Making Easter bonnets is a longstanding Easter tradition, I remember making them in school as a child, and my elder brothers before me too.
If you’re looking for simple Easter Bonnet ideas for your child’s Easter Bonnet competition, or your local Easter Bonnet parade then here are a few easy ways to make an Easter Bonnet.
We have gathered together over 20 different Easter Bonnet ideas for kids. Check them out and I’m sure it will help you out with some inspiration.
Simple Easter Bonnet Decorating Ideas
Easy ways to decorate an Easter bonnet, for your child's Easter bonnet competition or Easter bonnet parade
Instead of making an Easter bunny hat, why not make his carrot?! This quirky and fun idea will definitely stand out from the crowd.
Easter Bonnet Easter Princess (1236x1500) | Easter bonnet, Cake, Birthday cake
Make a super cute and pink princess castle Easter bonnet hat, complete with royal chicks.
Create a simple party hat for Easter, with super cute little bunny ears and a pom pom on top.
Cover an easter bonnet with colorful tissue paper to make a simple wide brimmed easter hat for the parade.
This easter hat is buzzing fun, covered with lots and lots of bees
How to make a Pretty Birds Nest Easter Parade Hat, full Picture Tutorial
This easter egg nest bonnet is so pretty and girly, your little girl will look gorgeous at the Easter parade.
If your child loves minions, this is a really fun and simple hat to make with their favorite characters
So easy but effective, make an easter bunny or march hare bunny ears hat from just a paper plate.
Make a springtime garden on your Easter bonnet using this simple paper craft
A Quick Cat in the Hat HAT! - Red Ted Art - Make crafting with kids easy & fun
Adapt this cat in the hat diy hat craft to make a tall and striking easter bonnet for the kids
wow, this Easter bonnet is out of this world with the whole solar system on top!
This amazing easter bonnet has a gravity defying basket of eggs on top and will definitely turn heads.
Make this simple paper hat to turn your child into the Easter bunny, complete with cute glasses and bunny teeth
A bee in your bonnet – A beehive hat DIY for the Easter bonnet parade
Make your own bee hive easter bonnet hat with this cute and fun idea for kids of all ages
Adapt some simple bunny ears into this pretty and cute easter bunny floral headband. A great alternative if your young child doesnt want to wear a big heavy hat.
This paper craft flower crown is another lightweight but gorgeous alternative to the larger easter bonnets. So cute!
You can make your own easter bonnet using paper plates! This will be so much fun for the kids to get involved and make themselves.
With this sew and weave version, the kids can get in some extra fine motor skills practice too
Dangling Carrot Easter Hat
This Easter Bonnet with dangling carrots has Mexican sombrero vibes and is so much fun for kids to wear.
We were sent an exciting hamper of crafty products from The Works to help us decorate and dress up an Easter bonnet.
I’m pretty impressed with their Easter craft range, there is lots of variety and really good value prices too. Hopefully this can give you some inspiration for Easter bonnet ideas of your own.
We tried a few different designs for our Easter bonnets. All of them were very simple for the children to make, and fun for them to wear and pose in!
For our base for all of the Easter bonnet ideas, we used this bonnet from The Works. It even looks pretty before you start decorating, with some lovely details on it.
Spring Chicks Easter Bonnet
For this first Easter Bonnet design we selected plenty of cute Spring decorations to stick onto our bonnet – flowers, chicks and eggs, all the cute signs of new life popping up in the Spring. We used these to decorate the brim of our Easter bonnet, along with an extra ribbon with an egg design. I love all these little chicks. Once we’ve finished with our bonnets, I think these will be handy to repurpose inside some Spring sensory bins for the children to play with.
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Tissue Decorated Bonnet
For our next Easter bonnet idea, we used the Easter bonnet decorating kit pack which comes with a selection of tissue papers, decals and more. T made this bonnet and covered the whole bonnet in tissue paper, before decorating with the glittery decals. This are really easy for any child to stick on since they have an adhesive pad at the back, so it’s a really handy option.
To me it doesn’t matter too much if the decorations are stuck on a little haphazardly. That’s the beauty of a kid-made Easter bonnet!
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Butterfly Bonnet
This is another easy Easter bonnet idea using tissue paper. We folded up tissue paper into an accordion fold, as if to make a fan, and then fastened a pipe cleaner around the middle to make it into a simple butterfly. We then attached our large tissue butterfly to the front of the bonnet as the main feature. You could also make one with lots of smaller tissue butterflies rather than one large.
I hope you liked these Easter bonnet ideas, and if you make one of your own why not enter it into a local Easter bonnet competition! Make a super cute and pink princess castle Easter bonnet hat, complete with royal chicks.
Next, you can head to your luxury bathroom to wash up, getting rid of all the glitter and glue!
Easter Bonnet Competition
What is an Easter Bonnet competition? Traditionally an Easter Bonnet was worn to church services for Easter. Now, children can have fun making elaborate and unusual designs.
Many schools or communities run an Easter Bonnet decorating competition where your child could win some chocolate Easter eggs if they are deemed to have made the best Easter hat!
If you are entering your local Easter Bonnet competition, good luck!
What does the Easter Bonnet symbolise?
A new bonnet ties in with the idea of new life, a fresh start, and rejuvenating every freshly for Spring.
What is an Easter Bonnet parade?
This is an opportunity for everyone to show off their new Easter hats. Also known as Easter Parade and the Easter Bonnet Festival. The most famous one was at 5th Avenue in New York.
More Easter Ideas
Easter is a great time to have fun with all the family, get involved with Easter crafting and Easter baking.
Here are just a few of our Easter ideas for kids.
- Egg Science Experiment
- Easter Egg Hunt Ideas
- Fine Motor Easter Egg Hunt
- Fun with our Easter Egg Hunt Clues Game
- Coloured Tape Resist Eggs
- How to Make an Easter Egg the Easy Way
- 10 Easter Egg Coloring Pages for Kids
- Surprise Egg Sink or Float Experiment
- Fine Motor PomPom Painting Easter Egg Craft for Kids
- Easter Egg Fridge Cake
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Anna Marikar, mum of four and seasoned blogger, has spent over a decade sharing her parenting journey and passion for kid-friendly crafts and free printables.
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Some great ideas
some really lovely pics!
i stress every year about this!!! You just know the other parents are judging you!
What a great selection of easter craft goodies and I love the designs your kids came up with! #pocolo xxx
They look so adorable! I am looking for some projects that I can do with my son this easter holiday so this is a great idea! #pocolo
Very cute designs! I especially love the one with the little chicks!
Thanks for sharing at the Easter Crafts and Games link up by Kidz Activities! I’ll be featuring this and sharing on Facebook/Pinterest!
I’ve never known about this tradition, but I totally should, what great ways to celebrate!!