Creative ideas for Easter: 10 amazing craft projects to do using recycled materials

Easter is is a time that stimulates our desire to decorate our environment creatively, perhaps more than at any other time of the year for many.

Easter also coincidences with the beginning of spring, which can also be incorporated into a decorative theme. And by using creative recycling, we can help protect the environment. And undertaking DIY decoration projects with the kids helps teach them about recycling and exercises their creativity.

Listed below, is a number of fantastic ideas which can inspire you to create some wonderful Easter-themed decorations.

Making cute Easter baskets is very easy by recycling empty egg cartons. Cleaned and painted, they will become the perfect containers for chocolate eggs and other small items to give out at Easter.

Glass jars can be decorated with Easter motifs and subjects using stencils and paint. And they can be excellent as chocolate egg containers.

Why not consider decorating bottles with Easter symbols and pastel colors? These bottles can become magnificent decorative objects or contain liqueurs, fruit juices, oil and everything that you want to give out as a gift.

Tin cans are also easy to decorate and turn into cute Easter baskets.

And using wine glasses, making very unique Easter candle holders is really child's play. As home decorations or as gifts, they are truly wonderful.

With paper bags, creating cute gift packages is simple and is also very original.

A Easter bunny can be made by using a simple paper cup. Just attach felt ears, googly eyes and woollen balls for the nose and mouth.

Various types of Easter "critters" can be made using cardboard and toilet paper rolls. These are simple and very colorful craft projects, particularly suitable for children.

Other cute, bunny-shaped Easter baskets are still those which can be created using paper plates.

And finally, very cute Easter-themed pictures can be made using ice cream sticks, ribbons and cardboard. All you need is a little patience and a lots of imagination.

Which of these projects will you try?