Easter Chicks
I have always had a fascinating with reusing items that are normal discarded and turning them into something wonderful. When I was asked to create a whimsical Easter gift design for Nashville Wraps, I immediately thought of using cracked eggshells to create these adorable Easter chicks hatching from their eggs.
Materials Used for the Easter Chicks Gift Designs
1. Recycled Gloss Wrapping Paper
2. Chevron Ribbon
3. Raffia
4. Wired Pom Pom Cord
5. Mesh Ribbon
6. Egg Shells
7. White Glue
8. Acrylic Paint
9. Pom Poms
10. Fabric Spring Flowers
11. Orange Felt
12. Glue gun
13. Craft Glue
14. Double-Sided Tape
15. White Jewelry Boxes
16. Recycled White Gift Boxes
Instructions for the Easter Chicks Gift Design
Egg Shells
1. Prepare your egg shells for this design by washing and drying real eggs shells.
2. Using a white glue, (any white glue will work) paint the outside and inside of the egg shell with the glue and let dry. This will stabilize the shells and also prime them for the paint.
3. Paint the shells with acrylic paint to coordinate with the gift’s colors. Paint the inside and outside different colors to make them more playful.
Jewelry Box Design
1. Wrap a box in Recycled Gloss Wrapping Paper.
2. Wrap a piece of the Mesh Ribbon around the box, overlapping the ends on the bottle of the box. Use craft glue to secure.
3. Layer a piece of the Chevron Ribbon over the Mesh Ribbon as shown and secure the ends on the bottom of the box with craft glue.
4. Wrap the Raffia Ribbon four times continuously around the box and tie together, leaving a few inches for tails. Trim the tails to matching lengths.
5. To make the baby chick, cut a triangle from the orange felt to make a beak and attach the eyes and the beak to the pom pom with craft glue.
6. Using the glue gun, attach the eggs, baby chick and flowers to the front center of the gift box to finish your cute design.
Gift Box
Instructions
1. Wrap a box in Recycled Gloss Wrapping Paper.
2. Wrap a piece of the Mesh Ribbon around the box, overlapping the ends on the bottle of the box. Use craft glue to secure.
3. Layer a piece of the Chevron Ribbon over the Mesh Ribbon as shown and secure the ends on the bottom of the box with craft glue.
4. Wrap the Raffia Ribbon four times continuously around the box and tie together, leaving a few inches for tails. Trim the tails to matching lengths.
5. To make the baby chick, cut a triangle from the orange felt to make a beak and attach the eyes and the beak to the pom pom with craft glue.
4. Using the glue gun, attach the eggs, baby chick and flowers to the front center of the gift box to finish your Easter design.
Gift Box
Instructions
1. Wrap a box in Recycled Gloss Wrapping Paper.
2. Wrap a piece of the Chevron Ribbon around the box, overlapping the ends on the bottle of the box. Use craft glue to secure.
3. Layer a piece of the Wired Pom Pom Cord over the Chevron Ribbon as shown and secure the ends on the bottom of the box with craft glue.
4. Using craft glue, outline the edges of the Chevron Ribbon with the Raffia Ribbon as shown.
5. Create two bows by looping the Raffia 20 times and tying the center of the loops with a separate piece of Raffia. Leave several inches for tails.
6. Glue the two bows to the top of the gift box and trim the tails while still leaving them long and flowing.
7. To make the baby chick, cut a triangle from the orange felt to make a beak and attach the eyes and the beak to the pom pom with craft glue.
5. Using the glue gun, attach the eggs, baby chick and flower to the front center of the gift box to finish your whimsical design.
