Easy Easter Crafts for Kids: Salt Dough Bunny
Easter crafts don’t have to be complicated to be meaningful. This easy salt dough bunny activity is a fun, hands-on way to bring creativity into your home while also helping little ones practice counting and storytelling.
Pair this craft with the classic “5 Little Easter Bunnies” rhyme, and suddenly you’ve got more than just an art project—you’ve got a playful learning moment your kids will actually remember.
Why Kids Love This Craft
This activity hits that sweet spot between messy fun and simple structure.
Kids get to:
- Mix and shape their own dough
- Create adorable bunny decorations
- Paint and personalize each one
- Use them later while singing and counting
It’s especially great for toddlers and preschoolers who learn best through hands-on play.
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Materials You’ll Need
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup salt
- 1 cup water
- Bunny-shaped cookie cutter
- Acrylic paints (white, brown, red, black)
- Paint brushes
- Hot glue gun (adult use only)
- Fridge magnets
How to Make Salt Dough Easter Bunnies
1. Make the Dough
Add flour, salt, and water to a mixing bowl.
Mix well, then knead until the dough is smooth and soft.
2. Roll and Cut
Roll the dough to about ½-inch thick.
Use a bunny cookie cutter to create your shapes.
3. Add Details
With leftover dough:
- Roll small balls for noses
- Shape tiny tails
Use a butter knife to gently add details like ears and legs. This makes it easier for little hands to paint later.
4. Dry the Bunnies
Place on a lined baking tray.
Bake at your oven’s lowest temperature (around 150°F) for about 3 hours.
Let them cool and fully harden overnight.
5. Paint and Decorate
Start with:
- White tails
- Pink noses and inner ears
Then let kids mix colors to paint each bunny differently. Let everything dry completely.
6. Turn Them Into Magnets
Once dry, an adult can hot glue magnets to the back.
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Now your bunnies are ready to display—or use during song time.ke around 3 minutes to dry the bunnies and for them to be ready for painting.
Quick Time-Saving Option
Short on time? Try a microwave salt dough method instead. It can dry your bunnies in just a few minutes, making this craft doable even on a busy day.
Tips for Success
- Cover your workspace—this can get messy fast
- Thinner dough dries quicker and more evenly
- Let kids mix their own paint colors for extra creativity
- Prep extra dough in case little hands want do-overs
- Always supervise when using hot glue
Turn It Into a Learning Activity
This craft can easily go beyond art time.
Try adding:
- Easter-themed books to introduce traditions
- Simple worksheets for counting or tracing
- Word games like Easter-themed searches
While kids create and play, they’re also building:
- Fine motor skills
- Early math concepts
- Creativity and imagination
Easter Learning Activities and Printables
Check out these other great Easter learning printables and resources. These items are from my shop and are a great educational addition.
Use Your Bunnies for Playtime
Once finished, these little bunnies become interactive tools.
Use them to:
- Act out stories
- Practice counting backward
- Sing along with rhymes
It turns a one-time craft into something kids can keep using.
5 Little Easter Bunnies (Sing Along)
Use your finished bunnies while singing:
5 Little Easter Bunnies,
Sitting by the door!
One hopped away
And then there were 4!
4 Little Easter Bunnies,
Under a tree!
One hopped away
And then there were 3!
3 Little Easter Bunnies,
Looking at you!
One hopped away
And then there were 2!
2 Little Easter Bunnies,
Resting in the sun!
One hopped away
And then there was 1!
1 Little Bunny,
Left all alone!
He hopped away
And then there was none!
This salt dough bunny craft isn’t just cute—it’s a simple way to combine creativity, learning, and play. And honestly, anything that keeps kids engaged and learning at the same time is a win.
More Easter Activities for Kids:
- Easter Projects for Kids
- Preschool Printable Easter Activity Pack
- Egg Hunt Ideas
- Easter Preschool Activity Pack
- Easter Activity Pack about Faith
Salt Dough Bunny
Equipment
- Paint Brushes
- Hot Glue Gun
- Bunny Shaped Cookie Cutter
Materials
- 2 Cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1 Cup(s) salt
- 1 Cup(s) water
- Acrylic Paints – white brown, red and black
- Fridge Magnets
Instructions
- Add the flour, water and salt to a mixing bowl.
- Mix and then knead the dough until smooth.
- Roll out to around 1/2″ thick.
- Using your bunny cookie cutter cut out bunnies.
- With the leftover salt dough take some small sections and create 5 little noses for your bunnies.
- Then 5 little fluffy tails.
- Using a knife add some details – we separated the ears of the bunnies as well as legs so that they had a little more form making it easier for toddlers to decorate.
- Place the bunnies onto a lined baking tray.
- Dry in the oven for around 3 hours at your oven’s lowest temperature (150F on our oven).
- Leave over night and then paint the following day.
- Start off with painting the tails white.
- Then little pink noses and inside the ears.
- Mix up some light brown and grey paint and paint your 5 little bunnies different colours.
- Leave these to dry.
- Once dry hot glue a magnet to the back and now you can use these Little Easter Bunny Salt Dough Decorations for singing along with the rhyme or give to family as an Easter Gift from the kids.
Thank you for all your creative ways of engaging our students
These crafts are really nice. My child loves these types of creative works. So, thanks for sharing this post with us!
Too cute. Pinned! Thanks for sharing at the To Grandma’s House We Go DIY, Crafts, Recipes and More Link Party. Hope to see you again this week!
These are too cute and look great to keep the kiddies busy. Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
Nice post.