Easter Egg Tree Craft
This was my first attempt at making an Easter Egg Tree. I used pussy willow branches, and I coloured my eggs with an Easter Egg kit that had dye tabs you dissolve in water (and vinegar) instead of food colour. I’m going to try food colour next year because the tabs didn’t dissolve completely. There were little lumps floating around in the water, and the eggs came out a bit spotted from lumps of dye that settled on them.
Blowing out the eggs was harder than I thought. I cracked my first egg from being a bit to forceful with my needle. Also, I wanted to keep the holes small, but if the bottom hole is too small, the egg yolk won’t come out. I used a turkey baster as my egg blowing tool to force the egg out the other side. It worked fine in a pinch. It’s a bit long, but I don’t see the point of owning an egg blower.
Hanging the eggs proved to be tricky. I didn’t have any luck trying to knot some thread and thread it through the egg, so I got out my Elmer’s Extra Strength Glue Stick, and this worked like a dream. I glued the ribbon around the egg, and sewed it together at the top of the egg. Then I just tied a knot in the ribbon at the top. I need to work on my decorating, so the ribbon really save the day.
Links
I’ve put together a list of my favourite Easter craft ideas here.
