Today, we’re kicking off our Spring Craft Collection with this pretty Tissue Paper Easter Wreath! You’ll love how easy this is, and your little ones will love the colour, the texture and the process!
I love making wreaths with the toddlers and preschoolers in my daycare. We make them for every season and holiday, and we often use tissue paper to give our wreaths a full and fluffy appearance.
This Easter wreath will allow kids to explore colour and texture and strengthen their fine-motor skills. It’s the perfect Easter craft for young children.
Crafting with tissue paper:
I love using tissue paper for our crafts here in my daycare. It’s inexpensive, versatile, and comes in every colour of the rainbow, so we can make just about anything with it.
Kids love crafting with tissue paper, too. Â Fine motor skills are get a work out when kids are working with tissue paper. Â It’s so delicate, and the sheets stick together, you really have to concentrate to separate them.
Then there’s the “crumpling”. Â Kids LOVE crumpling tissue paper! It sounds great, feels great, and hand muscles are given a work out with all that crunching, crushing and squeezing.
How to make our tissue paper Easter wreath:
Supplies:
- Tissue Paper
- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Glue
- Ribbon for hanging
Cut a wreath out of a paper plate or light-wieght cardboard. Â A cereal box would work well for this. Â I traced a dinner plate for the outer circle, and a kid’s bowl for the inner circle.
Have your little one crumple 3×3 inch squares of tissue paper, and glue them all over the wreath.
 
We stapled a ribbon bow to the bottom and a ribbon loop to the top for hanging.
What do you say? Â Will you and your toddler be making an Easter wreath this year?
More Easter Crafts for Tots
- Toilet Paper Roll Easter Chicks
- Easter Peeps and Nests
- Easter Napkin Rings
- Easter Finger Puppets
- Stained Glass Easter Eggs
- Toilet Paper Roll Bunnies
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Melissa (@ChMuffinTree)
So Happy and Springy! Made me happy once the image popped on the screen!
happyhooligans
Thanks, Melissa! You can’t go wrong with tissue paper! The colours always look so pretty!
Rebekah @ The Golden Gleam
So pretty! From a craft we did recently, I learned that my daughter LOVES squishing up tissue paper, so this would be perfect craft for her. We need to add more Easter decorations to our mantel so this would be a perfect addition.
happyhooligans
You’re in luck, Rebekah, because you can incorporate the tissue-scrunching into so many different crafts. We’ve done hearts, rainbows, Xmas trees, Easter eggs, candy canes… Name a holiday, and we’ve likely done a tissue paper craft for it. I love that it’s easy enough for even the youngest ones, but beautiful enough that the older ones are really pleased with their masterpieces!
Cristi
So lovely! Putting on my To Do list for over Spring Break 🙂
Kelly
my 2 y.o. daughter and i just made a Valentine’s Day themed one following your pattern! It turned out so cute! Finally put all that girly hot pink and pale pink tissue paper from my baby showers to use!
happyhooligans
Awesome! I have plans for a Valentine’s one too! I love using tissue paper for holiday wreaths. They’re always so pretty, and I love that they fit the budget!
Penny
So, so lovely. I’d love to make some with newspaper, I reckon they would look amazing too!
happyhooligans
Glad you liked this one, Penny! Newspaper is a great idea!
Abby
Approximately how many squares are needed for 1 wreath? I’m a teacher and want to “pre-cut” the squares for my class. 🙂
happyhooligans
Oh boy, Abby, I have no idea. Depends on how small the children crumple the tissue paper, and it also depends on how big your wreath is. You could always make a sample wreath yourself first to see. If you look at my photos, each colour in the wreath represents one square of tissue paper, so you could do a rough count to get a general idea.
Kay.
What glue works best for this? Everytime I’ve tried to make a wreath out of tissue paper or foam decos it just falls off.
Jackie Currie
Hi Kay, we just use white school glue (often just a dollar store brand), and other times, Elmer’s. We’ve never had a problem with it holding light materials like tissue paper, craft foam, styrofoam etc.
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Maggie Guppy
Thanks for some good ideas, I volunteer to lead an art/craft group with elderly people, most with dementia. It is difficult to find things for them to do that finish with something they would be pleased to have. I’ve used several tissue paper ideas, and am going to try rain sticks. I was supposed to be finding out how to make wind chimes, but don’t want to use tin cans, or sticks. I wanted something with a ‘tinkling’ sound.
happyhooligans
Hi, Maggie. So glad you’re checking out my site for ideas. A lot of them are appropriate and engaging for the young AND the young at heart. Have you seen these Key Wind Chimes by Inner Child Fun? http://giving.innerchildfun.com/2013/04/recycled-crafts-for-kids-diy-key-wind-chime.html