21 Spring Preschool Craft Ideas
This list has 21 ideas for easy spring preschool crafts!
All of these are simple cut and paste “build your own” crafts with shapes that are easy to cut out and glue together, which makes them great for practicing scissor skills.
These work well for a quiet weekend activity at home. They can also be used in the classroom.
I’ve included a mix of spring-themed crafts like insects, garden animals, pond creatures, and a few Easter favorites.
You might also like these spring worksheets for preschool.
Build Your Own Butterfly
This butterfly craft works well for insect themes or butterfly life cycle lessons (be sure to grab the caterpillar below). The large wings have plenty of space for coloring, which makes it a fun choice for preschoolers.
Build Your Own Baby Chick
You can use this baby chick craft for farm animal or Easter themes. The cracked egg pieces make it look like the chick is just hatching. Pair this with the hen craft below!
Build Your Own Bunny
This bunny craft has a classic Easter bunny look with its upright shape and long ears. It works well for Easter themes.
Build Your Own Caterpillar
This caterpillar craft is a fun one for insect themes or butterfly life cycle lessons. It’s also a good one to add after reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Build Your Own Frog
This frog craft creates a small pond scene with a lily pad and grass pieces. It’s a cute one to pair with frog life cycle lessons or pond animal themes.
Build Your Own Dragonfly
This dragonfly craft fits right in with pond themes or spring insect lessons. It’s a good option to add when you’re learning about insects you would find near water.
Build Your Own Easter Bunny
This Easter bunny craft works well for Easter themes and spring activities. The decorated eggs add a fun detail, and the grass piece completes the scene and makes it look like the bunny is hiding.
Build Your Own Flower
This flower craft works well for garden or nature themes. It’s also an easy one to add when talking about plants and how flowers grow.
Build Your Own Ladybug
This ladybug craft is a fun one for insect or garden themes. The spotted wings give it that classic ladybug look once it’s assembled.
Build Your Own Turtle
This turtle craft fits nicely with pond animal themes or reptile units. It’s also a fun addition when learning about slow-moving animals.
Build Your Own Snail
This snail craft works well for garden or backyard bug themes. It’s an easy way to introduce some of the small animals preschoolers might spot outside in the spring.
Build Your Own Bee
This bee craft fits perfectly with pollinator lessons or spring garden themes. It’s a fun one to include when learning about how bees help flowers grow.
Build Your Own Easter Basket
This Easter basket craft works well for Easter themes and spring activities. The eggs are left blank so they can be decorated first before putting everything together.
Build Your Own Lamb
This lamb craft is another cute one to do the week leading up to Easter. It’s a fun option if you’re looking for something other than bunnies.
Build Your Own Easter Chick
This Easter chick craft is a good one to add in next. The eggs are just waiting to be decorated and tucked into the grass.
Build Your Own Easter Bunny
This Easter bunny craft is another fun one if you’re looking for rabbits! The big feet make it extra cute.
Build Your Own Ant
This ant craft is a fun one to add to insect themes or backyard bug lessons. It goes right along with talking about anthills.
Build Your Own Grasshopper
This grasshopper craft is another fun bug craft to add to your plans. Grasshoppers start showing up in late spring, so it fits right in.
Build Your Own Chicken
This hen and eggs craft works well for farm themes in the spring. The eggs make it easy to tie in baby animal lessons. (Pair it with the hatching baby chick above!)
Build Your Own Duck
This duck craft is another good one for farm themes or pond animal activities when you’re talking about animals you might see around water.
Build Your Own Sheep
This sheep craft is a cute one to add to your spring animal activities. It’s a good one when you’re talking about animals you might see on a farm.
