Elaborate Eggs for Easter
Experience the "egg-citement" of Easter! Explore Easter traditions past and present, and create an "egg-stravagant" 3-D scene.
1. Research the symbol of the egg and its connection to spring holidays. Read The Golden Egg or another book with illustrations of Easter eggs and symbols. When did the custom of exchanging decorated eggs begin? In which cultures? How is this tradition similar to the Easter eggs that are decorated today?
2. Cover your art area with newspaper. Using Crayola® Watercolor Paints, create a background scene, such as a sky or grass, for your Elaborate Eggs for Easter. Dry.
3. Color an entire sheet of construction paper in wide stripes using various colors of Crayola Multicultural Markers. With Crayola Scissors, cut the page into strips. Save one strip for a handle. Lay half of the remaining strips horizontally on a flat surface. Use the other half to weave over and under the flat strips to weave a basket. After weaving, turn the ends under and glue them with Crayola School Glue. Glue the handle to your basket. Glue your basket to the background paper. Dry.
4. On white construction paper, draw eggs of various sizes. Cut them out and decorate them colored pencils, Crayola Glitter Glue, and your imagination. Dry.
5. Glue eggs into the basket. Dry.
6. Complete your spring scene with drawings of animals such as ducks and rabbits and some blades of grass. Cut them out and glue them on the background. Dry.
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.
Glitter Glue—
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Not for use on skin.
Small Parts— WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Crayola Washable Paints—Not for use as body/face paint.
Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.
- Find out how diverse cultures use eggs in their customs, and what the various colors mean in decorating eggs.
- Research Pysanki eggs and recreate this ancient art of egg decorating.
- Find out how eggs were included in ancient Roman Easter sporting events.
- Use your knowledge of weaving to create other items such as place mats.
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