Our favourite Easter craft ideas and tutorials for cute-as-a-button hats and bonnets. Glue guns at the ready…
It’s official: we’re gearing up to hop on into the Easter festivities! Have you booked your brunch and bought all your Easter eggs and treats yet? What about an Easter school holiday camps or some new ideas for ways how to spend the school holidays? But before all of that, there are the kids’ Easter bonnets to make for the all-important Easter hat parade at school. Don’t worry if you’ve left it last minute again this year, there’s still time to bust out the craft kits and whip up these cute, super-easy Easter hats and bonnets…
DIY projects: how to make Easter craft hats and bonnets
1. Beautiful boho: floral Easter crafts bunny headbands
Make ’em for your child, your fur baby… heck, even yourself! We are cooing over this modern alternative to Easter hats and bonnets. Go total Easter DIY and fashion the actual ears yourself out of pipe cleaners. Bebeh Blog gives a fab tutorial for this method, and it won’t cost you the earth either. Check out our guide to where to pick up craft supplies in Singapore and job’s a good ‘un.
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2. Getting crafty with crocheting: knitted Easter DIY chick hat
If you love to crochet and you don’t tend to leave things to the last minute, then let it be known that we salute you. Your next step? Grab your needles and yarn and get cracking on this gorgeous lil Easter DIY hat – it’s a cute knitted chick! Repeat Crafter Me’s got you on how to rustle up this oh so cute holiday accessory with the pattern and a step-by-step guide.
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3. Last-minute cuteness: Paper plate Easter craft bunny ears
We’ve all been there: you didn’t read the memo, life got on top of you and you forgot. Oops. Never fear! Thanks to this very clever tutorial from Alpha Mom, all you need is a paper plate, some scissors and felt-tip pens and voila – a DIY Easter hat your littlies will rock. Even better, this method can be adapted for all the big holidays: shamrocks for St Patrick’s Day, hearts for Valentine’s Day and so on. Hoorah!
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4. Party parade: Easter craft bunny party hats
This one’s pretty simple too, and because you don’t need a fancy craft kit, it’s great for mums who are busy, busy, busy! You can also rustle them up quicksmart for the whole family if you’re keen on twinning. The House That Lars Built has a great tutorial and template for these DIY Easter hats – we love the added touch of sprinkling homemade confetti in your hair too for a fun touch.
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5. Baseball Bunnies: try a bunny baseball-cap DIY Easter hat
If you’re finding it hard to convince your little rabbit to don a hat, why not consider this minimalist option? It’s basically cardboard bunny ears stuck to a white baseball cap – easy peasy (in theory), right? Kidspot has a fab video tutorial to guide you through the process. Got questionable drawing skills? The article also offers a free printable template for those bunny ears so you don’t send your littlies to the parade with lopsided lugholes.
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6. Go gung-ho on the glue gun for an Easter DIY hat!
Armed with your trusty glue gun, you can achieve greatness with your DIY Easter hats and bonnets. Spotlight is known for having whatever you need when it comes to DIY projects, but did you know they also have guides? They’ve got a few options when it comes to making your own Easter hats – complete with a material list.
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7. Eggstravagant: Easter craft chick headband
Oooh, this is a goodie, and a little bit trickier to execute! Grab yourself some art supplies, fuzzy chicks, painted eggs and a headband, fire up the glue gun and get sticking. Delicate, dainty and delightfully adorable, this is the ultimate Easter DIY hats and bonnets inspo. Let’s just hope it doesn’t end in a Pinterest fail…
Happy crafting, chicks!
This article was originally written by Amy Potter in 2020 and updated by Raiz Redwan in 2025.
