Your Easter-Craft Projects: Yarn Eggs

Lent just started today and it is time to begin with your Easter craft projects if you want to be ready on time! 
Here are some cute and easy to do ideas for you and your family.

Project 1: Yarn Eggs

Materials

• Thin cotton yarn
• Balloons
• Craft glue
• Newspaper

• Waxed paper
• Clothespin
• Clothes hanger

Instructions

 

For each egg, cut twenty 3-foot-long strands of cotton yarn and blow up a balloon to a 6- to 8-inch diameter. Mix equal parts of glue and water in a shallow disposable container.

Cover your work area with newspaper and a sheet of waxed paper. Hold a strand of yarn by one end, dip it into the glue mixture, then wrap it around the balloon. Repeat with the other strands, randomly overlapping them and tucking in loose ends, until the balloon is evenly covered.

Using the clothespin, suspend the balloon from the clothes hanger and let it dry overnight. (Cover the area below it with newspaper to catch drips.) Once the egg is completely dry, carefully poke a hole in the balloon, then pull it away from the string as it deflates. Hang your finished egg with ribbon or yarn.