12 Egg~cellent Crafts For A Fabulous Easter

Celebrate Easter’s day with these egg~citing crafts that uses egg shells. It’s such a perfect idea for the occasion considering that most of us would be making cake pops and what not with tons of eggs! Rather than throwing those shells away, wash them and keep them for a family crafting day. Most of the craft projects here are simple to be followed and understood at first glance. They make such fine and fun ideas that would keep the kids occupied. Without further ado, let’s see what we have here!

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1. Outdoor Bird’s Nest

Show your neighbours you’re celebrating Easter’s with this authentic looking bird’s nest! To make this work, you will need a piece of branch that you would erect onto a pot of soil in a woven basket. You can use a normal vase but the woven basket gives a matching texture to that of the bird’s nest. This minor aesthetic detail adds to the overall appearance of the design. After that, it’s all about constructing your own bird’s nest with angel hair vine filler, wire, hot glue gun and some moss. You can add in the egg shells at the final stage of the DIY. It’s lovely and look natural. It would be cool too to have different colored eggs on the nest!

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2. Mosaic Egg Shell

Create an out of this world egg with egg shells! It’s a coat of egg shell on an egg shell! First, you have to dye or color the egg shell. You can crack them in half first so it would be easier to pickup later. Then, break it carefully so the pieces would remain huge and easy to be handled. Glue them onto another egg shell using school glue. You can use a tweezer as well so you won’t get your hands dirty. Try a mix of different color and gradient to create more wild eggs that nobody have ever seen!

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3. Rustic Hanging Egg Bunch

It’s hanging eggs with rustic touch! A bunch of twigs are tied together with a jute cord to create a sturdy hanger that can be used to place those beautifully decorated eggs. The eggs can either be painted or stenciled with leaf patterns around it. The creator is smart in matching the coloration. Green ribbons are used to hang the greenish decorated eggs. It’s a nice match of harmonious white, green and brown.

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4. Netted Hanging Egg Bunch

Enough with wreaths, try something unusual this time around the year with netted eggs! The eggs are slightly sprayed with brownish color. Each are poked to store tiny bunch of flowers inside. Little feathers are then patched around the egg to decorate them further. What a nice little touch up to your door to welcome your guests in. One smart thing to consider is to stick the egg onto the door with temporary adhesive so they won’t come back slamming to the door when it’s closed. So, as to reduce the risk of breaking the egg.

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5. Egg Candle Centerpiece

When it comes to creating the perfect dinner, having the right centerpiece helps a great deal. So, for this coming Easter, this lovely egg candle centerpiece is probably the most perfect thing you could have to make your Easter day’s meal an unforgettable one. Egg carton become the base for this simple art project. The eggs are cracked and converted into candles. Some of them houses the flowery greens. Coiled vines, feathers, jute cord and more are placed strategically across the carton. It’s art at play for Easter!

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6. Egg Bouquet Door Decor

Spring and Easter gets combined in this beautiful basket of flowers and eggs! The unique vase-like shaped basket plays a major role in this artistic door decor. The unique shape allows it to act like a vase for you to arrange those colorful flowers and stalks of eggs in there. The eggs are probably painted and poked with a stick. That way, you get to arrange it into the vase just fine. Add more greens and ribbons and you’ll get a stunning door decor that will make a deep impression.

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7. Egg Plant

This is the true depiction of an egg plant! Basically, you need a pot. You can fill it with gravels or clay. Then, poke a stick into it. The stick needs to have something round on top if it so you can stick those eggs on it. That would help you get the ideal spherical shape. Slit in some greens around the opening because plant needs to have leaves after all. You can also put some eggs on the ground for the little garnish that adds value to its appearance.

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8. 3 Tiered Egg Nest

Just when you think one nest is not enough, make three of them! The faux egg nest made with natural grapevine with faux flowers and greens make up this beautiful topiary. A solid stick serve as the backbone for this art. You can use hot glue gun to slowly stick the grapevine from inside out. Adjust the layering so you’ll have small nest on top and bigger as it goes downwards.

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9. Pig Farm

Create a miniature cute landscape of a pig farm using eggs! These eggs are decorated with tissue paper, rubber foam and dots of marker pen to create the look and feel of a pig. Patches of moss and wooden pieces are placed around the vicinity, forming an ideal pig sty. It’s a fun project for the entire family.

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10. Golden Egg Vase

Cracked egg shells turned into elegant tiny pots for flowers with a simple spray of metallic paint. These egg shells can even be put outdoors for decoration. Make a stunning garden by scattering the whole place with these shiny golden eggs!

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11. Egg Vase In Sticks

Create contemporary centerpiece art with egg shells in a jungle of smaller sticks! The sticks are secured onto the wooden board. You can use hot glue gun for this. It should stick it firmly. Then, faux flowers are put into opened eggs. The egg is then transferred into the board. These eggs are being held by the tiny sticks around it. It creates a unique appearance as some would seem to be floating.

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12. Eggs In Coiled Wire Stand

This is another unique centerpiece that features egg as flower holders. Wires are placed all around the driftwood to hold the eggs. The top end of the wire is coiled so it holds the egg just nice. You can decorate the driftwood with materials like leaves, feathers, moss or even make little indentation to house some succulents.

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