Easter Egg Topiary

  

Crafting and blogging brings out a different me.  I'm doing all sort of things that I never would have considered.  When I made the stacked bunny boxes and did the spring mantel, my son actually commented on how nice everything looked.  Oh my!  I need to make something else!  I love topiaries and  having an egg topiary would really be delightful!  Besides,  I have a whole lot of eggs I need to do something with.

It doesn't take much to make a topiary:

• Styrofoam ball - 6inches
• Eggs - lots (two sizes, three colors)
• Glue gun
• Stick branch  (cut to fit from yard)
• Container (filled with florist foam)                     
• Raffia (attached to the eggs)/grass                     
• Moss

 I first stuck the stick in the center of the styrofoam ball and glued it in place so I wouldn't glue eggs in that spot.  Then I put the glue on the eggs first (hot glue melts styrofoam) and pressed them randomly but uniformly on the ball.

 

After gluing on the eggs, I inserted moss into the spaces between the eggs using a skewer stick.

 

Then I glued the stick into the florist foam and tied a raffia bow around it and added raffia grass and eggs to the container.

 

For a touch of whimsy, I put a cute little rabbit figurine in the grass. 

 

 The colors of pale yellow, deep yellow and light brown, along with the moss, makes this topiary very natural looking.

 

 

 

This is a great way to highlight the Easter holiday with a lovely egg topiary!

Until next time,

Have a Happy & Crafty Easter!

                         Gail