Easter holiday - all Christians are waiting for this day with special trepidation. The brightest and purest Easter holiday is celebrated on the same day by both Catholics and Orthodox. Traditionally, various kinds of Easter souvenirs will appear in stores, but why not try to make them yourself? After all, do-it-yourself Easter crafts are not much inferior to store counterparts.
There are many wonderful Easter ideas, many of which can be made by the whole family, including even small children in needlework. Do-it-yourself crafts for Easter can be accompanied by stories about the history of this holiday.
The symbolism of the holiday is very important. Traditionally, its symbols are what one way or another means the renewal of life - these are Easter streams, Light is the Easter fire and Life itself (cakes, eggs and rabbits).
Easter eggs are the most common holiday symbol that marks the victory of life over death. Traditionally, they should be red, but today eggs are decorated in every way. But red is still important. Indeed, according to legend. when Mary Magdalene came to the ruler Tiberius to inform about the miraculous resurrection of Christ and brought him an egg as a gift, he said: “It is impossible, just as it is impossible that the egg will turn red.” And the egg turned red in the hands of Tiberius! Since then, red means the victory of life over death, renewal.
For more than a century, there has been such a tradition: to send beautiful Easter cards to relatives and friends. They depict not only symbols of the holiday, but also all the beauty of spring flowering. As well as cute chickens, rabbits, flowers, Easter cakes.
There are a lot of options for decorating an Easter egg. They depend on what materials to use: paper, embroidery, just threads or beads. But first you need to make its preparation.
Easter egg preparation
As a blank in the form of an egg can be:
- wooden blank
- foam blank
- natural material preparation
- non-standard blanks
Wooden blank for eggs
Perhaps the most convenient will be a foam blank. And all because it perfectly holds its shape, while not being too hard. You can easily stick pins into it, etc.
Styrofoam egg blank
But doing Easter crafts with your own hands is also good because even a blank can be made from improvised materials!
In the most ordinary raw egg, we have to make two small holes: on top - no more than 2 mm, and on the bottom - about 5 mm in diameter. For this purpose, we need an awl or a fairly thick needle. After these procedures, the protein and yolk will easily pour out from below. You just have to wash the shell and dry it.
A plastic egg from a well-known children's chocolate treat can also be used as a blank - it is quite possible to braid it with beads or tie it.
Easter eggs from beads
Beaded eggs are distinguished by their grace and always attract attention. This is quite painstaking, delicate work, but the result is always impressive. We need to weave a special pattern, and then carefully transfer it to the egg, on which we will first apply the thermal sticker. But if you have not been beading before, it will be difficult, although such a detailed master class as will be a great help in the first creative experience of this kind.
Easter eggs with embroidery
Why not break away from the voluminous egg standard by making a flat embroidered pendant? It looks very cool, original, and not to say that some kind of work is difficult to do. The detailed master class describes how to embroider and assemble such an unusual egg. The difficulty, perhaps, will be only in the fact that the embroidery itself will take some time. But the result is worth it!
You can still stay with the traditional idea of a voluminous egg, and in this case, "Cross" recommends paying attention to the creation master class. Only instead of a Christmas ball, we will use an egg-shaped blank. Rest assured, the souvenir will be very delicate, everyone will want to take a closer look at it, or even become the owner of such beauty.
Easter eggs made of felt and fleece
If you make such an unusual gift for Easter with your own hands, be sure that it will be appreciated. It can even act as a talisman, because souvenirs made from these materials always look bright and unusual.
And, by the way, you can definitely involve children in the preparation of this souvenir. The main requirement is accuracy, but there will be no difficulty in the process of making such an egg, everything is extremely simple. However, evaluate for yourself by watching the master class "Easter eggs made of felt - a wonderful souvenir on a bright day!"
Felt egg garland
One has only to stock up on these incredibly advantageous materials in needlework, and then the work will go like clockwork.
Knitted Easter eggs
Even if you know little about knitting, you can also make beautiful knitted Easter eggs. It is enough to pick up a hook, bright yarn and master the reception of a single crochet.
Of course, there are more difficult options. More experienced knitters will probably want to attach a bright flower with a beautiful button in the core to an egg already tied in a simple way. But on its creation you will already have to try, although this is not so difficult to do.
Easter eggs look very cool, "dressed" in an openwork cobweb. This is a gentle, delicate, and not at all difficult work. The master class with the beautiful name "Lace Splendor" describes in detail all the moments of making this handmade souvenir.
It is also a very interesting version of a souvenir - such a hand-made gift for Easter will appeal to many. In order to make it, we need:
- foam blank
- silk or cotton white threads
- PVA glue
- pins
- polyethylene film
- decor details
First, we close the foam blank with polyethylene. This is necessary so that our threads do not stick to the foam and subsequently come off easily. Then we need to very carefully stick the needles into the blank. One row will be along the edge of the future window, and the second row will go along the oval of the Easter egg.
There will no longer be a window in the second half, so we will make a number of needles exclusively along the oval of the egg.
The halves are made separately from each other!
We moisten the threads in PVA glue, and wrap our workpiece with them. It is better to wrap not randomly, but following the “zigzag” pattern through the pins of the outer and inner rows.
When the wrapping is completed, the threads can be covered with glue a second time. Next, wait for the workpiece to dry thoroughly. As soon as this happens, we very, very carefully take out the pins, and then remove the half from the workpiece.
We do the second half in a similar way. Now you need to connect them to each other. You can tie them with a satin ribbon or fix them with a hot gun.
It's great if you plant a fluffy miniature chicken or rabbit inside such a delicate Easter egg. The egg can be tied with a thin ribbon, decorated with a bow on top for beauty. It turned out to be a very beautiful craft: many will be surprised that you did it yourself!
Easter egg in Origami technique
Colored paper and triangular modules - if that tells you something, it's definitely worth experimenting with such an Easter souvenir.
How to Make a Triangular Origami Module
First you will have to learn how to make modules from colored paper, later this skill will come in handy in new origami crafts.
To do this, you line colored paper in a special way. However, there are at least two ways to manufacture modules. Usually the paper is folded several times, cut at a certain stage, and then the same pieces are turned into future modules. How to cut paper correctly, you can watch the video:
Step by Step Origami Easter Egg Tutorial
We will act as follows:
- We need to prepare 99 green and 112 pink triangular pieces.
- In the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rows there will be 8 green modules each. They are easily placed on top of each other.
- In the 4th row there will be 16 pink modules, which you need to wear with one pocket.
- We make the 5th row according to the principle: 2 green modules - 2 pink modules - 2 green, etc.
- 6th row: the same principle, but the pattern itself needs to be slightly shifted to the side.
- Next, we try to give the egg the shape of a bowl and continue to lay out the same pattern, not forgetting to move it to the side.
- You need to make 8 rows with a pattern.
- The next row will be of 16 pink modules.
- The work will be completed next to the green modules, which will be mounted on three corners.
The video master class will instruct you in detail how to create an origami egg:
And the next master class will tell you how to improve the work. But for beginners, the first way will be the best choice, since it is as simple as possible, but the result is just as attractive.
Easter egg in quilling technique
To perform work in this technique you will need:
- egg preparation
- pins
- paper pins
First of all, think about what the egg will be. Elements can be glued to the workpiece itself:
And then you can carefully remove the workpiece. This is necessary in order for the egg to turn out hollow and openwork.
If you chose the second option, then the manufacturing principle will be the same as making an Easter egg from threads. That is, we go the following way:
- We close the egg with polyethylene, and then, starting from the very top of the workpiece, we glue the quilling elements. Each element should not only be attached to the previous one, but also secured with two or three pins.
- This is how the upper half of the egg will be done, after which you need to cover it with varnish, leave to dry.
- Now you can do the second blank (lower half), and after drying, glue both parts.
The quilling elements are twisted the way we need it. It is better to practice in advance so as not to waste time in the process of making an Easter egg. In order not to get lost, it is better to follow this video master class:
Prosperity and abundance in Easter symbolism is a rabbit. It is believed that it will bring good luck to those who receive it as a gift. You can plant him next to the Easter egg basket, he will be her cute and sweet guard.
You can sew a simple rabbit from gray linen, you can sew colored charming rabbits using all your imagination. It is not necessary to remove this souvenir until the next Easter, because it can be a good talisman for a year.
Check out our Lucky Easter Bunnies tutorial and choose the one you like)
Without spending a lot of effort, you can make the cutest Easter basket with your own hands, in which colored eggs will look so great. And there are many variations:
In addition, craftswomen make baskets even out of paper! Baskets made using the Quilling technique are especially beautiful.
And how do you like a basket decorated with knitted flowers? Really beautiful?! Easter cake and eggs knitted using the Amigurumi technique will serve as an excellent filling!
Easter candles
Egg-shaped candles are an original souvenir for Easter. Our master class "Easter candles and their protective properties" will not leave any questions on the topic "how to make them."
By the way, the same eggshells can become the best candlesticks:
Easter napkins
Classics of the genre! However, now you can start making them, because such embroidery takes a lot of time. There are a lot of patterns according to which you will embroider. Assess your skill level and choose.
At present, a good tradition is returning to our lives to present our relatives and friends with memorable gifts for Easter. During the Russian Empire, in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, this was a common occurrence. Then, decorative eggs made of various materials were presented as Easter souvenirs: from wood and papier-mâché to gold and precious stones. Now the range of gifts for Easter has expanded many times over. You can buy holiday cards for Bright Sunday, souvenir themed figurines made of porcelain or ceramics, painted caskets and even jewelry made in the form of Easter eggs.
But at all times, the most expensive and warm gifts for Easter are those that were created by oneself. After all, they contain a piece of your soul and good thoughts that you put into the gift while it was being made. The development of the Internet has given a new impetus to the manifestation of creativity, and now you can find a lot of original diagrams and drawings that will delight both children and adults. We have selected for you several DIY Easter gift options with a clear description of how to make them. They do not require large financial and time costs.
This cute animal, the most recognizable symbol of Bright Sunday in the Western world, has nothing to do with the tradition of celebrating Easter in the Orthodox Church. But still, from year to year, the number of people who use his image to decorate their homes for the holiday is increasing. Children will not remain indifferent to the souvenir in the form of an Easter eared. An excellent gift for Easter for a child can be a soft bunny toy. The advantage of this Easter souvenir is that not only kids, but also, say, teenage girls will be happy with it.
All you need to create such a versatile Easter gift is:
- piece of fabric;
- sewing threads;
- embroidery threads (woolen or floss);
- needle;
- scissors;
- paper;
- simple pencil;
- decorative buttons;
- ribbons or lace;
- filler for soft toys.
To create a toy for young children, it is recommended to choose natural fabrics such as silk or cotton so that they do not cause allergies in the child. The first thing you have to do is transfer the pattern of the future bunny onto paper. If desired, you can lengthen the ears of the rabbit and change the outline of his body a little. Cut out this template and attach it to the piece of fabric from the wrong side. Then circle the outline of the template with a pencil, retreating half a centimeter from its edges for allowances.
If you are still uncertain about using a needle and thread, then it is also recommended to draw a pattern along the edge - along this line it will be more convenient for you to sew the elements later. You need to draw two such fragments of the future toy. After that, carefully cut out both parts of the rabbit, attach them to each other with the right side inward and sew them along the contour, leaving allowances. If you have a lot of experience in needlework and have a sewing machine, then the stitching process will be greatly accelerated. But it doesn't take much time to do it manually.
At the base of the rabbit (between the paws), leave a small open window - turn the resulting rag bunny out through it and straighten its ears with a pencil. Fill it with stuffing for soft toys through this window. You can buy it at any art and craft store. It comes in the form of cotton wool or small rolled balls. It doesn't matter which one to take - in the finished product they behave the same. Using a pencil, pack the rabbit's ears well with filler to keep them upright. When the density of the toy satisfies you, sew the window as carefully as possible with small stitches so that the filler does not crawl out. In fact, the toy is ready, it remains to “give it a soul” and decorate it.
Embroider the muzzle of a rabbit on the head with embroidery threads. If you want, then with the help of blush lightly paint on his cheeks. Decorate your neck with a bow of decorative ribbon or lace. You can sew beautiful buttons on them. Show your imagination and decorate the souvenir the way you want.
Useful children's gifts for Easter
You can prepare a souvenir for the kids that will help develop their love of gardening. Creating a small spring onion garden as an Easter present will help you solve two problems at once: put sprouted bulbs into action and instill in your child the concept of caring for plants. The main thing is to make the decorative garden bright and festive in order to attract the attention of the child. To implement this Easter gift idea, you will need the following tools:
- several sprouted bulbs;
- wooden skewers for vegetable skewers;
- seedling tray;
- cardboard box under the tray;
- colored cardboard and paper;
- stationery glue;
- silicone glue;
- scissors and pencil;
- a ball of twine;
- green sisal.
This gift is constructed very quickly, but to create it, you need to go to a hardware store and a needlework store in advance. In the household you need to buy a plastic tray for seedlings of small size and a depth of about four centimeters. You need a model with a tray and round bulb holes. Pick up a cardboard box with a depth of about six centimeters to it.
| Stages of work | Subtleties |
| Decorate the box. | Glue the outer sides of the box with twine using silicone glue, giving it a rustic look. |
| Plant a mini garden. | Insert a seedling tray into a decorated box. Plant a bulb in each round hole. |
| Cover the empty spaces between the bulbs with green sisal. | He will disguise the tray and create the appearance of young grass. |
| From beautiful cardboard and colored paper, glue a small birdhouse. | If you don’t want to spend time on this, then just cover a matchbox with colored paper and build a roof for it from colored cardboard. |
| Put the finished birdhouse on a wooden skewer. Install this composition in your mini-garden. | You just have to give this Easter gift to a child and teach him how to properly add water to his personal garden. |
For a small child, you can make colored crayons from old wax pencils and their fragments as a gift for Easter. As a rule, in every house where the baby lives, there will always be such pencils. They are quite brittle and break quickly. As a result, the kid throws them, since it is inconvenient for him to draw with small pencil stubs. This problem can be solved by remaking them as a gift for Easter - convenient crayons for drawing.
The main difficulty lies only in finding a silicone mold in the store for making figured sweets in the form. At worst, any available options that your child may like will do. Divide them by color and cut into circles with a clerical knife. Arrange them in the recesses in a silicone mold and put it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for two minutes to melt the wax.
Carefully remove the mold from the oven and let cool. Once cooled, send it to the freezer for a couple of hours. Remove the finished crayons from the molds and pour them into a beautiful glass jar. The gift is ready.
Bright Easter wreaths
For adults as a gift, themed items for interior decor. In the west, wreaths are very popular as Easter decorations for the house, which adorn the entrance doors. With us, this decor option is also rapidly gaining sympathy, but as a decoration for the kitchen or hallway. Making them is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. For example, you can make an Easter wreath as a gift, the main elements of which will be multi-colored eggs. To create it you will need:
- twigs of a bush or thin branches of a tree;
- foam blanks for eggs;
- silicone glue;
- twine;
- glitter glue, paints, sequins, markers - for decorating eggs;
- artificial flowers, sprigs of greenery.
Cut the branches of the tree to about the same size and use twine to tie them tightly into a large circle. It will be . Buy some Styrofoam Easter egg blanks from the craft store. Their number depends entirely on your imagination and the size of the base of the wreath. If you are constrained in finances, and you need a lot of blanks to implement your plan, then you can go for a little trick. Just cut each blank lengthwise and glue the halves. The overall look of the gift is still not spoiled.
Show your imagination and decorate the blanks: decorate them with paints, draw ornaments with markers, paste over with sequins or cover them with glitter glue (with sparkles). Glue the painted eggs to the base of the wreath with silicone glue. Glue artificial flowers and sprigs of greenery, fruits, berries or any other decorative elements to the base according to your taste.
You can make a more concise, but no less impressive version of a wreath for Easter from willow branches. For this gift, simply collect a large number of branches with blossoming buds. From the branches of any tree, form the base of the wreath and fix it with twine. And then tie willow branches to this base.
Another beautiful Easter gift option is a floral decorative wreath. To create it you need:
- foam blank wreath;
- wide satin ribbon;
- artificial flowers;
- silicone glue;
- scissors or secateurs.
You can buy a foam wreath blank in the same store for creativity and hobbies. Cover it with satin ribbon. This will help to beautifully decorate the back side of the future Easter flower wreath.
It is not necessary to take this option with tulips. Branches of lilacs, daffodils, lilies of the valley or any other spring flowers will look no less impressive. To create a wreath, you will need the buds and leaves themselves. After that, alternately glue twig by twig with silicone glue, forming a sophisticated Easter wreath. Arrange all the buds in the same direction in rows so that they fit beautifully on the surface of the base and cover the legs of the previous row of flowers.
If you bought artificial flowers with long stems, then cut off the excess length so that it does not interfere.
Easter topiary as a gift
As a small Easter souvenir, you can make original compositions with your own hands. With their help, the person to whom you present such a gift will be able to have a festive table or put a decoration on a chest of drawers or bedside table. The advantage of this option is that everything you need to create it can be easily found in any store for creativity. You need to buy:
- small flower pot;
- wooden skewer for barbecue;
- foam blanks for eggs;
- green sisal;
- glitter glue;
- decorative satin thin ribbons;
- alabaster.
Try to buy foam blanks for eggs in two sizes: large and very miniature, like quail. Place a large egg blank on a skewer, decorate it with glitter glue and let dry. As soon as the egg is ready, pour dry alabaster into the flower pot, pour water into it and mix. When its consistency becomes like thick sour cream, insert a skewer with an egg strung on it in the middle.
Hold it until the alabaster begins to harden so that the structure can hold on its own. After the alabaster has completely hardened, cover it by gluing sisal on top. If you don't have sisal, then cut green colored paper into thin strips and crumple it a bit to give texture. On this impromptu "grass" put small eggs, pre-painted in a bright color. The final element can be a beautiful satin bow tied at the base of a large egg.
Easter topiary is not done so quickly. But such a gift for Easter will be remembered by a person for a long time. For an elegant paper rose topiary, you will need:
- large foam egg blank;
- silicone glue;
- Old book;
- scissors;
- candlestick.
Glue the foam egg blank to the candlestick. Cut out large circles from the sheets of an old book. Cut them into spirals.
Roll the resulting paper ribbons into tubes, from which form rosebuds. Glue circles of paper to their “bottom” so that they do not unfold. Glue the finished roses alternately to the egg blank until they cover its entire surface.
If you were unable to purchase a large egg blank in the store, then buy a large foam ball. It also makes a great Easter gift. In this case, you will need:
- ball blank;
- tree branch;
- flower pot;
- preparation of Easter eggs;
- artificial leaves, flowers, ribbons - for decoration;
- green sisal;
- silicone glue;
- alabaster.
Place the ball-blank on a branch pointed at one end. Paint the egg blanks in different colors and glue them to the surface of the blank ball. Glue artificial flowers, leaves, berries and so on into the voids between them. Fix the topiary with alabaster, as in the previous souvenir. Cover it with sisal, and decorate the "column" of the topiary with decorative tape.
It doesn't matter if you give your friends miniature Easter gifts or large flower wreaths studded with decorated eggs for Easter. After all, the main thing is that these gifts are presented from the heart. Many people look forward to the same New Year or birthday because of gifts, and it is noted that people equally love to receive them and give them in return.
Gradually, the tradition of delighting each other with gifts for Easter is returning to us, and more and more people are trying to surprise their loved ones with interesting presents. Of course, it is much easier and faster to buy a ready-made Easter souvenir in the store. But, on the other hand, by creating gifts before Easter with your own hands, you can discover a new hobby. And if you enlist the help of household members, then your family may begin a new annual tradition of jointly creating Easter gifts for friends.
Souvenir for Easter "Postcard and basket" with your own hands. Master class with step by step photos
Archvadze Yulia Dmitrievna, primary school teacher
Place of work: MBOU "Budanovskaya secondary school named after the Hero of the Soviet Union M. V. Greshilov", Budanovka village, Zolotukhinsky district, Kursk region.
Material Description: the master class will be of interest to primary school teachers, teachers of preschool and additional education, schoolchildren, educators, and parents.
Target: making souvenirs for Easter from improvised material.
Tasks:
- educational: expand children's knowledge about Easter, its traditions;
- developing: develop visual-figurative thinking, creative abilities of children, fantasy and imagination, fine motor skills; instill interest in arts and crafts;
- educational: cultivate artistic taste, accuracy, perseverance, diligence.
Easter Andrey Usachev
The bright holiday of Easter descends on the earth,
More magical than any fairy tale,
More wonderful than any earthly miracles:
Christ is risen!
Truly risen!
Easter ringing, and eggs with Easter cakes.
The birches stood up as white candles.
And over the earth the blasphemy rushes:
Christ is risen!
Truly risen!
And willow in honor of the Holy Resurrection
Spring wear jewelry...
And like a temple, the forest is filled with singing:
Christ is risen!
Truly risen!
Orthodox Christians call Easter "the feast of feasts and the triumph of celebrations." On this day, the Orthodox Church celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. This holiday symbolizes the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, keeps the historical memory of the atoning voluntary sacrifice in the name of humanity of Jesus Christ and His Resurrection.
Christian Easter is celebrated not according to the solar, but according to the lunar calendar and therefore does not have a fixed date.
How did the Resurrection of Christ from the dead happen? One of the testimonies of this greatest miracle belongs to the historian Hermidius, the official historiographer of Judea. On Sunday night, Hermidius personally went to the tomb to make sure that the deceased could not be resurrected. In the faint light of dawn, he saw the guards at the door of the coffin. Suddenly it became very light and a man appeared above the ground, as if woven from light. There was a thunderclap, but not in the sky, but on the ground. The frightened guard jumped up and immediately fell to the ground. The stone that closed the entrance to the cave rolled away. Soon the light over the coffin disappeared. But when Hermidius approached the coffin, the body of the Buried One was not there. The doctor did not believe that the dead could be resurrected, but Christ, according to his memoirs, "really resurrected, and we all saw it with our own eyes."
Easter traditions
Easter is preceded by a strict seven-week Great Lent, when believers abstain from certain types of food. The week before Easter is called Holy Week. Each day of the week is associated with the events of the last days of the earthly life of Christ.
On the day before Easter - Great Saturday - old and young believers gather in churches for prayer. Special Easter food is brought to the temple to consecrate it. On the day of the Resurrection of Christ, special dishes are put on the table that are prepared only once a year - Easter cake, cottage cheese Easter, Easter colored eggs. Midnight comes, the procession begins in the churches. Great Saturday is replaced by Bright Sunday.
At Easter it was customary to celebrate Christ. Everyone exchanged colored eggs and kissed each other three times. To christenize is to congratulate each other on the holiday, and colored eggs are a symbol of life.
Today we will make an Easter basket and a card in the shape of an egg.
For work we need:
- colored cardboard;
- colored paper or a piece of wallpaper;
- foamiran;
- stamens for flowers;
- wire;
- sisal;
- regular and curly scissors;
- PVA glue and glue - universal gel.
Progress:
Flower making.
flower templates
Let's start making a flower. On a green foamiran, we circle the patterns of the leaves (there should be 3 of them), then cut them out, twist them.
On an orange foamiran, we circle the details of the flower - 2 small and 2 large. Cut and twist each petal, giving them a shape. Flower details are ready.
Flower assembly.
In the middle of each part we make a small hole and insert the pistil and stamens folded in half into it. The flower is ready.
Postcard making.
Postcard templates
Trace the card template on cardboard and cut it out with scissors. On a piece of wallpaper, we circle a smaller template and cut it out with curly scissors. We cut narrow strips of cardboard with curly scissors.
Assembling a postcard. We glue the prepared curly egg, strips, then leaves, a flower and a ribbon twisted with scissors to the postcard. The postcard is ready.
Basket making.
Basket templates
On the cardboard, trace the templates for the details of the basket and cut them out. Then fold along the dotted lines.
With curly scissors, cut out 4 parts from a piece of wallpaper and glue.
We collect the basket. We make a basket handle and connect the parts.
We decorate with a flower and a ribbon twisted with scissors. Photo: countryliving.com
Decorate plain white napkins with symbolic images of rabbits using fabric paint and a stencil, and sew a fringed braid around the edge.
2. Painted jars with "grass"
Photo: masonjarcraftslove.com
Such jars can be made a table decoration or put on a shelf. For them, you will need the jars themselves, acrylic paint in several pastel colors and paper “shavings” (filler for gift wrapping, you can buy at a flower shop, gifts, or make it yourself by cutting colored paper into thin strips). First, paint the jars each in your own color and let the paint dry. Then we apply patterns, dry again. Add "weed" - done!
3. Golden vases from jars
Photo: masonjarcraftslove.com
By the way, the same jars can be painted with gold paint and made into elegant flower vases. For even painting, it is better to take paint in a spray can, and if you don’t mind the texture, ordinary decorative metallic acrylic and a brush or sponge will do.
4. Headband with rabbit ears
Photo: countryliving.com
You can dress up a child in such a headband for the Easter holiday - for sure he will be delighted. You will need a regular bezel, fabric and wire. "Ears" are made from strips of fabric sewn along the length, where the wire is threaded. The rim must be covered with the same fabric and “ears” should be attached to it.
5. Paper Ball Easter Bunny
Photo: francesjanisch.com
Another option for crafts that will delight children is a paper ball bunny. The balloon can be bought at a craft store or gift wrapping place. We add ears from colored cardboard, paper mustaches, eyes and a nose from pom-poms - the rabbit is ready.
6. Easter egg pendants
Photo: thelifeofjenniferdawn.com
For such pendants, you will need colored cardboard with various types of ornaments, glue, thick colored threads and a few beads for decoration. First, make an egg-shaped pattern. Then cut out blanks from cardboard, 4 blanks are needed for each pendant. Fold each in half lengthwise, with the picture inside, and glue together, placing a thread in the middle. Decorate with beads on top and bottom.
7. Garland of white rabbits
Photo: cleanandscentsible.com
For such a garland you will need paper, glue and threads. From the threads, make several pompoms of the same size. Cut out the bunny pattern. Glue them to the warp thread and attach a pompom tail to each.
8. Garland of colorful rabbits
Photo: makeityelloh.com
A garland with rabbits made of multi-colored paper is made in the same way as the previous one, but it looks different.
9. Garland of pom-poms
Photo: makeityelloh.com
You can make a garland and only from multi-colored pompoms, large or small.
10. Garland with tassels
Photo: diycandy.com
For such a garland, you need multi-colored threads for brushes, beads and letters for an inscription - you can cut them out of colored paper yourself.
11. Wrapping paper garland
Photo: livelaughrowe.com
A garland can also be made from wrapping paper. Take a few sheets with a delicate spring print, cut out the details according to the template and simply stitch them on a typewriter.
12. Tulips in a wooden box
Photo: crazylittleprojects.com
Such an original way of "serving" can complement or replace the traditional bouquet in a vase.
13. "Lacy" Easter eggs
Photo: alittlepinchofperfect.com
To make these decorations, you will need sheets of colored cardboard, lacy paper napkins, glue and watercolor. However, instead of it, you can use those food colors with which you paint real eggs for Easter. First, we make a template in the form of an egg and cut out blanks from cardboard and paper napkins on it. Sprinkle blanks from napkins with water from a spray bottle and immediately drip multi-colored paints on them. When the napkins are dry, glue them to the cardboard blanks.
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14. Chickens from an egg carton
Photo: typicallysimple.com
You will need an egg carton, a craft knife, glue, paints and colored paper. Cut out the convex parts of the package, glue them two by two and color them. When the paint is dry, add colored paper details.
15. Eggshell Flower Stands
Photo: craftberrybush.com
All that needs to be done is to carefully open the shell, rid the raw eggs of the contents and rinse the shell. Flowers in such "vases" can be placed on the table in ordinary egg holders.
16. "Flower garden" in the package of eggs
Photo: lerobinsnest.blogspot.com
Another version of the "flower garden" in an eggshell. This composition can please you for a long time, because the plant is placed in each shell along with the ground.
17. Gift bags with "ears"
Photo: evermine.com
In such a package, you can put Easter gifts, for example, treats. You will need simple rectangular craft bags, threads, pom-poms for ponytails. Cut out “ears” from the top of each bag. Glue on the tails. Put the gift in a bag, tie it up, add a label - you can draw it yourself.
18. Fabric gift bags
Photo: alittlecraftinyourday.com
Gift bags can also be sewn from fabric and decorated with Easter symbols.
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19. Gift bags with painting and embroidery
Photo: aliceandlois.com
It is better to cut and decorate such bags first, and then sew them. The pattern is applied with acrylic fabric paint. When the paint dries, you can decorate the edge with embroidery.
20. Gift bag with appliqué
Photo: northstory. ca
Such a handbag can be made both from a paper bag and from a bag sewn from fabric. Ribbons for trim and egg appliqué can be sewn on or glued on.
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21. Colored paper gift bags
Photo: andweplay.com
Another option for Easter gift wrapping: simple paper bags hand-painted with felt-tip pens or markers.
22. Button painting
Photo: accultivatednest.com
Here, the buttons are glued to the paper, but you can take the fabric and sew the buttons onto it, and then stretch it over the cardboard and frame it.
23. Embroidered picture
Photo: dosmallthingswithlove.com
A small picture, embroidered with a cross and left in the hoop, can become both a decoration for your home and a wonderful gift.
24. Easter bouquet of twigs
Photo: craftysisters-nc.blogspot.com
To create such a bouquet, you need twigs and small plastic or polystyrene multi-colored eggs (you can buy them in needlework stores). The eggs are glued to the ends of the twigs with a glue gun.
25. Easter bouquet decorated with feathers
Photo: auntpeaches.com
An Easter bouquet can be made very bright - for example, by decorating it with multi-colored feathers.
26. Easter bouquet with paper decorations
Photo: thehousethatlarsbuilt.com
Feathers to decorate a bouquet can be cut out of paper by choosing, for example, pastel colors.
27. Easter bouquet of branches braided with threads
Photo: morningcreativity.com
Your Easter bouquet can be the height of conciseness when it comes to branch pendants. You can decorate the branches themselves by carefully wrapping each colored thread.
28. Easter bouquet with decorations from small bags
Photo: YouTube/Southern Living
You can put treats in such bags, for example, sweets or cookies. Most importantly, make sure the branches can support their weight.
29. Easter cards with appliqué
Photo: northstory. ca
Make blanks from craft paper and decorate them with colored paper and textured fabric appliqué.
30. Easter card with a picture
Photo: luloveshandmade.com
You can also draw an Easter card - for example, repeat this drawing or come up with your own.
31. Easter card with a basket
Photo: YouTube/Lum Planet
The basket for this postcard must first be woven from strips of paper, and then, “filled” with paper eggs, glued to the base. The pen is made from a twisted strip of paper and decorated with a bow.
32. Postcard with an inscription of multi-colored letters
Photo: interestingcornerofme. blogspot
If you're not entirely sure of your calligraphy skills, the lettering on the postcard can be made from stenciled letters. Prepare several sheets of paper, colored or patterned. Trace the letters on paper and then carefully cut them out with scissors. It remains to glue the letters to the postcard.
33. Postcard from the coloring
Photo: muminthemadhouse.com
You can also use one of the coloring templates: print it on a sheet of paper, paint it, cut it out and stick it on a cardboard base for a postcard.
