String Eggs
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These lacy eggs are fun to make - but this project
is messy! You might want to do it outside on a nice spring day. You can put
decorations inside these eggs or leave them empty. Use different colors of
string for different holidays. If you use large balloons then you can use these
as a center piece.
Parental supervision is recommended.
This project is rated AVERAGE to do.
What You Need
- Balloons
- Colored crochet string
- Liquid stiffener *
- Large plastic sheets (to cover work area)
- Waxed paper or plastic (to dry project on)
- Gallon sized plastic bag
- Wet washrags
- Scissors
- Lace, ribbon, etc.; optional
How To Make It
- Cover work area...with something like a plastic tarp (so things don't
stick to it) or large plastic bags...have a few wet washrags handy.
- Blow up balloons (not big...unless you are wanting to put a LOT of
decorations inside it). Put colored crochet string in a gallon size bag and
put stiffener in it with a bit of water to dilute just slightly. Mush mush
mush.
- Pull string out a little bit at a time out of the bag, using your fingers
to squeeze excess stiffener off. Wrap around the balloon in a criss-cross
fashion... until well covered. There will be a lot of "air" space
in it...it does not make it solid. Leave a space on one side for
decorations.
- Let dry on something like wax paper or plastic.
-
When egg is dry (could be a couple of days!), pop the
balloon and remove it.
- Then you can either hot glue or regular glue ribbons, pearls, laces, or
other decorations on the outside...or cut it open and fill with Easter grass
and decorations. Or you can just hang it or put it on the table as is.
- How much crochet string does it use? If I remember right with the Large
balloons we blew up...it was probably a whole large spool of crochet thread
to cover it.
- These came out really pretty with multi-colored crochet string.
Tips
* Liquid Stiffener - this is sold at many craft and fabric stores and is used
to make fabric stiff (like starch). It is often used to make cheesecloth ghosts
around Halloween
