Plastic Easter Egg Snake

 I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter. Our day was filled with family and a lot of fun. Prior to heading to our Grandma's for lunch I had to devise a plan to keep the kiddos busy while I made a casserole. Bennett colored and Alivia gathered all of the plastic Easter eggs the Easter Bunny had hidden for them to find that morning. This project was super easy and the end result was really cute. Also, you should be able to find some decent deals at the store if you don't already have a plastic Easter egg stash at home.

What You Need

2 Dozen Plastic Easter Eggs
2 Pipecleaners
Googly Eyes
Felt
Glue

What To Do

1) Thred a pipecleaner through the plastic egg as pictured and twist the two ends together to secure the pipecleaner. The eggs we purchased had two small holes at the end that worked perfect for this.



 2) To seal the end thred the other half of the egg onto the pipecleaner and shut. When finished this will be the snakes head so choose your colors wisely.

3) Now thread the remaining plastic eggs onto the pipecleaner. When you run out of pipcleaner twist on another pipecleaner as pictured.

  

4) Once your snake is the desired length thread the pipecleaner back into the plastic egg.

 

 5) Cut a piece of felt about two inches long and 1/4" wide. Snip the end to complete the snake tongue. Glue the tongue as pictured and then glue on the googly eyes.

 

 

 

6) Have fun with your new pet snake!

 



 

 

 

No eggs were harmed in the making of this project. Once the kids are done playing simply unthred the eggs from the pipecleaner, peel off the googly guys, and wash the eggs in warm soapy water. 



Glue, Yarn, and Easter Eggs

This was one of those projects that if I was to do again I would do a little bit differently. Unfortunately I was in a hurry and instead of taking the time to make a glue that would actually dry clear I went the easy route and used flour and water to make a paste. Don't get me wrong it still worked but did not dry with the effect I was looking for. So next time I will plan a little farther ahead.

What You Need

Yarn cut into long strips (2 to 3 feet)
Glue (I would suggest using 1 c. liquid starch mixed with 1 c. flour)
Small Balloons (we used water balloons)

Directions

1. Blow several of the balloons up to the desired shape and size. We used water balloons. They take a lot of wind power but work out perfectly.

2. Make your glue. Again I recommend using 1 c. liquid starch mixed with 1 c. flour because it will dry clear (the paste I used is not very pretty).

3. Dip each strip of yarn into the homemade glue and wrap around the balloon until you have the desired coverage.

4. Let dry.

5. Pop the balloon and peel out of the "eggshell".

6. Decorate!

 

 

I was really hoping Alivia would get into making these. However, once she saw how messy I was getting with the glue she was gone. She did come back and help me pop all of the balloons with a small sewing needle. She thought that was one of the coolest things ever.....it is the small things right?