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Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

March 10, 2015 by Pam 8 Comments

Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

With Easter falling so early in April this year I can’t decide whether to put up St. Patrick’s Day decorations or work on Easter crafts. I’ve been flipping back and forth between the two with reckless abandon!

Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

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Much like the fabric balls I made for St. Patrick’s Day, today’s Easter decor project was also inspired by a Pinterest photo but there was no tutorial available. No problem!

I had a bag of unfinished wooden eggs in my craft stash that were the perfect size. I added some embroidery floss in pretty spring colors and started noodling around with how to keep the floss in place on the eggs. I knew I didn’t want to use glue. I tried that on another Easter craft project and it worked, but it made a huge mess. I found the perfect solution in my office supplies: double-sided Scotch tape.

Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

I found it easiest to start winding the floss around the middle of the eggs and work my way out to the ends. I started by sticking a row of tape around the center of the egg. To make the tape lay flat, I used a lot of small pieces rather than one long strip.

Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

I wrapped the first round of floss around the egg with the loose end positioned so it would be covered by subsequent rounds, and kept wrapping until the first color was as wide as I wanted, adding new pieces of tape as I went along.

Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

When I got to the end of the first color, I cut the floss and taped the loose end where it would be covered by the next color.

Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

I started the second color the same way I did the first one and kept wrapping, covering all the loose ends as I went.

Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

When I got to the top of the egg, I cut off the floss and used a dab of Elmer’s glue on a toothpick to tack down the loose ends.

Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

Here are the first six, ready to have the loose ends glued down.

Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

And here’s the finished project. This was definitely a craft project that required a little patience, but it was worth it. I love how they turned out. They’re the perfect addition to my Easter decorations.

Easter Crafts & Decoration: Embroidery Floss Easter Eggs

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Comments

  1. Belinda Skellern says

    March 20, 2015 at 9:49 am

    Love these! So cute:)

    Reply
  2. Kayla says

    March 22, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    This is so creative and cool! I love it!

    Reply
  3. LydiaF says

    March 8, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    Great idea to use double sided tape! I love the vibrant colors from the floss!

    Reply
    • Pam says

      March 13, 2016 at 7:56 pm

      The tape really worked well. I’m not sure it would hold heavier twine but it was perfect for this, and WAY less messy than glue.

      Reply
  4. Ali @ Home Crafts by Ali says

    March 8, 2016 at 4:13 pm

    Love how these turned out! By the way, I have the same washi tape that you used as an egg stand. I bought it at Hobby Lobby years ago, before washi was popular (and it was cheap then!).

    Reply
    • Pam says

      March 13, 2016 at 7:56 pm

      I’m really good at buying washi tape, not so good at using so it lasts FOREVER at my house. I need some project ideas!

      Reply
  5. Rachel Teodoro says

    April 10, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    Just wanted you to know that I will be featuring this project on an Easter Egg round up as part of the create link inspire party. Thanks for linking up!

    Reply
    • Pam says

      April 10, 2017 at 1:55 pm

      Thanks so much, Rachel!

      Reply

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