To dress up your Easter table, try any of the three following delightful crafts, all with one common ingredient: glitter. When using glitter with any of these crafts, you can sift it through a tea strainer for easy application.
Cabbage Basket
Tools and Materials
Small papier-mache round box (bottom half only)
Paint
Medium paintbrush
Faux cabbage
Craft glue
Glitter
Twigs and vines for handle
Hot gun
Floral wire
Wire cutter
Name tag (optional)
Cabbage Basket How-To
1. Paint inside of bottom half of box.
2. Cut apart faux cabbage, separating into four sizes of individual leaves, with six of each size. Start with box upside down. Hot glue smallest interior leaves evenly spaced around the box with 1/2 inch of bottom of leaves glued to the bottom of the box.
3. Turn box right side up and use a dab of glue to tack leaf to side of box, near the bottom. Hot glue next largest leaves around this first layer, overlapping and staggering them. Then, glue the next largest leaves over this layer, with their points meeting on the bottom in the center. Glue largest leaves to bottom, also with points meeting on the bottom in the center.
4. Cut five vines into 12-inch lengths. Twist together and wrap floral wire around each end, cutting ends evenly. Bend and hot glue to each side of the box. Pull leaves down to give them a natural cabbage shape. Dry brush a small amount of craft glue onto the leaves. Dust with glitter. Glue name tag to the top of the handle.
Bunny Bouquet
Tools and Materials
Acrylic paint and paintbrush
Duct cap
12 inches of 1 1/2-inch ribbon
24 inches of 1 1/2-inch ribbon
Sheet moss
Faux bunny
Faux paperwhite spray
Glitter
Craft glue
Medium point brush
Drill with 1/4-inch drill bit (optional)
Candy
Flowers
Bunny Bouquet How-To
1. Paint bunny with acrylic paint. Brush on craft glue. Glitter bunny with transparent glitter. Let dry.
2. Flip duct cap and tie 12-inch length ribbon around it. Knot at back. Hot glue bunny to center of cap. If desired, drill a vertical hole into the space between the bunny's paws.
3. Tuck moss all around the base. Place candy around base. Insert spray of flowers into drilled hole (optional).
Veggie Napkin Ring
Tools and Materials
Faux carrot (or other faux veggies, available at your local crafts store)
Floral wire
Floral tape
Pliers
Glitter
Glue pen
Veggie Napkin Ring How-To
1. Insert wire through veggie. Using pliers, bend the wire at right angles to the carrot. Shape carefully into 1 1/2-inch circle.
2. Wrap wire around itself. Wrap circle with floral tape, making sure to cover all of the wire. Using a glue pen, add a tiny bit of glitter to the leaves.
Resources
Most materials can be purchased at your local crafts store. The duct cap is available from www.lowes.com. To purchase the silk ribbon, visitwww.mayarts.com. The faux bunny is available from www.department56.com. All of the glitter used in these Easter crafts can be purchased fromwww.artglitter.com.
Special Thanks
Thanks to Laurie Davis of GlitterWorksStudio
