Project

Easter Egg Tree

In Germany and Austria, it's customary to celebrate Easter by hanging hollow eggs from the branches of trees. This year, bring the tradition indoors by creating a unique display for your blown and decorated eggs.

Source: Martha Stewart Living, April 1999

materials

Ice bucket (optional)

Floral foam (optional)

Grass (optional)

Branches, such as pussy willow, flowering quince, magnolia, forsythia, or cherry blossom

Vase (optional)

Pebbles (optional)

Ribbon

Large-eyed needle

Blown and decorated eggs

steps

Fill an ice bucket with floral foam, then insert grass and pussy willow branches. Or place pebbles and water into a vase, and make an arrangement using any type of fresh-cut branches, such as flowering quince, magnolia, forsythia or cherry blossom.
Center a slipknot on a length of ribbon, and thread the ribbon ends through a large-eyed needle (or fashion a needle by folding a 12-inch length of 27-gauge wire in half; use the loop end to thread ribbon).
Gently pass the needle through the holes at each end of the egg, and pull ribbon through. Before inserting the needle, decide which end of the egg will be the bottom; the hole from which the ribbon ends protrude will be the top of your egg.
Double-knot the ribbon above and below the egg, then tie the loose ends to a branch with a bow.