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30 Amazing April Activities for Preschoolers

april activities for preschoolers

June 21, 2022 //  by Kellie Tanner

Are you searching for the perfect spring crafts and activities to complete with your preschoolers during the month of April? If so, you will find this list of 30 amazing preschool activities extremely helpful.

We have included a variety of themes and ideas that will enrich your lessons and keep your preschoolers engaged as they have lots of fun. The only work you have to do is decide which ones you want to add to your activity calendar and then grab the supplies!

1. Sink the Egg STEM Challenge 

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Your preschoolers will have a blast trying to determine what will make the plastic eggs sink! Grab a few supplies, fill the eggs, and see what happens! This is a terrific activity to discuss the science of why and how different items float and other ones sink.

Learn more: Happy Toddler Playtime

2. Egg Carton Flowers

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This is one of the cutest preschool crafts! Grab a few egg cartons and cut them for the students. Let your preschoolers paint the flowers, add a paper straw as the stem, and use a colored Pom Pom for the flower's center. These make great gifts!

Learn more: I Heart Arts N Crafts

3. Paper Plate Birds 

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Paper plate birds are a terrific craft for kids! You will need a few inexpensive supplies to create these precious birds. Begin by folding a paper plate in half, paint the plates, and add feathers, eyes, a beak, and a tail. These are adorable!

Learn more: Happy Hooligans

4. Coffee Filter Flowers

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Preschoolers will have lots of fun as they make these beautiful coffee filter flowers! These are super easy and cheap to make, and they are one of the cutest craft ideas for preschoolers. Grab your supplies and let the fun and creativity begin!

Learn more: Fun A Day

5. Crystal Easter Eggs

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Add this fun science activity to your Easter theme ideas! Help your preschoolers grow crystals and form these crystal Easter eggs. You will need to gather borax, water, jars, eggshells, and food coloring before your little ones can perform this cool process.

Learn more: Little Bins for Little Hands

6. Easter Egg Letter Hunt

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This Easter egg letter hunt is such a fun alphabet activity for preschoolers that helps them with letter recognition. Fill the plastic eggs with plastic or foam letters, hide them, and then allow them to match the letters they find to letters on a letter mat or letter printable.

Learn more: Messy Little Monster

7. Planting Seeds in Egg Shells

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Your preschoolers will have a blast as they plant seeds in egg shells and watch them grow. They will learn a terrific lesson about science as well as how to nurture and take care of living things. Add this fun science activity to your list of hands-on activities for April.

Learn more: Sugar Spice and Glitter

8. Thunderstorm Sensory Bin

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A sensory activity is great for kids, and the Thunderstorm Sensory Bin is a terrific way to get your preschoolers to learn about weather concepts. They will have a blast creating their very own thunderstorms with these sensory items!

Learn more: Taming Little Monsters

9. Bee Pollen Counting 

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Add this activity to your insect theme lesson plans. Bee Pollen Counting is sure to be a hit with your preschoolers! They will get to practice their math skills as they pretend to be worker bees that are responsible for transferring pollen from a flower to the bee hive.

Learn more: Modern Preschool

10. Hatching Chick-Sensory Bin

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This hatching chick sensory activity is perfect for imaginative play, exploring various textures, and learning to count. Your preschoolers will have a blast hatching the plastic eggs and counting the number of chicks found in each egg.

Learn more: Messy Little Monster

11. Build a Jelly Bean Structure for a Bunny

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This is one of the most fun bunny activities! Your preschoolers will enjoy building a jelly bean structure for their marshmallow bunnies! This is a terrific STEM activity that includes vibrant colors and sweet-tasting food.

Learn more: Green Kid Crafts

12. Easter Sensory Bin

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This Easter sensory bin is a wonderful preschool activity with lots of textures! Your preschoolers will enjoy this sensory bin as they use their tiny hands to explore the various items.

Learn more: Messy Little Monster

13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Egg Carton Craft

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Read aloud The Very Hungry Caterpillar to your preschoolers; they will absolutely love it. Then, allow them to create this adorable egg carton caterpillar craft using recycled egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Learn more: Lynds XO

14. Plastic Easter Egg Painting

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Are you constantly searching for different painting techniques for your preschoolers? This plastic Easter egg painting is an activity kids will enjoy, and it is perfect for preschoolers. It is a great activity for spring!

Learn more: Buggy and Buddy

15. Easter Egg Stacking Rocks

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Preschoolers will enjoy painting rocks to look like colored Easter eggs. There are a wide variety of activities that can be performed with these precious eggs. Hide them and let your little ones find them, or they can practice stacking them to build their fine motor skills. Add this fun activity to your April activity calendar!

Learn more: Little Pine Learners

16. Fingerprint Dandelion Craft

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Your preschoolers will love this creative and fun fingerprint dandelion craft. Use the free printable provided with this link and grab some colorful paints. Your students will use their thumbprints to create these precious dandelions; therefore, no paint brush is needed.

Learn more: Glued to My Crafts

17. Handprint Bunny Tail Craft 

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This is one of the cutest bunny crafts for preschoolers to create at Easter! This craft is so colorful and made straight from your child's handprint. The tissue paper background makes it even more beautiful. Grab your supplies and make yours today!

Learn more: Our Kid Things

18. Spring Writing Tray

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Letter recognition is an important skill for preschoolers to practice, and it couldn't get any easier than this spring pre-writing tray activity. Fill the tray with flower sprinkles and green sprinkles and allow the preschoolers to use their fingers or a Pom Pom to write the letter in the sprinkle mixture.

Learn more: Pocket of Preschool

19. Peeps Slime

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Make gooey slime with Peeps this spring! It is an activity that kids will most definitely enjoy. Your preschoolers will have a blast with this fun science activity that also provides them with a great sensory experience.

Learn more: Fun A Day

20. Finger Paint Easter Craft

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This is one of the best Easter bunny activities for little ones, and it is super simple and creative to make. You will need a few basic craft supplies that you probably already have in your supply closet. This craft will result in a unique piece of bunny art that makes a great gift for a loved one.

Learn more: Sarah in the Suburbs

21. Play Dough Bugs

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Preschoolers love fun play dough activities, and you can add this one to your bug theme unit. You can make your own play dough or purchase it pre-made. Grab a few pipe cleaners, toothpicks, straws, and googly eyes, and you are set. Encourage your preschoolers to make a dough insect or dough caterpillar of their own liking.

Learn more: Frugal Fun for Boys

22. Butterfly Printing with Sponges

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Add this quick and easy craft to your butterfly theme unit today! It definitely will not disappoint. You can also use this butterfly craft to introduce symmetry to your preschoolers. Grab some paint, sponges, hair elastics or rubber bands, and paper, and you are ready to make these butterfly masterpieces!

Learn more: The Craft Train

23. Easter Egg Color Sorting

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Preschoolers will enjoy this cute color sorting activity. To complete this color-matching activity, you will need water, plastic eggs in different colors, food coloring to match the colors of the eggs, and plastic tubs for this activity. Your preschooler can then match the colored eggs to the bin that contains the same colored water.

Learn more: B-Inspired Mama

24. Fizzy Eggs

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Preschoolers love things that fizz! That's why this fizzy eggs experiment is perfect for them. They will have a blast with this activity and be completely mesmerized by all of the rainbow-colored fizz! This is one of the most awesome activities for little ones!

Learn more: Little Bins for Little Hands

25. Paper Mosaic Easter Eggs

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This is a terrific activity for kids to complete at Easter. They will have a blast cutting colored construction paper into small pieces. This will also strengthen those fine motor skills. Allow them to paste the pieces of colored paper into an egg-shaped template, and they will have a great Easter decoration that is refrigerator worthy!

Learn more: The Pinterested Parent

26. Coffee Filter Butterflies

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Kids love beautiful butterfly crafts, and these adorable butterflies are super easy and fun to make! You will need coffee filters, water, markers, pipe cleaners, and an eye dropper to create these beauties.

Learn more: One Little Project

27. Q-Tip Daisies

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Flower crafts make some of the best spring activities for little ones. You will need q-tips, pipe cleaners, and yellow play dough to create these cute daisies. You could even dip the q-tips into colored paint to create a wide variety of flowers.

Learn more: The Pinterested Parent

28. Easter Chick Fork Painting

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This Easter chick fork painting craft is absolutely adorable, and it is so easy to create! Gather the following classroom craft supplies to create these precious chicks: a plastic fork, googly eyes, yellow paint, orange felt, scissors, glue, and a black marker. Add this to your list of fun Easter activities!

Learn more: Mas and Pas

29. Paper Plate Bees

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Preschoolers love painting on paper plates, and this cute bee craft is a perfect craft to add to your fun spring preschool activities! This adorable craft also provides the opportunity for your preschoolers to learn more about bees.

Learn more: Non-Toy Gifts

30. Ladybug Handprint Art

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Little ones are often fascinated by ladybugs. You can add this cute ladybug handprint craft to your insect theme lesson plans and allow your students to have lots of fun creating it. These also make precious gifts for others!

Learn more: The Inspirational Edit

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