Unusual Easter crafts with your own hands

Easter is one of the most unusual and beautiful holidays. Every house begins to smell of cakes, pies and other sweets. At Easter, it is customary to go to each other's house and the main gifts on this day are Easter hand-made articles. With your own hands, you can make unusual eggs with your children, which will become a real decoration of the holiday.

Egg decorated with beads

For work it is necessary to purchase the preparation of the Easter egg from foam plastic, plastic or wooden. Such blanks are often sold in stores for creativity. Still need beads of different colors, sequins, bugles, tail pins, narrow satin ribbons, universal glue, thin tape, toothpicks.

The application of beads begins at the sharp end of the egg and is conducted in a circle. To do this, the beads are first put on a toothpick or tail pin, then dipped in glue and clings to the surface of the egg. Thus, the pattern is applied to the middle of the egg. After that, an adhesive tape is glued to the boundary between the surface of the egg and the pattern. Egg is put in a glass or other container for drying. Such Easter crafts require perseverance and some skill, but the result is worth it. Scotch is needed to ensure that the pattern does not flow during drying. In a day the egg turns over, and the scotch splashes off. Then the drawing of the bead is continued. And we must continue from the place where we finished, and not from the other end. After the end, the egg should dry again for at least 24 hours.

There is another, more simple variant for creation of the unusual egg decorated with beads. In this case, Easter hand-made articles are made with the use of tail pins with a small stud on the end. Glue is not required. Each bead is put on a pin, and then the pin, together with the bead, is pushed into the workpiece as far as it will go. With this application technique, you can put a bead and sequin together on one pin, and the workpiece must be made from foam. Easter eggs, decorated with beads, it is difficult to make a small child. This is an activity for adults.

Easter basket

Such easter handicrafts are made much faster by their own hands. For the production also requires billets for eggs of different sizes, gold paint, napkin with patterns, glue, scissors, small baskets of birch bark, decorative straw.

First, paint with gold paint small pieces and leave them to dry. You can use real, hard -boiled eggs, only then you need to take food paint and use a special glue. Suddenly, someone from your friends decides to try your edible Easter souvenirs? With your hands, you now need to cut out the patterns on a napkin and gently separate the top layer.

Then the pieces of patterns are glued to the surface of the egg. Easter bunnies can be baked from a short pastry. Now the straw is laid out in the basket, then we place the decorated Easter eggs on top and put the baked hare.

Today Easter crafts can be made by everyone. 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 creating gifts at the last moment.