Kids Craft Blog by PlaidOnline.com - Monday Funday: Zig Zag Eggs

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By Candie Cooper (To see more craft projects by Candie visit her, blog Candie Copper's Journal)

Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's on it's way! Did you ever sing the song, Peter Cottontail, as a kid? That song has been stuck in my head as there has been a lot of Easter crafts on my work table lately. From painted baskets, egg dying and these eggs, everything is bright and cheery.

For this project you will need some pastel colored paints--this is a photo of the Martha Stewart color pack, but you only need two colors per egg. You will also need large wood eggs, paint brushes, painters tape, scissors, green felt, lizard and flower embellishments, ric rac, and hot glue.

Base-coat the eggs in a light color and leave to dry. Then add zig zags with short pieces of tape. You can see mine aren't perfectly spaced apart. Just start with a peak of tape along the bottom and continue outward, trimming where needed. BURNISH the tape really well to the eggs before starting the next step.

Paint between each zig-zag and leave to dry, you may need a second coat here. Once the paint is dry, peel the tape away. Make touch ups if needed because sometimes the tape isn't fool proof. If you want your eggs to be shiny, seal them with a coat of acrylic gloss Folk Art varnish.

Use hot glue to add embellishments, like a strip of fringed felt grass and colorful lizard (from the dollar store). You could also use paper flowers, buttons, and silk leaves to decorate the eggs.

This egg was decorated felt flowers and ric-rac trim stems. You can hide them around the yard or park for a fun game.

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