Original craft with children: paper Easter eggs

If you want to have fun with the kids, make this colorful Easter craft. Paper Easter eggs can perfectly decorate the interior of the house for the holiday, as well as become a fun souvenir. Inside they can be filled with chocolates, sweets and other surprises. See Joy-pup for how to make paper Easter eggs.

DIY materials

To make Easter eggs out of paper, we need:

• small balloons;
• white and colored tissue paper;
• PVA glue;
• tassel;
• hole puncher;
• scissors;
• rope;
• cup.

Cut out a 25 cm x 14 cm rectangle, one 25 cm x 11.5 cm rectangle, and two 25 cm x 9 cm rectangles from white tissue paper. These are the four pieces that will form the base of the egg.

Cut out squares from colored paper with holes that will be peas on each egg. To do this, cut a strip of tissue paper 4 cm wide (for the entire length of the paper), fold the strip several times until you get squares of about 4 cm. Then make holes with a hole punch or by hand and cut each square separately. From colored paper, make several strips 2.5 cm wide and triangles of different sizes.

How to make papier mache easter egg

Inflate a small balloon until it takes the shape of an egg.

With a brush, paint it with PVA glue and place the largest white sheet of paper on it, wrapping it around the widest part of the balloon.

Apply glue again from the center to the top and bottom so that the paper fits snugly around the ball. Add white paper 11.5 cm high and then 9 cm.

Cover the ball with colored squares and apply a ball of glue on top. If there are places that the squares do not reach, cover them with triangles.

Hang the balloons on a string overnight to dry completely.

With a thin awl or needle, pierce the balls and carefully remove them. If the paper is dry, it will not be difficult.

Make a straight cut from the hole where the balloon knot was. Through this hole, fill the middle of the egg with small sweets.

Carefully cover the hole with pieces of colored paper, apply a ball of glue on top of them and let the craft dry. Now Easter eggs are securely sealed and can be given to relatives and friends.