Altnerative to dying eggs on easter

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2. Painted foil eggs

 

These painted foil eggs are great fun for all ages. If you're not into the idea

of making egg shapes you can cut the cardboard into any shape you dream of. For

a super no-fuss version of this craft just wrap some foil around a paper plate.

 

You will need

 

• card

• aluminium foil

• scissors

• paint and brushes

• cotton buds (q-tips), matchsticks and/or wooden skewers

 

Directions

 

1. Cut some egg shapes from card.

 

 

 

2. Wrap cardboard egg shapes in pieces of aluminium foil.

 

 

 

3. Paint over the top using regular acrylic/tempera paint.

 

 

 

4. While the paint is still wet, scratch out some designs into the paint using a

cotton bud or matchstick. If these aren't available simply turn your paintbrush

upside down and use that!

 

 

 

5. Allow to dry.

 

 

 

 

3. Confetti eggs

I find the process of sitting down to make confetti very therapeutic – but

then again, I also enjoy colouring-in! If you don't have the patience to make

your own you can always buy a fancy ready-made batch from your local newsagent

or craft supply shop.

 

You will need

 

• colourful paper and hole punch

• coloured card

• scissors

• white glue

• paint brush

• glitter

• string

 

Directions

 

1. Make confetti by punching holes into colourful paper – it's time consuming

but fun!

 

 

 

2. Cut egg shapes from firm and colourful card, then smother with white glue.

 

 

 

3. Sprinkle on some confetti...

 

 

 

4. ...and add some glitter for good measure, and more glitter, and more glitter!

My kids *really* like glitter, much more than confetti it turns out.

 

 

 

5. When one side is dry, confetti/glitter the other and punch a hole in the top.

Then hang from a window (or wrist) or leave one side blank so that you can use

it as an easter gift tag.

 

 

 

 

4. Paper mache eggs / simple egg picture / 

Now here's a craft that tells a story, the moral of which is 'keep it simple'.

The premise was sound – paper mache over an egg-shaped piece of foil – but

while my six year old enjoyed this craft it was well beyond the capabilities of

her three year old brother and it seriously tested the patience of her 35 year

old mother! In the end though we found a solution for everyone.

 

You will need

 

• aluminium foil

• ribbon

• white glue

• water

• brush

• coloured tissue paper

• tape

• blank paper and marker pen (for the picture)

 

Directions

 

1. Take a sheet of kitchen foil and scrunch it up into a ball. Once it's

scrunched - take some time to press it into a smooth egg shape. Then tie a knot

in a length of ribbon and tape it to the top of your foil egg.

 

 

 

2. Take another piece of foil and scrunch it over the top of your first egg,

taking care to conceal the sticky tape and the end of the ribbon. Once your foil

ball is looking suitably egg-shaped, tear up some pieces of coloured tissue

paper and prepare a glue mix from equal parts white glue and water.

 

 

 

3. Start to stick the tissue paper over the foil egg – holding onto the ribbon

to keep it from getting stuck down too. Yes, it's quite tricky and very messy!

 

 

 

4. They take a long time to dry but they look very pretty when they do. We

 spinkled glitter over one of our eggs and we're thinking about painting dots

or stripes on the others.

 

 

 

5. When we'd finally finished with the paper mache I presented the disgruntled

three year old with the leftover scraps of tissue paper, foil and the watered

down glue and gave him a piece of paper with an egg shape drawn on to decorate.

 

 

 

Now *that* was a good idea!

 

 

 Laura Ballinger Morales