How to Make an Easter Wreath from Plastic Easter Eggs

If you are looking to make an Easter decoration then why not make an Easter Wreath? You can use recycled plastic Easter eggs from last years Easter egg hunt to make this wreath project very inexpensive. Making this Easter Egg Wreath craft is simple and easy; it only takes an hour or less to complete and can be made by anyone who can use a hot glue gun. This Plastic Easter Egg Wreath can be displayed on your front door, or it could be used as a centerpiece for your dinning room table.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cardboard or a Styrofoam Ring
• Glue Gun
• 6-7 Mini Glue Sticks
• Scissors
• 45 Plastic Easter Eggs
• Purple Gift Basket Shred Paper or Easter Grass
• Ribbons or a Bow (optional)

1. 
   Easter Egg Wreath Supplies

   Gather all of the needed supplies together and set up your workspace. Make sure you have ample light around your craft table. You will also need to have an electrical outlet nearby for the hot glue gun.

2. 
   Wreath Cardboard Backing

   Use your scissors to make a wreath shape with the cardboard. Thicker cardboard will work the best to support the weight of Easter eggs. The outside of the wreath circle measures 12 ½ inches in diameter, the inside circle was 8 inches. You can use a bowl from your kitchen to draw the circle shape on the cardboard.

3. 
   Gluing Eggs to Wreath Back

   Pastel Easter eggs were used in this wreath. Gather your Easter eggs into groups of the same colors, rotating the colors as you go around the wreath. Start by gluing one with the fat bottom part of the egg near the center of the cardboard. Take the next color and glue the egg in the opposite direction.

4. 
   Easter Wreath Purple Shred

   Once you get the first layer of plastic Easter eggs glued to the cardboard you will notice all of the empty spaces. This is where you will glue the purple (or color of your choice) basket paper shred to the empty spots showing on the cardboard. If you would rather use Easter grass instead of the paper it will also work well.

5. 
   Top Row Easter Egg Wreath

   Take the remaining plastic Easter eggs and glue to the top of the wreath. These eggs go in the middle of the bottom layer. The smaller points of the eggs need to face the inside of the wreath. While alternating colors alternate the way the eggs tilt, first toward then away from the egg beside it.

6. 
   Easter Egg Wreath

   Now that you have glued on all of the plastic Easter eggs the wreath needs more paper shred filler. Glue more purple paper shred in the spaces between the top row of eggs, right on top of the first row. Trim any out of place shred or grass.

7. Hang the finished plastic Easter egg wreath on your front door to greet your Holiday guests.

Tips & Warnings

• If you want your Easter Egg Wreath to look fuller you can use smaller plastic Easter eggs to fill in gaps.
• To dress up the Easter Wreath you can place a bow on the top or bottom.
• If you want to sell the Plastic Easter Egg Wreath in a craft show or give as a gift use a grapevine wreath as the base instead of the cardboard.
• Be careful when using a hot glue gun around children or pets they could get burnt.

[joni04]

on 4/13/2009 Great idea! I will buy Easter supplies on clearance and try it!

[circusmama]

on 4/3/2009 Cute project! It looks like one my kids would enjoy (as long as I do the glue gun!)