Coffee Filter Easter Wreath for Kids
If you’re looking for easy Easter crafts for kids, you’ll love this Coffee Filter Easter Wreath! It’s simple to make, the supply list is very simple, and toddlers and preschoolers will LOVE the creative process!
Hooray for spring! Winter is slowly coming to an end, and we’ve been busy making lots of spring crafts! We’ve recently discovered the joys of crafting with coffee filters, so last week my toddlers and preschoolers made coffee filter flowers, and this week we made these Easter wreaths.
They’re so versatile, and the hooligans LOVE the process we use to colour them! If you don’t have coffee filters, you could use tissue paper, or you could make these pretty paper napkin Spring wreaths from Living Locurto!
You may also like our coffee filter daffodils and coffee filter poppies.
To make a coffee filter Easter wreath, you’ll need:
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Paint your paper plate wreath:
I cut the centres out of some paper plates, and the girls started by painting those in spring colours.
How to dye coffee filters for your Easter Wreath:
You have a few options:
For our today’s wreaths, we’re using McCormick’s Neon Food Color
Paintbrushes or pipettes?
Pipettes (or droppers) are great for developing fine-motor and co-ordination, but they’re tricky for young toddlers to get the hang of, so I provided paintbrushes as well. As I suspected, the youngest hooligan wanted to use a paintbrush, and the oldest chose the pipettes.
This part of the process is so fun. Kids love the creative process, and they’ll learn about colour mixing and water absorption.
The girls worked away until they’d coloured 6 or 7 coffee filters each, and then we put everything by the fire to dry. You can speed up the process with a hair dryer.
Aren’t they pretty?
Attaching the coffee filters to the paper plate wreath:
To attach the coffee filters, I made several holes in the paper plate. This would be where we’d insert the coffee filters. There are a couple of ways you can make the holes. You can make your holes by snipping several small X’s around your plate, or you can use a paper punch. I preferred the paper punch method. I punched 4 over-lapping holes to make one “big” hole. And when I say big, I mean about the size of my baby finger-tip.
The girls gave the coffee filters a twist and a scrunch, and then tucked them into the holes. You can see the tip of one poking through the plate here.
We fluffed everything up a bit, and added a ribbon for hanging. What do you think? Aren’t they lovely?
A pretty coffee filter wreath to hang on your door or in a window for Easter or spring!
For more easy Easter crafts for toddlers and preschoolers check out this post: 10 Easy Easter Crafts for Kids!
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Jackie is a mom, wife, home daycare provider, and the creative spirit behind Happy Hooligans. She specializes in kids’ crafts and activities, easy recipes, and parenting. She began blogging in 2011, and today, Happy Hooligans inspires more than 2 million parents, caregivers and Early Years Professionals all over the globe.
