Make Your Own Yarn Easter Eggs: I have always wanted to try out making yarn Easter eggs but I was worried that the may not be that easy and I could see a Pinterest fail coming up. However as part of the Bostik blogger challenge I thought it was worth a go. It turned out that they are very simple and even Monkey got involved in making them. The best part is that we had all we needed to make these in the house already.
Material needed to make your own yarn Easter eggs
- White glue
- Water
- Water Balloons – I think that you could probably use fully sized balloons just keeping them small. I do like water balloons though as they are easier to shape into an egg shape.
- Embroidery thread
Step 1: Blow up your balloons, ours were about 3.5 inches long. While I was doing this Monkey mixed equal parts water and white glue. I did worry that it maybe a little runny and still think that it may take some time to find the perfect consistency.
Step 2: Add your embroidery thread to the glue mixture careful to keep it as untangled as possible. For this reason I did one at a time. Using a wooden spoon or similar make sure the thread is well coated.
Step 3: The messy bit. Wind the thread around the balloon. I found that winding from top to bottom worked better than winding around the balloon. This seemed to give better structure as did keeping the thread tight as you wound. There was a definite difference between the ones which I did and Monkey did.
Step 4: I left ours to dry over night and then popped the balloons with a pin. Getting out the remnants of the balloons was a little fiddly, but I am very happy how they turned out for a first attempt.
If I was to do this again then I think I would include some little folded eggs inside and perhaps use two skeins per egg. Otherwise I think the chocolate temptation would be to big for little hands. I have a number of other Easter craft posts which you maybe interested in:
- Sand Covered Easter Eggs
- Marbled Egg Hanging Decorations
- Easter Sensory Small World Play
- Egg Shaker Sound Match
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Make Your Own Yarn Easter Eggs
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Ooo these came out so great! How would you add something inside, would you have to put it into the balloon? We never made these before but will try them out this year!
These look amazing! What a clever idea. I’ll pin these and we’ll be having a go! x
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This is a great little activity for older children. #bloggerclubuk
They look so good, well done! I’ve seen these done before too and always thought it seemed a bit fiddly but maybe we’ll give it a go this year, I think my daughter especially would enjoy making them! x
I am going to give these a go with Timmy. what a fun little idea. 🙂
These are amazing!! You’re so talented, my crafts are always super basic! We will have to try and give these a go. #BloggerClubUK
I love your kids’ craft ideas because they’re always completely doable and I usually (amazingly) have the right materials in the house already. #bloggerclubuk
Fantastic, I’m definitely making these and using this idea for all celebrations !! #bloggerubuk
Definitely going to give them a try. I’ve seen these on Pinterest and was worried they’d be a fail!
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That is a cute, fun little craft for the kiddos! Great idea!
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What a good idea with easter coming up! My boys will love trying to make these the messier the better!! xx #BloggerClubUK
These look really nice, I may well try and make them with my acorns! Thanks for sharing x
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I’ve always wanted to try these too, we may just have a go this weekend, all I need is balloons.
These look fab, I’ll put this on the rainy day activity list for the Easter holidays. #BloggerClubUK
Oh wow these look so so pretty! I have a very arty daughter – she will love having a go at these! #BloggerClubUK
They turned out really well! They look great and would make a fab easter decoration or a centre piece for an easter dinner table
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Such a lovely, simple idea. My sister loves knitting and sowing, I think we will do these with her!
Wow I am so impressed. These look fab. Jamie would hate the gluey mess though. But they do look great and my child needs to learn to embrace mess 😉 #BloggerclubUK
These looks fab, what a clever idea, I wonder how you will use them now, as decoration? #BloggerclubUK
This looks like fun I need to do some easter crafting #bloggerclubuk
You make this look easy! I’m saving this for the holidays, thanks.
These look great and really effective! I love crafts but I struggle to find the time and they never turn out quite the way I imagined ???? #BloggerClubUK
These are so cute! Ive always fancied having a crack at these too! #BloggerClubUK
Oh I love these! I’ve always wanted to make these, but like you was concerned they’d be one of *those Crafts that in theory is ridiculously simple but in practice is just ridiculous! You’ve convinced me, we’ll be doing this tomorrow, I have everything we need in the cupboard too! #BloggerClubUK
These are lovely! Are you going to use them for an Easter egg hunt? xx