Feathered Egg Project
With a selection of Aleene’s® Crafting Adhesives on hand, you’ll be ready to glue a variety of embellishments onto these eggs. Sure to impress the Easter Bunny!
Materials:
- Aleene's® Tacky Packs
- Try Me Size Tacky Pack
- Chop sticks or skewers
- Ribbon, 2 yds
- Scissors
- Foam egg, 2 13/16” x 3 7/8”
- Feathers, small, small package
- Ruler
- Small cups
- Straight pins
Steps:
1. Push wide end of egg onto chopstick or skewer.
2. For feather egg, choose feathers with interesting tips. Trim fuzzy end from each feather, leaving a 2” length.
3. Apply Clear Gel Tacky Glue onto spine of a feather, at base. Press onto wide end of egg. Glue a row of feathers to completely cover wide end of egg, overlapping slightly. Glue rows of feather tips to cover remainder of egg, arranging so that row above slightly overlaps each row. Trim feathers as needed on last row of narrow end of egg.
4. Place into cup. Let dry. Carefully remove chopstick.
5. For hangers, cut two 12” lengths from desired ribbon. Loop one length back and forth three times to create loopy bow. Tie remaining length around center of bow, tying knot close to bow. Knot ends together to form hanger. Trim end. Apply a dot of Fast Grab Tacky Glue to knot. Press onto small end of egg. Secure with pins until dry. Remove pins.
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