Decorate your egg with chenille pipe cleaners in pretty spring colours, and then fill it with chocolate eggs or other goodies! This easy Easter craft is fun to make and it looks so sweet sitting on display.
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Do I have to use hot glue to make a pipe cleaner Easter egg?
We used a dual temperature glue gun on the low temperature setting. It allows the pipe cleaners to stick to the egg right away, and the lower temperature is a lot cooler than a regular glue gun. Tacky glue would probably also work, but you’d have to be a lot more careful, holding the pipe cleaners in place for a long time. The pipe cleaners could easily slide or spring out of place. If you really can’t use hot glue this option would work, but we don’t think it’s worth the hassle. Try making yarn Easter eggs if you’d like to use tacky glue!
What colours of pipe cleaners are best for this Easter craft?
Since these wrapped pipe cleaner eggs are Easter decorations we really liked the look of pastel pipe cleaners. We used light shades of green, yellow, blue, pink, purple, and orange. But you can use any colours or shades that you want! Bright neon Easter eggs would also look cool, and so would eggs with white backgrounds and colourful lines or designs on top.
How many pipe cleaners are needed to make a pipe cleaner Easter egg?
For a single coloured Easter egg you’ll need at least 7 pipe cleaners of one colour. For a 5 colour pattern, you’ll need 2 pipe cleaners of each colour (10 total). The number of each colour needed will vary for different patterns. We used plastic eggs that are 2-3/4 inches tall. Larger eggs will need more pipe cleaners to cover them.
Can I fill these pipe cleaner Easter eggs?
All of the pipe cleaner wrapped Easter eggs with horizontal stripes are designed so that you can use the eggs for their intended purpose — filling them for an Easter basket or Easter egg hunt! Unfortunately the patterns that are diagonal or zig zag seal the egg closed, so you can’t fill those. Here’s a few fun items you can fill your pipe cleaner eggs with:
Chocolate eggs (the classic!) Other wrapped candies, like jolly ranchers Little toys, like a bouncy ball Stickers or temporary tattoos Hair elastics or bows A larger egg will also fit nail polish, lip balm, or a little toy car
These pipe cleaner Easter eggs are an egg-cellent spring craft for both kids and adults. Set these pipe cleaner wrapped eggs in an Easter basket or a wooden bowl to display them, or use them as part of an Easter centerpiece!
Here’s even more Easter craft ideas:
Yarn Easter Eggs
Coffee Filter Easter Baskets
Easter Egg String Art
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