There is provided a heating element (330) for an electric air heater including an electric power source, a ceramic base, and a conductive heating film substantially uniformly deposited on at least a portion of a surface of the base and electrically connected to the power source. There is also provided a method for manufacturing the heating element. There is further provided an electric hot air blower (300) including a housing having an air inlet (310) and an air outlet (315), a fan (320) operatively connected to an electric motor (325), and an electric heating element (330) located inside the housing that includes a ceramic base and a conductive film substantially uniformly deposited on a surface of the base and electrically connected to a power source. The electric heating element is located along an air flow path of the blower for heating air flow.