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4F Craftin’: Simple Twine and Yarn Easter Eggs

Create this easy and simple Easter craft using twine and yarn!

yarn twine wrapped easter eggs in a clear glass vase.

I have seen soooo many fabulous ideas for Easter Eggs on the blogosphere lately, but I was especially taken with some of the ideas shared over at Small Home Big Start. She has done some incredibly gorgeous and creative Easter eggs over the last couple of years. Check out some of her wonderful tutorials for Colorful Twine Wrapped Easter Eggs, Painted Robin’s Eggs, and Fabric Wrapped Easter Eggs.

Twine Wrapped pastel Easter Eggs at Small Home Big Start
Twine Wrapped Easter Eggs at Small Home Big Start

You must check them out on her blog. Her Easter decorating is adorable, her handmade eggs are fabulous, and she has a great tutorial as well! In fact, her eggs were so beautiful that I was fully inspired…

I decided to try my hand at the colourful twine wrapped eggs. Amanda had used embroidery thread but when I tried that I found that I royally screwed it up (did I mention I like my crafts to be Fast). So I switched to regular brown twine that I picked up in a three pack at a local dollar store. I also experimented with some thin yarn that I had leftover from last Easter. The thicker material worked better for me and I am really happy with how they turned out despite the change in materials

Turquoise, yellow and green wrapped Easter eggs in a glass jar.

The supplies you will need are:

  • twine and/or yarn
  • hot glue gun
  • scissors
  • Styrofoam eggs (I used two different sizes)

Here are the basic steps I followed for this tutorial:

Using hot glue on the tip of the egg.

Begin by putting a dab of hot glue at the tip of your egg. Gently press the twine into the glue and let it set for a few seconds.

Starting to wrap the twine around in a circle on the egg.

Add hot glue down two sides of the egg a little ways and begin slowly wrapping the twine around the egg.

The egg being wrapped by twine.

Add some more hot glue a little ways down the egg again (on the two sides) and continue wrap, wrap, wrapping.

An aerial view of the wrapped egg.

About 1/2 to 2/3 of the way down the egg cut the twine (or yarn) and hot glue the end to the egg. Flip the egg and start from step one again. Place some hot glue at the tip of the egg and gently press a new piece of twine/yarn into the glue, letting this set for a few seconds. Start wrapping the twine around again moving down towards the finishing part of the egg.

TIP:  I found this method after experimenting with a few eggs. If you just keep going and wrapping the whole way down I found it was really hard to keep the twine/yarn tight at the opposite end of the egg. Switching it up and starting over and wrapping from the narrow towards the wide part of the egg helped keep it looking much tighter.

The egg on the table with scissors.

Keep wrapping until you meet the first part you completed, cut the twine, and hot glue the end in place. With the twine I trimmed the hairy ends off so that the egg wouldn’t look like it had been just rubbed it with a static-y balloon.

As I mentioned, I also made some Easter eggs using the same process but with thin yarn that I had on hand from last year’s Easter crafts. I love how these eggs turned out… they are so bright and fresh and cute. I think that the twine eggs mix nicely with them as well, and balance perfectly with the brightly coloured yarn eggs.

yarn and twine wrapped easter eggs collage poster.

They have added another bright touch to our springy dining room and living room décor.

I even stuffed the vintage jar beside my simple custom flower crate craft with these eggs. I think they look fab – and more importantly, they were fast and frugal!

The yarn wrapped Easter eggs displayed on the table.

See, even the bunny likes them.  She is smiling.

What have you been doing to decorate for spring and Easter? Have you tried making any Easter eggs this year? I’d love to hear your stories. And can you believe that Easter is only a week away!

Thanks for reading. And remember, my housie friends, HOME wasn’t built in a day. Enjoy the journey!

 

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