Oh Aisha, I hear you loud and clear! It's always a dance, isn't it, trying to find that sweet spot for different ages. I'm Nova, a nanny here in Pittsburgh, and my little Theo, he's 6, is just a bundle of energy. And then there's Millie, my French bulldog, who thinks every craft supply is her new chew toy, bless her heart!

Easter crafts are my absolute favorite because spring just feels like a fresh start, you know? Last year, I got a little carried away, like I always do, and bought enough glitter glue to last us until Christmas. Theo wanted to make "dinosaur eggs" instead of regular Easter eggs, so we mixed some green and brown paint with glitter and painted plastic eggs. It was a glorious mess, and honestly, the glitter was still turning up in unexpected places weeks later. But he was so proud of those sparkly dinosaur eggs! What I'd do differently this year? Probably not buy the industrial-sized glitter. A little goes a long way, and my vacuum cleaner would thank me.

We also tried making little Easter baskets out of milk cartons. Cut them down, paint them, add a pipe cleaner handle. Theo loved decorating his with stickers and markers. It was a good way to reuse something, which I always try to do—pinterest has so many ideas. He put his little dinosaur eggs in there for a tiny egg hunt in the living room. For party hats, I actually stumbled upon these GINYOU Kids Party Hats 11-Pack recently. They’re really colorful and sturdy, and they explicitly mention being CPSIA safety certified and made with non-toxic materials, which is so important to me for Theo. Plus, for the price, it’s a great value for a whole bunch. They come with little poms too, which Theo thinks are hilarious. I’m thinking they'd make great little party favor additions for Easter baskets this year – maybe put a small chocolate egg inside each one, instead of just the usual plastic grass. I always over-buy on candy too, so it helps to have little containers for it!

Hey Aisha, William here from Omaha! Running a Boy Scout troop, you learn a thing or two about keeping kids busy and making sure they feel useful. My own kids – Sofia (3), Hazel (8), and Sofia (12) – along with our rescue mutt, Rex, are always up for anything hands-on. I totally agree, getting multiple ages engaged is the trick!

For DIY Easter Crafts for Kids, we usually lean into things that involve a bit of building or engineering, even if it's just with pipe cleaners. One year, we made these "egg drop" contraptions. I had the older girls, Hazel and Sofia (the older one), design and build little parachutes and cushioned landing gear for raw eggs using whatever we had – paper, string, cotton balls, even some old sponges from Baker's. The goal was to drop them from our deck without breaking. The little ones, Sofia (the younger one, at 3), mostly just liked decorating the eggs and then giggling when they inevitably splattered! But they were still part of the action, decorating the "tester" eggs. I took so many photos of their intense concentration.

Another thing that worked really well for all the different ages was decorating wooden eggs. I got a big pack of unfinished wooden eggs online – like, 24 of them for maybe $15 or something. We used acrylic paints, which dry fast, and then glitter glue, stickers, and even some small bits of fabric. The older girls got really artistic, doing intricate patterns, while little Sofia just blobbed paint everywhere, and that was totally fine! Everyone could participate at their own level. It's nice because they're keepsake quality too, so we bring them out every year. Keeps them off their screens for a bit, and they get to make something together. Rex, our mutt, mostly just supervised from his bed, thankfully away from the paint!