Congratulate your family and friends with Easter crafts and handmade gifts, which could be better!
We offer a variety of ideas for simple and original Easter crafts that you can easily do with your own hands. Be sure to involve the children in the process; no doubt, they will be happy to take part in the preparation and directly in the work.
You will need:
2 mm white, yellow, orange, red, green, and light brown felt, 1 mm white, orange, olive, and black felt; white velvet paper; 4 mm half black beads; white, yellow, orange, and light green embroidery threads ерный black contour marker елый white universal volume contour ный red and orange watercolor pencils ✽ colored buttons with a diameter of 15–20 mm ✽ natural sisal of light green color ✽ Waxed cotton threads of a suitable color with a diameter of 1 mm and a length of approx. 50 cm ные Red and light green wooden beads with a diameter of 8-10 mm
Besides:
Scissors
✽ pencil
✽ thick sewing or embroidery needle
Ортportnovsky pins
✽ pliers
✽ transparent glue or hot glue gun
Motives and patterns for free download
Step 1
Motives number 11 from the sheet of motives to increase, transfer to cardboard and cut. Put the motive of the egg on a thin felt and a denser felt matching in color, pin it with tailor pins and cut it out. Put the remaining parts on a thicker felt and cut. For a daffodil, cut out a flower motif (2x) and a core (1x) from yellow felt. Shade the felt details with moistened watercolor pencils. The remaining details highlight black contour pencil and volume contour.
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Step 2
Fold the details of the egg from a thin and dense felt, chop it with tailor pins and sew it with a buttonhole stitch according to the figure. Decorate the white side of the egg with an additional half with long basting stitches.
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Step 3
Glue individual felt parts for the hare and the cock according to the photo, glue the eyes. On each egg, place your motive and stick. Cut out of velvet paper with a hole punch and glue white dots to the eggs. For daffodils, two motifs of the flower should be glued together, shifting a little. Sew the felt cores along the edge with small stitches, pull the beginning and end of the thread a little and knit. Place the resulting cup in the middle of each flower. Tie small bows from sisal, sew a button on each bow. Glue the bows to the eggs. To hang on each egg from above, punch a hole, pull in a waxed thread, tie a knot, string a wooden bead, tie the ends of the thread.
Easter Greeting Cards
You will need:
• designer cardboard with a linen texture of the color of linden leaves measuring 12 x 17 cm • gift paper 8.5 x 16 cm in light green stripes • wine red and grassy green photo cardboard • gift paper in light green peas and red white check • red satin ribbon 3 mm wide and 20 cm long • light green button • white, green and dark brown watercolor pencils • black fine marker
For a card with Easter motifs:
• light blue designer cardboard with a linen texture of 12 x 17 cm in size • light green colored paper in size of 7.5 x 17 cm • cardboard with motifs: in blue and white stripes and in pink and white cells, in pink and blue peas, with orange pattern • paper self-adhesive lace border • blue and white check ribbon 5 mm wide and 35 cm long
Besides:
• zigzag scissors • paper scissors • transparent universal glue • transparent glue stick • double-sided adhesive pads • light green, blue and wine red silk threads for sewing • sewing machine • stationery hole punch
What are curly zigzag scissors for?
These versatile scissors are mainly designed for decorative work. They can cut fabrics, and leather, and paper and other materials. They can also be used for cutting drape, cloth, loden, felt, wool non-woven. The cut edge will not crumble and at the same time looks beautiful, without requiring additional processing of open slices.
Greeting card with tulips.
Fold the light green cardboard with the texture of linen in the form of a double postcard, smooth the fold, then unfold and cut the long edge with scissors "zigzag". Stitch the left edge of the card in the expanded form on the upper side with a sewing machine, as shown in the photo of the model. Cut cardboard in a strip measuring 8.5 x 16 cm, cut the bottom edge with scissors "zigzag" and stick on a postcard. According to the motives, having previously enlarged them, cut out a wine-red circle and a circle of polka dots, as well as a tulip, then glue them one by one. Stick the tulip on the neckline with a double-sided adhesive pads. Copy the inscription and repeat with a thin marker. Shade the postcard with colored pencils and put a sheet for text inside.
Motives for free download
Easter card
Fold the light blue cardboard with the texture of flax in half, smooth the fold and cut out a strip of light green colored paper measuring 7.5 x 17 cm. Motifs of hares and eggs, respectively, increase, transfer to a suitable paper and cut. Glue the motives with glue on striped paper and sew horizontally on the sewing machine, as shown in the photo of the model. Then put a strip on a postcard and stick along the bottom edge with a paper border. Cut the second border about a third in width and stick along the top edge of the colored paper. First stick the tape into the cage, then tie a bow from the remaining tape and stick it. Using a hole punch, cut circles out of cardboard with polka dots and distribute them on a postcard and also glue them.
Motives for free download
Easter bags
You will need:
• brown and red paper bags • light green acrylic paint • jute cord with a diameter of 2.5 cm: green color 20 cm long and natural color 30 cm long • remnants of ribbons of dark red and brown wool non-woven • light green felt 1 thick mm • 2 half-beads or pins with black heads with a diameter of 3 mm • rags of natural calico 13 x 16 cm in size • white flower of felt with a diameter of 3.5 cm • remains of light brown and light green colored paper • light green buttons • brown sewing threads • brown watercolor pencil • sewing machine • sewing needle • double-sided adhesive pads • hot glue gun • pins • fabric scissors • paper scissors • No. 6 flat brush • glue stick
Step 1
The motives of the hare and the chicken, respectively increasing, copy to a sheet of paper and cut. Paste the patterns with pins on the corresponding woolen non-woven and cut. Transfer both the passe partout with a pencil to calico, sew along the contour on the sewing machine with a short zigzag stitch and cut with scissors for the fabric.
Motives for free download
Step 2
With a transparent glue stick, first stick the mat on the bag. Tie a small piece of jute cord around the hare’s neck and sew a button. Place the hare and the chicken in the middle of the mat and stick it on. Cut green circles from green felt and stick on the chicken. Finally, stick on the eyes.
Step 3
On the bags, use brown colored pencil to draw the decorative dashed lines of the seams and the edges of the packages to slightly shade.According to the motive in the magazine, cut out plates from two types of colored paper, glue them, label them and stick them on the bags. Paint the pens with green acrylic paint, sew buttons after drying. Sew one button on the felt flower, then stick the flower on the bag, tie a small stick on the bag to stick the flower on the bag, tie a small piece of jute cord to the handle of the bag.
Handmade plastic egg decor
You will need:
Яйца plastic eggs 8 cm long ая white, yellow, orange, purplish pink, light blue, ultramarine and green matte acrylic paints ✽ thin black marker with persistent black ink ✽ white watercolor color pencil ✽ matching satin ribbons 3 mm wide 1 m and 60 cm each; по matching color cords in a waxed cotton braid 1 mm thick, 50 cm long ✽ matching wooden beads with a diameter of 12-15 mm
Besides:
✽ scissors ✽ dummy knife ✽ grinding pad сть paint sponge for painting ✽ barbecue stick ✽ hair brush No. 2 ✽ hot glue gun рель drill ✽ drill with a diameter of 2 mm ред glass cleaner
Step 1
Before painting with a sanding pad, peel off any burrs on the plastic eggs and degrease the surface of the eggs with a glass cleaner. Drill holes at the sharp ends in the middle. As shown in the photo, paint the eggs with acrylic paints, before painting, fix each egg on a stick for barbecue. Apply different areas of paint using a brush-sponge for drawing, while applying separate layers of paint with a slight overlap. Allow the paint to dry completely and remove the egg from the stick.
Step 2
Using a thin black marker, guided by the photo, draw patterns by hand or by template. Previously, you can sketch with a white watercolor pencil, the paint of which is easily removed with water.
Motives for free download
Step 3
Glare of light and shadow can be applied using a white watercolor pencil or slightly diluted white acrylic paint.
Step 4
Hang the eggs on satin ribbons of a suitable color, insert them into the holes and fix with hot glue. Tie the ribbon and thin cord with a bow, glue hot glue to the ribbon for hanging and string a colored wooden bead.
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Beaded wooden egg
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