Easter Egg Wreath

As seen on eHow.com

Last year, I found this tutorial for making an awesome Easter egg wreath.  I bookmarked it, and after Easter I went and bought a bunch of plastic eggs at half-price.  

But at some point this year, I was browsing online looking at other Easter wreaths and decided instead I wanted to make one like this, from eHow.com.  I already had the eggs and a bag of crinkled shredded paper- and I thought it might be less time-consuming than the original wreath I intended to make.

I think my wreath turned out super-cute!  It was very simple to make.  The most time-consuming part was stuffing it with enough shredded paper to achieve the full look I wanted.  The most difficult part? Avoiding burning my fingertips on the hot glue.  I think that's a personal problem though....

And I still may make that original wreath next year- I certainly have enough leftover plastic eggs!

You Will Need:

Cardboard wreath cutout (mine is 13 1/2-inches in diameter 

          with an 8-inch diameter cutout in the middle)

Crinkled shredded paper in your favorite Easter color

Plastic Easter eggs

Hot glue gun & glue sticks

Directions:

Start by laying out the inside layer of eggs along the inside of the cardboard wreath, making sure all of the narrow ends of the eggs are facing the same direction.  Then place the outside layer of eggs, pointing the narrow ends the opposite direction of the inside layer.  This will allow you to determine how many eggs you will be using before using any glue.

Next, use the hot glue gun to glue the layers in place, leaving space in between the eggs.  Once all the eggs are glued down and the glue has dried, fill the empty spaces with crinkled shredded paper.  For the inside and outside edges of the wreath, you will need to glue the paper in place so it doesn't fall off.

Continue filling in all the empty spaces with the crinkled paper until it is as full as you like it.

Next, place a layer of eggs on top of the first two layers; the eggs in this layer should sit in between the previous layers.

You may need to place extra crinkled paper under these eggs (I did).  Glue them in place, then add more crinkled paper in between them until you achieve your desired level of fullness. Trim any stray pieces of crinkle paper sticking out. That's all there is to it!

I hung my wreath over a hook in my door.  You could attach a looped piece of ribbon to the back of the wreath and hang it that way, if you prefer.

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