Easter Egg Tree

                Easter is here, what can I do with my children or grandchildren while they are home on Easter break? I have a fun project that will keep them busy for a little while. One year when my children were much younger I decided to show them how to make an Easter Egg Tree. If you are like me I buy all my Easter decorations after the season to save a lot of money. Saving all these little decorations over the years has added up to enough stuff to make many different Eater decorations. Saving dried or plastic flowers, ribbon, and plastic eggs are all I needed for making many different kinds of Easter projects through the years.

What You Will Need

1 half circle styrofoam ball                                       Tree branches

Masking tape                                                           1 small box

Spray paint                                                               plastic eggs (small)

Ribbon any color                                                       Decorations (butterflies, beads, flowers)

Material to wrap around the eggs  (optional)

1.       First, find some dry branches from outside. If you don’t want to use tree branches take some wire hangers and bend into the shape of tree branches.

2.       Take your tree branches or hangers and make it look like a miniature tree. Wrap masking tape around all the branches. Make sure everything is covered including the stem or trunk of your tree in masking tape.

3.       Spray paint the whole tree in any color you like. If you do not have Spray paint try taking a little paint brush and hand paint your tree. This will take a little longer but the children might like it better. Let dry.

4.       Taking your small Easter eggs wrap them in colored material or just leave them plain. Take a hot glue gun or just super glue and glue on your ribbons

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5.       Next, tie your Easter Eggs onto some of your branches.

6.       Add some other decorations like flowers, butterflies, and beads to your tree.

7.        Cut a hole the size or the bottom of your half styrofoam circle and glue it into the box.  This will be your platform to hold your Easter Egg Tree. You could have your children or Grandchildren decorate the box in any way they would like.

This project will take them awhile to make. Having fun with the kids is the whole purpose of this project. Saving little trinkets from year to year can save you a lot of money on projects like these. The only thing I had to buy was the styrofoam ball, the rest I had at home already. Let your children’s imagination run wild. Let them create their own Easter Egg Tree with odds and ends of things you have around the house. Have a wonderful Easter with family and friends and don’t eat too much Easter candy from Suzie Homemaker.