Easter Bunny Art with Air-Dry Clay

Our favorite kind of Easter bunny art: Easy to set up, fun for little hands, and guaranteed to make your spring crafting even sweeter. Roll it, cut it, paint it, and prepare for major bunny cuteness.

Child holding a fully painted clay bunny ornament decorated with pastel rainbow stripes and a hole at the top for hanging. The child’s paint-covered hands are in focus with a blurred yellow tray and other painted bunny crafts in the background.

Easter bunny art for kids to love

Air-dry clay is one of my most favorite art supplies under the Sun and it’s the kind of supply that once you try once, you’re hooked.

It’s smooth, silky, and requires no baking in the oven or firing in a kiln.

I recently learned a new technique with it, too!

To cut out fun shapes, you can use a cookie cutter (how I traditionally had always done it) OR (!!!) you can draw or print out a shape, put it on your clay, and trace it with a knife.

Child smiling while painting Easter bunny art inside a yellow tray with pastel paints. Another child is painting clay bunnies in a pink tray, and an egg carton paint palette sits nearby. The table is covered in a pastel plaid tablecloth.

Make your own Easter bunny art

Kids will love pressing out their bunnies and bringing them to life with colorful paints.

You can use a cookie cutter or freehand your own bunny shape for limitless shape possibilities.

Plus, if you punch a hole at the top, your little artist will have a handmade bunny ornament ready to hop onto a spring garland or gift!

🐰 Hop into more Easter fun for preschoolers with these kid- and teacher-approved activities:

Air-Dry Clay Easter Eggs – perfect to make after the bunnies!
Roll & Draw Easter Eggs with Free Printable Dice
Easter Egg Marble Painting
Easter Soup Sensory Bin

Hand holding an egg carton filled with pastel paints next to two children working on Easter bunny art in yellow and pink trays. Two bunny-shaped clay crafts are partially painted with pastel colors. The table is covered in a pastel plaid tablecloth.

Materials

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Air-dry clay
Rolling pin
Bunny cookie cutter or freehand a bunny shape + a knife (I freehanded mine)
Knife – for adult use only
Acrylic paints
Paintbrushes

OPTIONAL SUPPLIES:

Straw – for hole-punching
String or ribbon – I used leftover ribbon but if I needed more, I would buy these Easter-colored satin ribbons
Hot glued pom-poms for tails

Preschooler smiling at the camera while holding a paintbrush and standing beside a pastel plaid-covered table. The table has an egg carton palette filled with bright paints and trays of unpainted bunny-shaped clay crafts.

How to make Easter bunny art with air-dry clay

Take a chunk of air-dry clay and flatten it with a rolling pin until it’s about ¼ inch thick.
Either use a bunny cookie cutter to press out a shape OR draw a bunny on paper, cut it out, and have an adult trace and cut it out from the clay with a plastic.
Optional: Use a straw to punch a hole near the top for hanging later.
Let your bunny dry fully.
Once dry, paint your bunny with acrylic paints.

Optional: Thread a string through the hole to hang up your bunny creation.

💡 Teacher Tip: To make pastel colors, mix your desired colors with white.

Four colorful Easter bunny art clay crafts laid out on a pink gingham tablecloth. Each bunny is decorated with bright stripes and has a pom-pom tail, with ribbons tied through holes at the top of each bunny.

Air-dry clay tips

Air-dry clay is an easy and forgiving art supply, but there are some things you can do to make it even better to work with:

Smooth with water: When cutting out your design, you can smooth the edges by dipping your finger in water and smoothing it over the clay.

Thicker isn’t always better: Keep your clay about ¼ inch thick. Thicker pieces take forever to dry and might crack, while super-thin ones can snap. Goldilocks it—right in the middle is juuuust right.

Let it fully dry before painting: I know, waiting is the hardest part! But painting wet clay = paint won’t stick properly, and it can get mushy. Plan for at least 24-48 hours of dry time.

Two children smiling outdoors while holding up their finished Easter bunny art projects on strings like necklaces. The clay bunnies are painted in bright pastel colors and one features a fluffy pom-pom tail. A garden with flowers and a wooden fence is in the background.

Conversation starters while you create Easter bunny art

When kids’ hands are busy, often conversation will flow right out of them.

Engaging in conversations about what they’re creating builds tons of skills, but it also can lead into other meaningful areas as well!

What do you think your bunny would like to eat for lunch?
Can you make up a story about your bunny’s spring adventure?
If your bunny had magical powers, what would they be?
What’s your favorite part of springtime?

Two children working on Easter bunny art by painting clay bunnies inside yellow and pink trays. The table has a pastel plaid tablecloth, and pastel paints are displayed in an egg carton palette. Bright spring colors fill the entire scene.

Fun facts about bunnies 🐰

Kids LOVE fun facts!

Sneaking in tidbits of information while creating is a meanginful and powerful tool.

A group of bunnies is called a fluffle—how cute is that?!
Bunnies can hop as fast as 35 mph (this would be fun for you to drive in your car and then say, “This is how fast a bunny can run!” to really make the connection).
Baby bunnies are called kits.
Unlike humans, rabbits’ teeth never stop growing—they munch to keep them trimmed.