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Craft a colourful Easter Decoration
Make the Easter Bunny feel right at home with these stunning yet simple-to-make table centrepieces
Follow these simple steps to create your own standout Easter decorations. And why not add your own creative spin to match your colour theme?
Easter egg bush
Kit List
◆ Styrofoam cone, around 20-30cm in height
◆ Tin foil
◆ Small terracotta pot
◆ Acrylic paint: white, pink, turquoise, purple
◆ Low-tack masking tape
◆ Sphagnum moss
◆ Hot glue gun and glue sticks
◆ Paintbrushes
◆ White plastic eggs, approx 25
◆ Fake flowers
◆ Ribbon
1 First, divide the eggs into three lots, and spatter paint on them in each colour with a stiff brush [1]. Wait to dry.
2 Prepare the pot by painting with two coats of white, and a strip of pink around the rim – use masking tape to make this easier [2]. While this is drying, wrap the Styrofoam cone in tin foil (this step is optional, but it means that you can easily use the cone for another project after Easter).
3 Next, start to glue your eggs onto the cone one by one [3] Fill the gaps with sphagnum moss and fresh flowers. Add a bow on the pot to finish.
Bunny tree
Kit List
◆ Small terracotta pot
◆ Dowel or bamboo stick, 25cm long
◆ Scrap paper
◆ Paper and card for bunnies
◆ Ribbon
◆ Hot glue gun
◆ White plastic eggs, three
◆ Paintbrushes
◆ Acrylic paint: white, pink, turquoise, purple
◆ Craft flowers
Helping Hand
◆ If you haven’t used sphagnum moss in your crafts before, you’re in for a treat! It can be found at most garden centres, and is traditionally used for kokedama, seed starting or lining flower baskets. Used dry, it’s a great addition for projects that need an organic texture. And when you’re done, you can use the remainder as mulch for pot plants!
◆ Protect surfaces with newspaper before spattering the acrylic paint. Keep a wet cloth to hand to wipe up spills swiftly – as acrylic paint is difficult to remove once dry
1 Paint the pot with two coats of white, and a strip of pink around the base, blending it into the white to create an ombré effect. Paint the dowel white. Use a stiff paintbrush to spatter the eggs with paint, one per colour.
2 Spatter the three paints onto a sheet of white paper. Once dry, cut into a bunny shape and mount onto pink card, cut into a slightly larger bunny shape.
3 Once the pot is dry, scrunch up a piece of scrap paper into a ball that’s big enough to fill the pot. Carefully create a hole in the middle of the scrunched paper using a pair of scissors [4]
4 Place the painted dowel in the hole, using hot glue if you need to secure, and wrap some ribbon around to decorate, again securing with hot glue [5]
5 Stick sphagnum moss with a hot glue gun onto the top of the paper ball. Use a few layers to cover it and build up texture [6]
6 Stick a paper bunny to the top of the stick, and decorate the base with flowers, the three paint-spattered eggs, and a bow.
