Easter Craft

I found a picture of an egg wreath on facebook and decided to modify it into a version I could do with Seth. Materials include poster board, acrylic paints and brushes, hot glue gun, ribbon, painter's tape, and something to put under the workspace. I wrapped half a disposable table cloth from Dollar Tree around his high chair tray and tucked it under the legs to hold it in place. I also used a disposable tray for the paint. Pretty much all the items I use came from Dollar Tree except for the hot glue gun, making this a really inexpensive craft.

I started by printing off templates for the egg shape and the bunny from a simple google search, there are lots of options to choose from. I traced the egg shape onto the poster board and cut out twelve. I also glued the rabbit right onto the poster board and painted it after (please don't judge my art skills). I assumed that Seth would not manage to stay focused to do all twelve eggs himself so I only used the tape to put designs on six of them. To do that simply rip or cut pieces of tape and lay them flat in the design you want and when removed carefully after the paint dries it will leave a white space of your design. Seth's came out pretty good, but not exactly as intended since he did not want to cover his whole surface area on all of the eggs.

I then did simple designs on the remaining eggs to add more color to the wreath. Seth likes to mix his paint colors which tends to create some cool colors, but usually on the darker side rather than bright. I also painted the rabbit for the center of the wreath. Once everything was dry I arranged the eggs alternating between mine and Seth's and hot glued them together forming the wreath around the center bunny. I then attached a ribbon to hang it with and hung up the finished product!

Seth absolutely loves anytime I let him play with paint. Important notes for using acrylic paint with little ones: try to keep it out of their mouths, better to do it naked as clothes will get ruined, and it comes off the skin easily either with a bath or baby wipes.