5 Easter craft ideas using the Cricut Maker + FREE Easter Template

If you’re looking for some easy Easter crafts, I’ve got 5 Easter projects to show you today using my new Cricut Maker and me free Easter template you can get below. They’re easier than they look, because the Cricut Maker does all the hard work – and I’d love to see what other craft ideas you can come up with using this template. Let’s get creative!

Check out the video below, then scroll down to see the supplies I used and my other Easter resources.

Disclaimer: I was given the Cricut Maker and other Cricut supplies used in this video for free by Cricut. I was very excited to work with a reputable company like Cricut after being interested in their products for quite a while before this. All opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a commission if you click them and make a purchase (at no cost to you).

What is a Cricut?

The Cricut Maker is essentially a smart die-cutting machine, but it’s also so much more than that.

It can cut hundreds of materials with crazy precision, from light paper or fabric to heavy card, leather or even basswood.

And it doesn’t just cut, it can also score, write, perforate, deboss, engrave, and do foil transfers.

It is a crafting dream, with so many possibilities… and in the few days since I’ve been able to explore this machine, I’ve only just scratched the surface – and yet, I’ve been impressed at just how easy it is to use and how quickly I’ve been able to create something unique following the basic start-up guide that comes with the Cricut Maker.

I’ve used this free template, and I’m going to show you how you can turn one design into 5 completely different crafts with some help from the Cricut Maker.

Of course, there’s even more you can do than what I could cover in this video, so I’d love to see your own creations using this template over in my Facebook group.

Free Easter Egg Template

Use them as digital stickers, as a coloring page, or upload them to your die-cutting machine (i.e. Cricut or Silhouette) to open a world of possibilities – cardmaking, crafts, decor, vinyl projects, stenciling, and personalized gifts.

DOWNLOAD THE FREE TEMPLATE HERE.

I also have a version available with separate PNG files and 2 more pages with different designs. Check it out here.

5 Easter Craft Ideas Using the Cricut Maker

I’ve chosen 5 simple crafts using the template above. You can see a bit more detail about the process in the above video.

Easter Craft 1: An Easter Tree

For my first project, I used the Cricut Maker and my template to cut out several different colors of cardstock. I also wanted to try some patterned paper, so I tried both a black and white coloring page printed on cardstock, and a double-sided colored photocopy of one of my colored in pages.

I’ve bought this simple tree from a local shop – most dollar stores or craft shops sell something like this around Easter time now, and because my eggs are full of holes, it should be easy to either hang these straight on the tree, or tie a small string to each one like an ornament.

Easter Craft 2: Easter Egg Bunting

For my second project, I used the same cardstock eggs, this time using a combination of the larger and smaller eggs from the template, and threaded them along a string to make a bunting. You could also do this with ribbon, wool, fishing wire, or tape. All of the holes make this easy!

Easter Craft 3: Personalized Easter cards

For my third Easter project, I wanted to create some beautiful Easter cards! Since cardmaking isn’t exactly in my skillset yet, I asked a good friend, @Katprefol to help with this one. I gave her a set of the eggs that I had cut out on white cardstock, and she did the rest. So I don’t have a tutorial on these, but I do have some beautiful cards to show you for inspiration that she has created! Wow! If you have any specific questions on her methods, feel free to ask them in the Facebook group and I’ll get her to talk us through her process.

Easter Craft 4: Easter Gift Bottle

Moving on to craft number 4, we’re stepping away from the paper and trying a different medium. Cricut have also sent me a range of different vinyls to try. To create this bottle, I cut out the vinyl, removed all the bits I didn’t want from the mat (aka “weeding”) and then used transfer tape to remove the vinyl from the backing and apply it to my glass bottle. It was easier than I expected!

Fill it with chocolate, and finish it off with a ribbon or a card. Different size bottles will work, as long as your opening is big enough to fit your chocolates!

Easter Craft 5: Easter Bucket

I was trying to find a cute basket or bucket for my kids to take out for an Easter egg hunt because the last few years the buckets we’ve been using has been a little… small. But this was the only one I could find, and it isn’t exactly pretty. So this Cricut Easter video came at the perfect time!

I used the Cricut Maker to cut the template out, this time using a stencil vinyl. It worked much the same as a regular vinyl, including the weeding and transfer process. The only difference is that it will be removed at the end.

I applied the stencil to the bucket, then used a metal paint primer and white spray paint over the whole surface. Once that was dry, I used acrylic paint pens (given to me by Chalkola) to paint inside each of the eggs, which was easy with the stencil in place.

I removed the stencil, fixed up any paint with the markers (some came off with the stencil because it had dried to much before I removed it) and it was done!

Share your own ideas!

So there you have it, 5 different crafts from one template, which you can download for free here.

I’d love to see what you’ve been making too, so please join my free Facebook group in the description below and show me your Easter crafts or coloring pages.

A huge thank you again to Cricut for sending me this amazing Cricut Maker and these supplies. This was easier to use than I expected and I’m looking forward to using this again for some more papercrafts, cardmaking and to give my wall here a makeover in a few weeks. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel now so you don’t miss that video, and check out some of my other videos while you’re there.

I’ve included some more of my Easter resources below, enjoy!

Other Easter Crafts & Coloring Pages

You can transform this Easter cut template into so many different crafts!

Use them as digital stickers, as a coloring page, or upload them to your die-cutting machine (i.e. Cricut or Silhouette) to open a world of possibilities – cardmaking, crafts, decor, vinyl projects, stenciling, and personalized gifts.

Get it here.

This set of Easter templates is a step up from the free version above – this set includes 3 pages, with more designs to work with.

It also includes separate PNG files for each egg, which saves the time in separating files if you are wanting to use individual eggs in a design, or use them as digital stickers.

Check it out.

I’ve added new coloring pages to my Easter range and bundled them together so you can get all 16 coloring pages for a great price!

Some designs have thicker lines, some have more intricate details, and there’s a mix of realistic, cartoon, and patterned Easter themes. There’s something for everyone. There are a mix of religious and non-religious Easter pages included.

See all the pages here.

This free Easter basket doesn’t come with cut files, but it’s fairly easy to cut out by hand. Color it in however you like and check out the range of other designs available.

Get the freebie and watch the tutorial here.

If you really want to go all-in on Easter coloring, this bundle includes Easter bookmarks, coloring pages, printable gift bags, Easter egg baskets, Greeting cards and letterheads… with almost 50 pages of coloring activities, including a mix of both religious and non-religious Easter designs, there’s something in this pack for everyone!

See what’s included here.