I made this without much input from the kids - the cardboard is too thick for children to cut, so I enjoyed a bit of 'me time' crafting. The eldest did help with the gluing on of the tissue paper and artfully splotching the spots, the youngest loved 'helping' thread the eggs onto the twine.
This reusable Easter bunting is made from an old cardboard box (I used a Lakeland box - I left the nice navy pattern visible on some of the eggs) and over-time collected tissue paper (some of it has the Fenwicks department store logo on it). The spots are added with our chalk pens (but they could be added with poster paint).
Cut up a sturdy, corrugated cardboard box (without writing / text on it) into egg shapes. This was the hardest part - trying to draw an egg freehand didn't work, so I found a cartoon of a suitably sized egg (8cm x 6cm) in an Easter craft book and traced it. Then I used the first cardboard egg I cut out as a template for the rest.
Each 3D piece of bunting requires two eggs. I cut out 30 egg shapes, which made 15 three-dimensional eggs.
I cut out 60 rectangles (9cm x 7cm) of tissue paper - to cover 30 egg shapes on both sides. I slightly crumpled each sheet as I like the textured look this gives.
I used PVA glue to stick the purposely-crumpled tissue paper rectangles to both sides of each cut out egg (letting the previous side dry before turning over). I like things to match, so I made pairs of egg shapes covered in the same tissue paper, meaning that each complete 3D egg is the same colour on all sides.
The covered egg shapes were left to dry overnight, then the excess tissue paper was trimmed away with sharp scissors, to give each a neat egg shape.
Dots of contrasting colour were added with chalk pens (or use poster paint) and then left to dry.
A hole was punched into one of each pair the eggs, near the top, using a hole punch.
To make the pairs of eggs slot together, you need to cut a slit upwards from-the-bottom-to-the-middle on one egg, and a slot downwards from-the-top-to-the-middle on the other egg. Then slot the two eggs together to make the 3D egg shapes.
Finally string the 3D eggs onto a piece of twine (I used 2.5 meters of twine for 15 eggs, with only a small bit spare at each end as I knew I'd hang my Easter bunting across our entrance hallway mirror). You need to pass the twine through each egg twice to stop the eggs slipping to one end. Leave about a closed hand's width in between each egg - once it is hung up you can adjust the spacing.
This bunting can be stored and re-used every Easter for years to come - we have bunting for pretty much every occasion in our house, all of it is reused and reused. I hope you enjoy making yours.
