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Easy spring art activities for children
This section of NurtureStore’s seasonal children’s art activities has ideas for fun and easy spring art activities for children, including flowers, rainbows, eggs, birds and bunnies, plus crafts for Easter.
This article is part of our children’s art lessons and craft activities.
Table of Contents
Spring arts and crafts about:
– ready-made art curricula
– April showers
– birds
– bunnies
– caterpillars
– daffodils / St. David’s Day
– dragons / St. George’s Day
– Earth Day
– Easter
– eggs
– flowers
– International Women’s Day
– lambs
– rainbows
– Spring Equinox
Ready-made art lessons, all in one place
The best and easiest way to teach great art lessons is to use our ready-made art curricula. Choose from:
Art Spark: This kit gives you everything you need to get started with art and develop a rich and creative art practice with your children. 30+ inspiring process art projects, famous art, world culture, practical tips, and endless possibilities! See more and get your copy here.
Exploring Great Artists: This book gives you everything you need to teach an exciting art program inspired by the great artists of the world. With profiles of each artist, materials lists, lesson plans, and creative, hands-on art projects for every featured artist you’ll easily be able to deliver engaging and educational art lessons. See more and get your copy here.
Diversify Your Art Curriculum: This art curriculum bundle of five ebooks gives you everything you need to teach 25 art projects inspired by contemporary artists of colour from four continents. See more and get your copy here.
Color Theory Art Lessons: This curriculum gives you all the resources you need to learn about the color wheel and color theory and enjoy hands-on, easy, creative art projects for every lesson. It includes art history, famous artist profiles, and wider cross-curricular lessons in science, math, language arts and world culture, plus bonus printables and posters. See more and get your copy here.
Easy spring art ideas for children
Enjoy these art activities for children featuring the motifs of the season and the main fall festivals.
April showers art activity
Painting with the rain
Here’s an unusual art activity about the weather – we’re painting with the rain.
Bird art and craft activities
Word Birds
This creative writing activity invites children to combine art, writing and imagination as they turn a bird craft into the very special homemade book.
Paper play bird craft
Gather your collage materials and have fun making this easy paper plate bird craft.
Play dough birds’ nests
Combine my natural play dough recipe, loose parts, and a free bird puppet printable to explore how birds make nests, and enjoy some bird-themed sensory and imaginary play.
Bunny / rabbit art and craft activities
Paper roll rabbit craft
Here’s a super cute Easter bunny craft idea that’s easy to make and works great filled with little Easter treats or as puppets for some imaginary play.
Caterpillars art and craft activities
Caterpillar crafts
Three easy caterpillar crafts for children to make with simple materials.
Daffodils/ St. David’s Day art and craft activities
Daffodil still life painting
In this daffodil art lesson we will look at famous art featuring daffodils, learn about still life art, and create our own daffodil paintings.
Daffodil bunting
Here’s a beautiful, simple spring craft – daffodil bunting!
Daffodil pinwheel / windmill spinner
How to make spinning daffodil pinwheels / windmills.
Contact paper daffodil suncatcher
This easy daffodil craft made with contact paper is so bright and cheery. It combines collage with fine motor skills to create a daffodil suncatcher.
Dragons / St. George’s Day art and craft activities
Egg box dragon model
How to turn and egg box into a dragon puppet.
Dragon small world
How to make a dragon small world for imaginary play.
Dragon rod puppet
How to make a dragon rod puppet.
Dragon play mat
How to draw a dragon play mat.
Earth Day art and craft activities
Forest school art activities
Use these ready-made lesson plans for forest school art activities to take art outdoors and create art projects using natural materials.
Climate protest banner
Here’s a quick guide on how to make a protest banner for the climate strike.
Easter art and craft activities
Paper plate Easter basket
This paper plate Easter basket craft is really simple to make, but ever so pretty! And each child can add their own art to the design.
Easy ways to dye Easter eggs
Three gorgeously easy ways to dye Easter eggs, using shaving foam, oil and crayons. Includes a no-dye, mess free option!
What are pysanky eggs?
In this lesson you’ll learn about pysanky eggs, the history of the pysanka egg, and traditional designs. Then you can use the egg decorating ideas to design your own colourful easter eggs.
Easy botanical eggs
Use this tutorial to make petal and leaf prints on eggs, creating botanical eggs for lovely nature-themed decorations for spring and Easter.
Easter egg bunting
How to set up an Easter Creation Station, which invites the children to glue, stick, paint, tear and create to their hearts content.
Simple Easter cards for toddlers
As easy Easter card design young children can make.
Printing with carrots
An Easter craft with a dash of fun – have you tried writing, painting and printing with carrots?
Eggs art and craft activities
Easy ways to dye Easter eggs
Three gorgeously easy ways to dye Easter eggs, using shaving foam, oil and crayons. Includes a no-dye, mess free option!
What are pysanky eggs?
In this lesson you’ll learn about pysanky eggs, the history of the pysanka egg, and traditional designs. Then you can use the egg decorating ideas to design your own colourful easter eggs.
Easy botanical eggs
Use this tutorial to make petal and leaf prints on eggs, creating botanical eggs for lovely nature-themed decorations for spring and Easter.
Easter egg bunting
How to set up an Easter Creation Station, which invites the children to glue, stick, paint, tear and create to their hearts content.
Grow egg heads
We make these Eggheads with cress hair every year because the kids think they’re so funny. If you get them ready four or five days beforehand they will have grown a full head of hair ready for the Easter weekend – which you can then snip off to enjoy with an egg sandwich.
Flowers art and craft activities
Flower manadalas
Combine natural, sensory materials, art, math and a little meditation and make some pretty flower mandala designs.
Still life painting
In this daffodil art lesson we will look at famous art featuring daffodils, learn about still life art, and create our own daffodil paintings.
Flower and leaf printing
Let’s make nature prints using leaves and flowers.
Watercolour flowers
For some pretty spring art for kids, using an interesting painting technique, try these beautiful watercolour flowers.
Paper plate spring flower wreath
This paper plate spring wreath is great for toddlers and preschool. It’s easy to make and ever so pretty.
Spring blossom tree craft
Here’s an idea for a spring blossom tree craft that uses natural materials for some sensory exploring and printing.
Flower crown
How to make a flower crown.
Finger painting flower craft
Such a pretty flower craft, just right for babies and toddlers who love finger painting.
International Women’s Day art and craft activities
Enjoy our art lesson about famous women artists:
Laurel Burch
Gee’s Bend quilters
Clementine Hunter
Yayoi Kusama
Georgia O’Keeffe
Maria Prymachenko
Augusta Savage
Janet Sobel
Alma Woodsey Thomas
Lambs art and craft activities
Easter chicks and lambs collage
For this easy Easter craft we’re using collage materials to create chicks, eggs and lambs.
Potato printing chicks and lambs
Here’s an idea that takes a childhood classic and gives it a spring-time twis: we’re potato printing chicks, lambs and rabbits.
Rainbows art and craft activities
Handprint rainbow wreaths
Make a beautiful rainbow handprint wreath.
Shaving foam rainbows
Explore the colours of the rainbow with shaving foam.
Spring Equinox art and craft activities
Spring Equinox crafts and activities
Learn about the Spring Equinox and celebrate with a selection of easy spring art activities for children.
More children’s art lessons and craft activities
Use NurtureStore’s extensive resources to find more great art lessons and craft activities for your children:
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