Make some pop up egg Easter decorations

These pop up eggs are incredibly easy to make and are ready within a flash

Easter is just around the corner and soon it will be time to paint hard boiled eggs to roll down the hill on Easter Monday. Easter eggs are symbolic of Jesus’ resurrection. When the egg hatches, this makes us think of Jesus rising from the tomb.

Egg painting is high on the list of Easter crafts and activities and there is a huge variety of different designs. Traditionally the eggs were dyed red to symbolise Jesus’ blood but over the years, different painting and design techniques have been used for decorating the eggs. It seems a shame to smash the eggs after all the hard work that goes into decorating them, so make another Easter egg decoration that won’t be smashed and will add colour to your Easter celebrations.

These pop up eggs are incredibly easy to make and are ready within a flash. So you can craft the pop up eggs and hang them up and still spend time decorating boiled eggs for Easter Monday.

For the pop up eggs you will need patterned sheets of paper, scissors, card, stapler, needle and thread.

Make three egg templates in different sizes. Stack about four or five coloured sheets of paper together and place one of the egg templates on top of the stack. Draw around the template then clamp the sheets together and cut out.

Staple the egg shapes together in the middle then fold out all the sheets so the egg pops up. Pierce the top of the egg with a needle and string through some thread to hang the egg up. Repeat until you have several pop up eggs.

Rather than hanging the eggs individually, join them together to make a garland. If you’re having an Easter party, make extremely large ones to hang from the ceiling. Explore other ways of using your pop up eggs. Flatten one side of the egg and stick this to a folded piece of A4 card. Alternatively, you can stick the egg inside the middle of the card, just in the crease. When you open up the card, the egg will pop up.

Try making other shapes such as circles and stars so you can hang them up all year round.