Easter decorations in spring colours
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Make Easter decorations in happy, playful colours that can be hung from branches. There’s something for every level of difficulty, so even the youngest children can join the fun. Make simple Easter eggs out of pipe cleaners that children can decorate with fuse beads and cardboard cutouts, fun hanging decorations from egg cartons and beautiful designs made with fuse beads on a peg board.
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How to do it
1 Chick made from the cone part of an egg carton, pipe cleaners, cardboard and a little paint.
2 Rabbit made from the cone part of an egg carton, pipe cleaners, cardboard and a little paint.
3 Frog and flower made from the cone part of an egg carton, pipe cleaners, cardboard and a little paint.
4 Cut off the cones of the egg carton – one for each chicken, rabbit or frog you want to make.
5 Glue together the two cones by placing the straight edges against each other and using sticky base to adhere them together.
6 Paint the hanging animal decorations in whatever colour you want, such as green for the frog, yellow for the chick and orange for the bunny.
7 Cut out the beak, feet and eyes from cardboard – see the PDF provided.
8 Cut 25 cm of silk ribbon, fold it in half and tie a knot. On the opposite end from the knot, attach the ribbon to the head with sticky base.
Pipe cleaner hanging decoration Even the youngest of children can make these decorations, as long as they are able to cut pieces out of cardboard.
1 Cut out pieces of cardboard in different colours and shapes. Make a hole in the middle with pointed scissors (the only step that requires a little help from an adult).
2 Alternately thread the fuse beads and cardboard pieces onto a pipe cleaner, leaving around 7 cm free on each end.
3 Twist the ends together to make a knot.
4 Make a hanging eyelet by twisting the two ends together again.
Flower heads Make these hanging flower heads out of egg cartons.
1 Cut out different types of egg cartons for the flower heads.
2 Paint the egg carton in whichever colour you want for your flowers.
3 Make a hole in the bottom of the flower head with scissors so that it can be hung up.
4 Cut 25 cm of ribbon, fold it in half, pull it through the hole in the flower head and tie a knot inside the flower – if necessary, tie a double knot so that the ribbon won't slip out again.
5 If the flower is to have several layers, place the sticky base inside the flower on top of the knot.
6 Glue on the inner part by pressing it down into the sticky base.
7 Cut a square out of cardboard of around 4x4 cm and cut thin fringes along one edge.
8 Roll the cardboard square together along the non-fringed edge and glue together.
9 Place a ball of sticky base on the end of the rolled cardboard.
10 Glue on the rolled piece of cardboard to make the flower stamens.
Fuse bead hanging egg decoration The egg shape can have lots of different designs. Just make sure not to mix together different types of fuse beads because they all have different melting temperatures.
1 Place a picture of the desired pattern under the transparent oval peg board so that it can be seen through the board.
2 Ask an adult to iron the pegboards with baking paper until the beads melt together.
3 Cut a piece of ribbon for hanging and add a bow for decoration.
Chick -
Flower -
Tulip -
Centre stripe -
Hen -
Small flowers -
Oval circles -
Flowering branch -
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