Stained Glass Easter Egg Craft
This Easter egg craft is quick, easy, and almost mess-free! It uses tissue paper to create a stained glass or suncatcher effect.
My daughters love arts and crafts projects, so I’m always looking for something cute and simple they can do together with supplies we already have around the house. This stained glass tissue paper Easter egg craft fits the bill for us. If you need a quick and easy Easter craft, give this a try!
Tissue paper crafts are so pretty and fun to make! My daughters love using tissue paper in their mosaics and other fun craft projects.
Stained Glass Easter Egg Craft
Materials needed–
Pastel tissue paper squares
Clear contact paper
Egg template {free download here}
Scissors
Sharpie marker
Directions–
1. Open up a 16×22″ piece of contact paper. Lay your contact paper on the table, sticky side up.
2. Start placing your tissue paper squares all over half of your paper.
3. Once half your contact paper if filled, fold the other side of your sticky contact paper over on top of your tissue paper side.
4. Carefully press down to prevent wrinkles.
5. Cut out your egg template and trace onto your colorful contact paper.
6. Cut your egg out of your contact paper, place a piece of tape on the back and hang on your window for all to see!
Will you be making this Easter egg craft? Do you have any other favorite Easter crafts to share? Let us know in the comments!
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Over the years (about 30), my family and I have made blown eggs for Easter. They aren’t too had for children ages 8 and up. Even then, eight year olds can sometimes lose their patience. Just take an egg, a bowl, and a straight pin or sewing needle. Using your pin or needle, make a small hole (a little smaller than your pinky nail( on one end of the egg, then while holding the egg over the bowl poke a hole the size of the end of your needle or pin, jiggle the needle inside your egg to hopefully poke the egg yoke. Now, blow into the small hole so the egg comes out the larger hole, into the bowl. I usually put some tap water in the sink into the empty egg shell and swirl it around, then blow the water out, to rinse the egg shell. Get as much of the egg or water out of the egg shell as possible. You might even let the shells sit in your refrigerator overnight if you want. Taking really small pieces of colored tissue paper and glue, glue the paper to the eggshell, totally covering the shell. Since you’re putting flat paper on a round egg, the paper should be about the size of your pinky nail or smaller. Let the glue dry. Once dry, use another layer of glue to put clear glitter over the entire surface of the shell and let dry. When I first started, I would do about a quarter of the shell and at a time and let it dry. These blown eggs look a lot like stained glass and can be put into a basket with Easter grass or hot glue a loop of ribbon to one end of your egg and hang them!
Thanks so much for sharing this fun idea! What a great tradition for your family. It sounds like something my daughters would enjoy doing. We’ll have to try it!