Easter Egg Foam Ribbon Madness Wreath

Or perhaps I’ll just call it Easter Egg Wreath for short. 

I’m happy enough with how this wreath ended up.  But it started out as was one of those projects that was totally sweet in my head, and then turned out to not be so very cute at all when I tried to make it.  at.all.  This was where the madness occurred:

Uh, yeah, so  I just went with a simple wrap idea instead, with much less scary results.

 

(I made this while watching my kids play outside.  Just thought I should explain why I was crafting on my porch and entryway.)

So get yourself :
- 1 cheap swim noodle
-a few spools of ribbon (I used four)
-a half yard of bleached cotton muslin
-duct tape
-scissors
-straight pins

Fold the noodle.  It naturally makes a teardrop/egg shape.  How convenient.

 

Duct tape it in place

 

take your muslin and cut/tear strips.  I ended up needing five strips

 

Start to wrap the noodle in the strips, mummy style.

 

Use the straight pins to hold the strips in place

 

Pin an end of one of the ribbons to the back of the egg

   

And start wrapping

 

repeat for all ribbons

 

Make a bow, hang it up

 

I mentioned the other day about a fun little craft my kids and I did at my mom’s house.  We made those string eggs with balloons.  I’m sure pretty much everyone has done this/seen this.  We did them at church when I was younger.  The best part, by far, is when they are dry and you pop them.  You should make them just so you can hear that awesome crackling.  Awesome.

 

Anyway, my point in bringing that all up is that I hung a small one in the center of the wreath and I like it.

 

The end