# EASY Easter Activity for Preschoolers (+ How to Set Limits With Kids) **Creator:** The Mom Psychologist **Platform:** youtube **Duration:** 9m **Source:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8 ## Summary The video showcases simple and engaging ways to decorate Easter eggs with children, emphasizing the importance of setting expectations and facilitating activities. The host shares her experiences with her kids, highlighting both successes and challenges during the decorating process. - Introduces easy Easter egg decorating activities suitable for children. - Uses materials like fake eggs, real eggs, painters tape, glitter, food coloring, and rubber bands. - Stresses the importance of setting clear expectations for children before starting activities. - Demonstrates patience and sharing while guiding children through the decorating process. - Discusses a minor setback when the dye didn't work as planned on fake eggs. - Encourages gentle handling of raw eggs to prevent accidents. - Invites viewers to share their own fun activities and parenting experiences in the comments. - Promotes a positive parenting checklist bundle for managing challenging parenting moments. ## Transcript [[0:00]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=0s) what the egg say to the clown what hey you cracked me up wow hey good news good news are you looking for an easy springtime activity to do with your little ones that doesn't require a lot of supplies or a lot of prep time well look no further because in today's video i'm going to be sharing simple ways to decorate easter eggs i'm also going to be showing you behind the scenes of how i speak to my children [[0:31]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=31s) how do i set expectations and facilitate uh activities with them um how do i set limits and all of that so i can't wait to share this video with you guys before we dive into the video i just want to quickly let you guys know in case you know you haven't heard um i have positive parenting checklist bundle which is full of information and tips and practical strategies on how to handle the most difficult parenting moments like tantrums aggression [[0:59]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=59s) not listening handling our own frustration as parents and how do we foster more patients for our little ones so be sure to check out the link in the description it's called the positive parenting checklist bundle or you can go to the mompsychologist.com forward slash bundle to grab your free checklist all right let's get into the video so here's what we used to decorate our eggs so we found some fake eggs at walmart for two dollars we also used some real eggs we have [[1:29]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=89s) some painters tape glitter food coloring in all different kinds of colors as well as some other glitter that we had lying around the house some fake eggs for decoration some foil as well as a white crayon and some elastic rubber bands or you can use real rubber bands okay so the first thing you want to do when you start an activity [[2:00]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=120s) is you want to set some clear expectations okay so mommy's going to show you and then i'll let you know and i need some help okay and when it's your turn okay so watch mommy first okay so this first one we're gonna do is we're gonna color the easter egg with a white crayon hold on one second please put that back i'll let you know when i'm done thank you so much for listening okay so mommy's gonna make a little [[2:25]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=145s) swirls on my easter egg don't worry it's gonna be your turn soon mommy made so you can't see them yet we're gonna put them in the die and then you'll be able to see them okay hey thank you for listening go ahead and grab one egg and lily you can go ahead and grab one egg now i want you to do just what mommy did and we only have one crayon so you'll have to wait your turn lily [[2:46]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=166s) you're waiting so patiently for your turn go ahead and put the last finishing touches to your egg and then it'll be lily's turn very good all done now you can give it to give crap the crayon to it you can keep this great sharing okay now it's lily's turn to make her little circles and whatever she wants to put on her egg then what we're gonna do girls is we're gonna put it in our food coloring so we [[3:16]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=196s) can see it uh i'm gonna do this in this okay we'll pick one color okay i'm gonna pick this one at this one okay i'll pick this one good job picking one color you're done okay so this is the part of the activity where you know things take a turn we realize that we did the dye incorrectly for the fake eggs so they are not sinking to the bottom uh after this we start using real eggs [[3:44]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=224s) but we didn't have time to boil them so they're raw and they could literally splat at any moment so you'll notice that i'll be telling the girls over and over and over throughout this activity to please use their gentle hands and that is why another side note this activity was a little bit of a fail because we when we did sink them in the die we didn't really pick up the swirls and the designs that we made so i think [[4:11]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=251s) we needed to push a little bit harder on our egg but again we couldn't because it was raw [Music] yep it's your turn so i'm gonna drop it here and we're gonna gently help mommy put it gently in the cup okay now help me put it in there gently yay good job okay we gotta let it cook okay you wanna stir it around gently okay you can stir yours around whoa it's so purple yeah go ahead and [[4:39]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=279s) stir it nice and gentle good gentle stirs perfect we're gonna let it cook good job girls let's keep that cooking all right so the next one we're gonna do is we're gonna use foil okay mommy's gonna show you first and then it'll be your gorgeous turn okay so what i'm gonna do is i'm gonna grab my egg okay and i'm gonna wrap it in my foil nice and gently [[5:11]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=311s) yep you're gonna have a turn okay go ahead and just drop it in very gently which one did you want okay go ahead drop it very gently i dropped it gentle thank you good gentle okay look girls watch mommy and i put it right on my egg nice and gently okay sure thanks for asking so nicely okay so what i do is first we gotta make sure [[5:41]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=341s) it's on black now it's done done you wanna see mine take your camera look thank you eyes please the next one we're gonna do is rubber bands okay so mommy's gonna grab some b of these not yet thank you for asking [[6:15]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=375s) good job julia wow [Music] [[6:50]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=410s) [Music] thank you for using your manners okay i have to use different kind of eggs oh i'm gonna help you okay we're gonna wait our turn for the pink okay baby so jayla i'm gonna do and then it'll be your turn okay so miss jayla you have waited so patiently oh no thank you i don't like that okay julia please have a seat on your chair please i'm gonna tell you something we [Music] [[7:29]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=449s) yeah okay you ready let's drop your egg are you guys ready to decorate yeah mama we able to hide them in their house yeah that's a great idea we can either eggs in the house now for these we're gonna use our stickers okay can you can we share some have some too that's a good idea we can share there's a lot of stickers to go around around [[8:01]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=481s) the camera oh no thank you baby no thank you we're gonna leave that alone okay we are going to use these ones can you try to put it on there thank you look at someone we're going to put the carrot in his mouth oh carrot in his mouth looking for another star oh you're picking the pink one um i'm going to pick [[8:33]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=513s) this one oh you're going to pick that one wow what great choices you girls are making with your eggs okay baby one second so now what we're gonna do is we're gonna gently [Music] okay whoa look at that that's beautiful very cool can i do one more [[9:11]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=551s) be sure to give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it let me know down below if you want to see more of these kinds of videos more behind the scenes look into my own motherhood journey and how i interact with my little ones and maybe what activities we do at home let me know down below um also let us know what fun activities your little one is enjoying right now what do you like to [[9:33]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETWSXlSJqL8&t=573s) do with them we need all the play inspiration we can get so let us know in the comments be sure you subscribe so you don't miss any of my videos and i'll see you in the next one bye