It's been so many years that I forgot how to do them. I had to call my mother up and ask her. She refreshed my memory (Thanks mom!)
Materials needed:
Glue (I bought Royal Coat clear finish at $5.97 for 16 oz. but you can use Elmer's also. My mother said she used to use a craft glue. Another lady I talked to used Elmer's and swears by it.)
Crochet thread (My mother said they used a thin type of twine but I couldn't find it so I used Crochet thread. I paid $1.77 for 300 yards.)
Balloons (I bought 15 count of 12 inch balloons at $1.17)
A box to hold the balloon when putting glue on and to hold it while it dries. I used a chip container to hold it to dry and a heart box to hold it while I glued it.
Fake Green Grass
Scissors
Paint brush To put glue on.
First you blow your balloon up.
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Then you take the crochet threads and wrap it them around the balloon (a little at a time.) Then glue it. Wrap the some more around it and glue it some more.
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Let set.
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This is the part that I LOVED as a child. My parents let me pop the balloons! So, let the kids pop 'em!
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Then you take cut a hole in the front of the egg.
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Then stuff with ugly fake green grass and stuff with whatever goodies you'd like.
Now, as I noticed this morning when we were ready to pop the thing, I didn't use enough thread. Still I decided to pop it anyway.
Next time (which will be next weekend) we will use much more thread and I'll use the Elmers glue or the craft glue.
It was a fun project anyway.
