If you’ve been hoarding bubble wrap from your last online order (guilty!), now is the perfect time to turn it into something magical. These bubble wrap spring crafts for kids are playful, textured, and so much fun to make. Whether you’re looking for a sweet Easter bunny or a blooming spring flower, this list of crafts brings the joy of spring with just a little paint, paper, and bubble wrap.
Why You’ll Love These Spring Bubble Wrap Crafts
- They’re full of texture, which is perfect for sensory play.
- Great for toddlers, preschoolers, and even big kids.
- Super low-prep and budget-friendly—just grab that leftover packaging!
Each of these crafts makes great use of the bubbly surface to stamp fun patterns and create spring-themed art. Here’s a peek at what’s on the list:
10+ Adorable Bubble Wrap Spring Crafts
Bubble Wrap Chick Craft
Stamp, paint, and cut your way to the cutest little chick on the block. Bright yellow paint + bubble wrap texture = adorable spring art.
Bubble Wrap Sheep Craft
Use white paint and bubble wrap to stamp a fluffy sheep body, then glue on a sweet sheep face. It’s a great mix of sensory art and classic spring themes.
Bubble Wrap Umbrella Craft
Paint raindrop patterns with bubble wrap, then add a colorful umbrella to complete this rainy-day spring scene. A fun way to celebrate April showers!
Bubble Wrap Sea Turtle Craft
Green paint and bubble wrap make the perfect turtle shell texture. Kids can paint, cut, and assemble their very own sea turtle friend.
Bubble Wrap Rainbow Stomp Painting
Tape bubble wrap to kids’ feet and let them stomp through paint onto a large paper roll. It’s wild, messy, and ridiculously fun.
Bubble Wrap Easter Bunny Craft
Stamp fluffy bunny bodies with white paint and bubble wrap, then add googly eyes and a cotton tail. Great for preschool Easter fun!
Bubble Wrap Flowers
Dip bubble wrap in bright spring colors and stamp onto paper. Add stems and leaves to turn your prints into a blooming bouquet.
Bubble Wrap Cherry Blossoms
Stamp bubble wrap in pink tones onto brown branches to make delicate cherry blossom art. A simple way to celebrate springtime blooms.
Bubble Wrap Dandelions
Use white paint and bubble wrap to stamp soft, puff-like dandelions. Blow them “away” with watercolor swirls in the background.
Bubble Wrap Hydrangeas
Create clusters of blue, purple, or pink blossoms with bubble wrap stamps. Add a painted vase or leaves to finish your spring garden art.
Bubble Wrap Easter Egg
Paint, stamp, and decorate a colorful Easter egg using—you guessed it—bubble wrap! The texture makes the patterns pop and turns this simple egg craft into a tactile masterpiece little hands will love.
Bubble Wrap Butterfly
Bright, bold, and bursting with spring vibes, this bubble wrap butterfly craft lets kids create stunning textured wings with just paint and bubble wrap. It’s a fun way to explore symmetry and color!
Let the Spring Bubble Wrap Fun Begin
So if you’re in the mood to paint, stamp, and press your way into spring, bubble wrap crafts are where it’s at. You don’t need anything fancy—just paint, paper, and that magical plastic popper that kids love. Whether you’re crafting indoors on a rainy day or setting up an outdoor art station, these projects are sure to bring a little joy and a whole lot of texture to your spring crafting.
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
