Add your own personalized touch to your Easter celebrations with these easy DIYs from Shoana Jensen.
DIY string eggs
Tools & materials:
- Sugar
- Water
- Embroidery string (or any other type of string you like)
- Balloons of different sizes
- A bowl
Method:
- Make a stiffener mixture: Combine 1 cup of sugar mixed with 1 cup of water in a pot and heat until the sugar is dissolved. (If you have a kettle that gets really hot, you could use that instead of the pot.) Cool the sugar mixture so you don’t burn your fingers when you dip the thread.
- Start with the colour of your choice and add the string carefully to the mixture. If you just throw it in there it will get tangled. I suggest coiling your string into the mixture and gently pressing it into the liquid.
- Blow up a balloon and wrap the sticky string around the balloon. Make sure you wipe off the excess liquid and let it fall back into the bowl; it doesn’t need to be drippy.
- Let dry for several hours. Once it dries, pop the balloon. If balloon pieces stick to the string, just pull them off with a pin or tweezers.
DIY papier-mâché nest
Tools & materials:
- Small bowl
- Plastic wrap
- Wax paper
- Water
- Clear glue
- Shredded paper
Method:
- Tightly cover a small bowl with plastic wrap, then flip the bowl upside down on wax paper. In another container, mix equal parts water and clear glue.
- Dip handfuls of shredded paper into the glue mixture, then immediately lay them on the bowl until it’s covered.
- Lightly press dry paper strips along the outside to create a “nesty” look.
- Let dry for 12 hours; carefully pull the wrap off the bowl and away from the nest.
Courtesy Shoana Jensen