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Friday, March 29, 2024

Easter egg crafts

This Easter, weโ€™ve gone for a twist on the classic dyed Easter eggs โ€“ using foam and papier mache โ€“ thanks to two craft projects from Spotlight! Hang your finished eggs around the home, or decorate a tree outside, to celebrate the Easter season.


Papier mache cracked hanging eggs

What youโ€™ll need

  • Papier mache cracked hanging eggs
  • 4.5cm pastel chicks
  • Deco accessory kit
  • Chenille bunny
  • Acrylic paints in colour of your choice
  • Paint brushes
  • Paint palette
  • Glue gun
  • Glue sticks
  • Scissors

Instructions

Step 1: Start by painting your papier mache inside and out and allow time to dry.

Step 2: Select three chicks and glue inside one egg and a chenille bunny inside the other egg.

Step 3: Choose three small flowers and a butterfly from the deco accessory kit. Cut the stem from the flowers. Glue one flower to the front left side of each egg.

Step 4: Glue the butterfly to the top right side of the egg with the chicks.

Foam eggs

What youโ€™ll need

  • 7cm white foam eggs
  • Deco accessory kit
  • Pink and yellow felt flowers
  • 9mm white, pink, green satin floral
  • Acrylic paints in colours of choice
  • Paint brushes
  • Paint palette
  • Glue gun and glue sticks
  • Scissors
  • Small sequin pins

Instructions

Step 1: Push a bamboo skewer into the base of each foam egg and, holding onto the skewer, paint the eggs. Stand skewers in a jar to allow paint to dry.

Step 2: Cut a 3 x 60cm length of ribbon. Fold ribbon in half to find the centre and glue the centre of the wrong side to the bottom centre of the egg. Bring the ends of the ribbon up the sides of the egg and tie together in a knot. Push a sequin pin through the knot into the top of the egg to secure in place. Bring the ends together and tie in an overhand knot to create a hanging loop. Trim ends. Repeat for as many eggs youโ€™ve chosen to make.

Step 3: Select your eggs with a hanging loop and glue your yellow felt flowers and pink felt flowers to the sides, in whatever style you wish.

Step 4: Select your butterflies from the deco accessory kit and glue onto the egg, in whichever style you wish.

Step 5: Select a butterfly, a ladybird, and a toadstool from the deco accessory kit. Remove the wire and cut back the base of the toadstool. Glue the butterfly, ladybird, and toadstool to the egg.  

* All items for both projects are available from Spotlight.

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