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Easter Egg Garland

April 17, 2014 Leave a Comment

Easter Egg Garland at Hands Occupied

This last minute Easter egg garland is super simple, festive, and adorable! It takes just a few minutes to make and only a handful of supplies. In past years I haven’t done too many Easter DIY projects, but I’m so glad I changed my habits this year. The trends are especially  colorful and cute this season, I think that’s what got me so inspired!

Supplies

plastic eggs
washi tape twist ties (regular ones work, but washi ties are prettier)
twine
scissors
mallet & 1 small nail (optional)

Easter Egg Garland at Hands Occupied

Directions

The nice thing about me posting this so close to Easter? HELLO – you can get plastic eggs for like a nickel on clearance on the way home from work today or tomorrow! ;) The eggs pictured were $2 for a big bag at Target and come with pre-drilled holes to save you hammering anything if you want to jump on them. I love the tone and mixture of colors they’re carrying this year too.

To start, make one washi tape twist tie per egg on your garland, following these instructions. If your eggs didn’t come with two holes in one end, use a hammer & nail to add holes to them. You can check out the eyeball garland I made for Halloween last fall for tips on hammering little holes into plastic objects. :)

Easter Egg Garland at Hands Occupied

Once your ties and eggs are ready, draw a twist tie through the holes in your eggs as shown, centering them in a U shape.

Easter Egg Garland at Hands Occupied

Play around with different washi tape twist tie and egg color combos until you like the arrangement.

Easter Egg Garland at Hands Occupied

Twist the tie of each around some twine to form your garland.

Easter Egg Garland at Hands Occupied

Easter Egg Garland at Hands Occupied

See how easy this is? Just twist ties and eggs, man. Super colorful and super fun.

Easter Egg Garland at Hands Occupied

Easter Egg Garland at Hands Occupied

The other nice thing about this garland is how lightweight it is – you can hang it with just a little bit of washi tape and it stays just fine!

Easter Egg Garland at Hands Occupied

You can also play with your color combos, making this garland look like a bunch of fat little carrots (orange eggs and green ties) or bunnies (white eggs and pink ties). This is something kids can even do, I love it!

Filed Under: Easter, How-to Tagged With: diy, easter, easter crafts, easter eggs, egg garland, garland, simple, twist ties, washi tape

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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