Bunny" craft for kids, featuring a bunny peeking out of a paper basket decorated with crinkled paper "grass." The bunnies have large eyes, pink bows, and are mounted on colorful backgrounds like blue and purple. The text overlay highlights "FREE TEMPLATE" and "BUNNY CRAFT FOR KIDS," promoting a fun and easy Easter-themed activity.

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Easy Easter Bunny Basket Craft For Kids

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This hands-on activity brings extra joy to the holiday while allowing kids to practice their fine motor skills, follow simple instructions, and enjoy a little artistic fun. This project adds an extra touch of handmade charm to Easter celebrations, whether made at home or in the classroom.

Print out our free template, gather a few basic supplies, and let the fun part begin! This festive project is easy to make and a great way to add a personal touch to the holiday.

Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Paper Easter grass
3/8″ Ribbon
Easter bunny basket Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

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Directions

Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this Easter bunny basket to life!

A pair of hands holds a printable template of a bunny’s face, featuring large eyes, a small smiling mouth, and tall ears with a jagged cut near one ear. The sheet is outlined in black and white, ready to be cut and colored for a craft project.

First, guide your child to glue the inner ear pieces onto the outer ears.

A pair of hands is assembling a bunny craft by attaching pink inner ear pieces to a white paper bunny head outline. The background features a white surface with a green fabric draped at the top. The image appears to be part of a step-by-step tutorial for making an Easter bunny craft.

Next, glue the nose just above the mouth line.

A pair of hands is assembling a bunny craft by attaching a small pink paper nose to a white bunny face with large eyes and long ears. The inner parts of the ears are pink, and the bunny has a few drawn eyelashes. The background features a white surface with green fabric draped at the top. This appears to be part of a step-by-step tutorial for creating an Easter bunny craft.

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Glue the Easter basket handle to a background piece of paper.

A pair of hands is placing a blue, upside-down U-shaped paper cutout onto a sheet of purple paper. The background features a white surface with green fabric draped at the top. This appears to be a step in a craft project, possibly for making a bunny or another character.

Position and glue the bunny’s head in the center of the paper, just below the handle.

A pair of hands is attaching a cutout of a bunny’s face with long ears onto a purple sheet of paper. Behind the bunny, a blue curved paper shape is partially visible. The background includes a white surface with green fabric draped at the top. This appears to be part of a bunny-themed craft project.

Place the basket over the lower half of the bunny and glue it down.

A pair of hands is attaching a blue paper basket cutout onto a purple background, partially covering a bunny’s face peeking out from behind it. The bunny has long ears, a white face, and a pink nose. The craft project appears to depict a bunny sitting inside an Easter basket. Green fabric is draped at the top of the image.

Now, stretch out two glue dots along the top of the basket and place the crinkle paper on it. Press firmly to stick the crinkle paper on.

A pair of hands is pressing down on the edges of a blue paper basket, securing it onto a purple background. A bunny with long ears and a white face peeks out from behind the basket, giving the appearance of it sitting inside. Green fabric is draped at the top of the image.

A pair of hands is placing crinkled purple paper strips inside a crafted blue paper basket, where a bunny with long ears and a white face is peeking out. The craft is glued onto a purple background, with green fabric draped at the top of the image.

Next, tie a pink ribbon into a bow.

A pair of hands is tying a pink ribbon into a bow, with a completed bunny-in-a-basket craft in the background. The craft features a white bunny with pink ears peeking out from a blue paper basket filled with crinkled purple paper, all mounted on a purple background. A green fabric is draped at the top of the image.

Finally, encourage your child to glue the bow to the middle of the basket’s handle.

A person is attaching a pink ribbon bow to the ear of a bunny cutout in a paper craft. The bunny is peeking out from a blue paper basket filled with crinkled purple paper, all mounted on a purple background. A green fabric is draped at the top of the image.

While you’re here, check out our bunny crafts. We have lots more fun ideas to keep kids busy!

A handmade Easter Bunny craft features a white bunny with large eyes, pink cheeks, and a pink bow on its ears, peeking out from a blue paper basket. The basket is filled with purple crinkled paper "grass" and is set against a purple background.

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Easter Books For Kids

There are so many great Easter books for kids, but these are some of our favorites. Grab them from the library or buy them to add to your child’s collection! They’re great for helping your child develop a larger vocabulary, focus, and more!

Happy Easter Mouse – Everyone knows Mouse from the classic If You Give A Mouse A Cookie book, but now he’s back and ready to celebrate Easter! Kids will love watching him as he goes on an Easter egg hunt!

Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure – Join Pete as he races to help the Easter bunny just in time for Easter! This is another new classic kids rate as a must-have!

It’s Not Easy Being A Bunny – Follow PJ the bunny as he tries to discover what kind of animal he’d rather be instead of a bunny! It’s a silly story with a great lesson.

Two handmade Easter Bunny basket crafts are displayed on a white surface with a green fabric backdrop. Each craft features a white bunny with large eyes, pink cheeks, and a pink bow, peeking out from a paper basket filled with crinkled paper "grass." One has a blue background with a purple basket, while the other has a purple background with a blue basket.

Simple Easter Crafts

Easter Bunny Paper Craft– Hop into some holiday fun with this adorable bunny! With some colorful paper and our free template, kids can create a sweet bunny holding a carrot. Let little ones pick their favorite colors to make each bunny unique. It’s a festive way to celebrate spring and get creative!

Related: Easter Egg Coloring Pages

Easter Basket Name Craft– Make Easter extra special with a personalized basket! Your little ones can decorate their own basket and fill it with eggs featuring letters spelling out their name. With this fun, hands-on way to celebrate the season, they can get creative while practicing name recognition.

A collage of four Easter-themed craft projects for kids includes paper bunnies holding carrots, name recognition baskets with letter tiles, a bunny-shaped pop-up card with "Happy Easter!" written inside, and two paper chicks hatching from eggshells with expressive eyes. Each craft is made from colorful paper and designed to be interactive and fun.

Easter Card Craft – Send some bunny love this Easter with the cutest handmade card! Kids can create the cutest card of a bunny bottom, complete with a fluffy tail going into a burrow. On the inside they can write a holiday greeting to someone special.

It’s a fun way to spread Easter cheer and make a sweet keepsake for family and friends!

Hatching Chick Craft – Celebrate Easter with the sweetest little hatchling! This adorable paper craft has kids create a baby chick hatching from its egg. This hands-on activity is perfect for preschoolers to kindergarteners to have some springtime fun while helping them practice fine motor skills and creativity!

Free Printable Easter Activities

Make learning festive with these free printable Easter worksheets! This set features adorable holiday-themed animals and helps little learners build fine motor skills, scissor skills, and handwriting. These worksheets are a great way to keep kids engaged and learning at home or in the classroom.

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Inside this set, kids will enjoy a letter B bunny maze, a label the lamb activity, and a C is for chick handwriting page. Each page offers hands-on practice with letter recognition, early reading skills, and writing.

Two Easter Bunny basket crafts made from paper are displayed on a white surface. Each features a white bunny with large eyes, pink cheeks, and a pink bow, peeking out from a colorful paper basket filled with crinkled paper "grass" in matching shades. One craft has a blue background with a purple basket, while the other has a purple background with a blue basket.

Hop into some Easter fun with these adorable Easter bunny dot to dot printables! Kids will connect the dots from 1 to 20 on three different illustrations to reveal sweet Easter bunny scenes. Once the dots are connected, the real fun begins when they color in their cute creations!

This engaging activity helps little learners practice number order, fine motor skills, and patience while celebrating the holiday. Download the printables and let the Easter creativity get hopping!

A collage of four Easter-themed activity sheets for kids features a letter recognition maze for the letter "B," a connect-the-dots bunny hatching from an Easter egg, a partially colored bunny holding carrots, and a shadow-matching game where children match bunny illustrations to their corresponding silhouettes. The sheets are decorated with bright colors and playful designs.

Make learning extra hoppy with these fun filled Easter bunny activity sheets! These printable pages with adorable illustrations turn learning into play as kids explore new concepts in an engaging way.

Little learners will enjoy matching, counting, navigating a maze, and more while strengthening problem-solving, math, and fine motor skills. Since these worksheets are easy to prep, you just download, print, and go!

Grab your free set and let the Easter learning fun begin for your preschool, pre-K, and kindergarten kiddos.

A handmade Easter Bunny craft features a white bunny with big eyes, pink cheeks, and a pink bow on its ears, peeking out from a purple paper basket. The basket is filled with light blue crinkled paper "grass" and is set against a blue background.

These Easter math for preschool worksheets are a great way to get kids excited about the holiday and disguise learning as play! Kids will count, sort, and recognize numbers while exploring colorful springtime images and adorable Easter characters.

These activities transform learning into fun. They help little ones build essential math skills through engaging problem-solving games, patterns, and size comparisons. The bright illustrations and exciting challenges turn learning into play.

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Easter Bunny Basket Craft

Prep Time: 10

Active Time: 10

Total Time: 20

Hop into the Easter spirit with this adorable Easter bunny basket craft!

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Author: Sam

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Materials

Colored cardstock or construction paper in yellow, light pink and blue
Glue
Paper Easter grass
3/8″ Ribbon
Easter bunny basket Template
Scissors

Instructions

Download the Easter bunny basket template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
Begin by gluing the inner ear pieces in the middle of the outer ears.
Next, glue the nose to the top of the mouth line.
Glue the Easter basket handle to the middle of a background piece of paper.
Position and glue the bunny’s head in the center of Easter basket handle.
Place the basket piece over the lower half of the bunny and glue it down.
Take two glue dots, stretch them out, and glue them to the main part of the Easter basket. Now, take the paper Easter grass and press it firmly on the glue dots. Trim any excess paper that doesn't stick.
Next, tie a pink ribbon into a bow.
Finish off by gluing the bow to the basket's handle.

Free Easter Bunny Basket Template

Sam

Sam is the crafter and founder of Simple Everyday Mom. She has been featured in Oprah Mag, Good Housekeeping, The Spruce Crafts, Country Living, The Bump and more. Read more.

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Jessica

Wednesday 2nd of April 2025

how do I download?

Kamille - Community Support Assistant

Thursday 3rd of April 2025

Hi! All you need to do is click the “Click Here To Get Your Freebie” image at the end of the post and then enter your email in the form and the link will be sent to you. Or if you’re already a subscriber, when you enter your email in the form, it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ◡̈

Amy

I teach k-8 art in a very small school, love your ideas!

That’s so kind—thank you! Sounds like your students are lucky to have such a creative teacher.

Can’t wait

Love the excitement—thank you! Hope it turns out just how you imagined.

Tuesday 1st of April 2025

This looks perfect for my K-2 class

That’s awesome to hear! All you need to do is click the “Click Here To Get Your Freebie” image at the end of the post and then enter your email in the form and the link will be sent to you. Or if you’re already a subscriber, when you enter your email in the form, it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ◡̈

Monday 31st of March 2025

Excited

That’s so great to hear! Hope it turns out to be a fun one.