crafts using colored plastic eggs?

Question

I recently volunteered for a charity that have a store and they make crafts on the side to help raise money. Bags of plastic eggs have been donated to them but they have no idea what to do with them. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

Answer 1

Glue a piece of ribbon to the top to make easter tree ornaments. They can be hung on a small wire form tree (or use a small branch) or just hung in the window as a decoration. Here's a link to show what I mean about the tree.
http://www.angelfire.com/rings/ladypp/eastertree.html

Glue wiggly eyes on them and add chenille stem ears on the top and a pom-pom tail and you've got a bunny.

Answer 2

If you want to do something really different, you could "cover" them with polymer clay. The kinda rubbery-plastic ones (Dudley is one brand) work better than the really hard-plastic ones... there are examples of many different covered eggs on these pages, from quite simple to elegant and more difficult (some will have been made over regular blown egg shells but what they would end up looking like would be the same, real eggshell or plastic):

http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/eggs2.html
(click on all 5 pages)

If you're interested in more info, some lessons, and examples, check out this page:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/eggs.htm
(the subcategory called *Plastic Eggs* has more on the various brands and types that work best, but look on the rest of the page for lessons since they'd be pretty much the same)

(these could also have rice or beans, etc., put inside before covering to make rattles, or be torsos of little critters or other sculpts, etc.)

Also, most plastics will slump, or melt (and sometimes shrink) with the right amount of heat, so you could melt or slump them, then shape them into other things, or in molds, or cut shapes then lay them onto each other, etc. I'd start with about 250 degrees for a few minutes, then see what happens.


Good luck!

Diane B.

Answer 3

I made an "Easter wreath" for a friend of mine. I started with a straw wreath; I cut 4 or 5" squares using color coordinating fabrics and with a screwdriver placed in the middle of each square, punched the fabric through the wreath (you need quite a few squares depending on the size of the wreath to make a nice full one). I decorated it with ribbons, flowers and the plastic eggs that I hot glued.
Another cute project is to get styrofoam balls (or eggs) and decorate them using felt, buttons, ribbons,googly eyes and make a bunny. Place it on Easter grass in a basket that you've purchased (or make using recycled plastic containers) and place the eggs around it.
You could also pierce holes on each end of the egg and thread embroidery floss through to make an "egg necklace".
The possibilities are endless! Have fun crafting and good luck with the fund raiser.

Answer 4

you can make egg shakers. fill the eggs with pinto beans and glue them shut and u have maracas