I hope you're all enjoying the Easter holidays so far, we've spent lots of time outside as the weather's just been so gorgeous! It's been much colder today though and looks like it won't warm up again until after the weekend, so now's the perfect time to get your craft on! All you need to make these gorgeous egg decorations is the leftover coloured card and cotton thread from your Easter card craft pack, along with the scissors and glue stick. 1. First things first, I used a small egg shape to make a template out of some card from a cereal box. This is optional but it definitely helps to make the next part quicker! Now draw out some egg shapes onto the coloured card. I used six egg shapes for most of my decorations, but four works too, especially if you let the kids draw some designs on them before you start sticking them together. I also made one decoration with 8 egg shapes which looks really nice. 2. Fold the eggs in half lenthways. Put some glue on one side of the first piece, then stick another egg shape onto the glued surface. (Make sure it's the right way up!) Keep going until you've used all your egg shapes. Before you glue the last two sides together to complete the decoration, use a good amount of glue to stick a loop of the cotton thread into the centre, where all the folds join. I used some bakers twine for mine, but you could use string if you have some, or ribbon would make them even more colourful! Once you've done that, glue the last two sides together and you're all done. Don't they look lovely?! I LOVE crafts like this- super simple but super effective. You can mix the colours up- I did one with a mix of lilac and green, and another with one of every colour arranged in 'rainbow order' which looks really cute! I also used some card as a backing for the paper eggs that the kids coloured in.
Hope you enjoy this one and that you all have a very Happy Easter.
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AuthorHi, I'm Laura. I'm part of Open Heaven Church in Loughborough and I run our Safehaven Cafe courses along with our amazing team of volunteers. Categories
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