Easter is one of the most unusual and beautiful holidays. Each house begins to smell like cakes, pies and other sweets. On Easter it is customary to go to visit each other and the main gifts on this day - Easter crafts. With your own hands, you can make unusual eggs with your children, which will become a real decoration of the holiday.
Beaded Egg
To work, you need to purchase an Easter egg blank made of polystyrene, plastic or wooden. Such blanks are often sold in creative stores. Still need beads of different colors, sequins, bugles, tailor pins, narrow satin ribbons, universal glue, thin tape, toothpicks.
The application of beads begins with the sharp end of the egg and is carried out in a circle. To do this, the beads are first put on a toothpick or a tailor's pin, then dipped in glue and sticks to the surface of the egg. Thus, the drawing is applied to the middle of the egg. After that, adhesive tape is glued to the boundary between the surface of the egg and the pattern. The egg is placed in a glass or other container for drying. Such Easter crafts require perseverance and some skill, but the result is worth it. Adhesive tape is needed so that the drawing does not drip during drying. After a day, the egg turns over, and the adhesive tape detaches. Then the drawing of beads continues. Moreover, it is necessary to continue from the place where they finished, and not from the other end. After finishing, the egg should dry again for at least 24 hours.
There is another, simpler option for creating an unusual egg decorated with beads. In this case, do-it-yourself Easter crafts are made using tailor pins with a small clove on the end. No glue required. Each bead is put on a pin, and then the pin, together with the bead, is pierced completely into the workpiece. With this application technique, you can put a bead and sequin on one pin together, and the workpiece should be made of foam. It is difficult to make Easter eggs decorated with beads for a small child. This is an adult activity.
Easter basket
Do-it-yourself Easter crafts are much faster. For making, you will also need blanks for eggs of different sizes, gold paint, a napkin with patterns, glue, scissors, small baskets of birch bark, decorative straw.
First, paint small blanks with gold paint and leave them to dry. You can use real hard -boiled eggs, only then you need to take food-grade paint and use special glue. Suddenly, someone from your friends decides to try your edible Easter souvenirs? With your own hands, you now need to cut out the patterns on a napkin and carefully separate the top layer.
Then the particles of patterns adhere to the surface of the egg. Easter hares can be baked from shortcrust pastry. Now straw is laid out in the basket, then on top we place the decorated Easter eggs and put the baked hare.
Today everyone can do Easter crafts with their own hands. There are options for real needlewomen and craftsmen, and unusual souvenirs for those who are just starting to master hand made. The main thing is not to take up the creation of gifts at the last moment.