Handmade crafts for Easter - a collection of popular master classes with photo ideas

The Easter holiday revived in the former Soviet Union. For people who believe in God, this day symbolizes the victory of life over death and the resurrection of Christ.

For those who are not much believers in the Creator, this joyous day becomes just a pleasant day on which all family members try to gather around the communal table and enjoy a delicious meal.

By the way, the very concept of Passover originated long before the advent of Christianity, and signified the liberation of the Jewish people from the rule of the Egyptians.

In any case, Easter is celebrated by almost all people, and everyone will be pleased to receive a small gift bought for this day.

Although most often for the Bright Feast make gifts prepared with their own hands.

Egg .

The easiest crafts are the usual chicken eggs. Most often it is painted in the husk of an onion or with special food dyes. This is not a bad idea for a gift, but very familiar to everyone.

Much more effective look testicles, painted in the style of color-blocking, when several colors are applied to the same surface at once.

To obtain such an effect, you will need food dyes, vinegar, water and white eggs. The dyes are diluted in water, and vinegar is added. Eggs are placed in the dye for a quarter, a third or a half. When the coloring process is finished, you need to take the egg out, let it dry and repeat the operation on the other side, but with a different color. Or leave the unpainted part white.

To give the effect of marble, eggs are first dyed in the usual way, and then immersed in a richer dye of the same color, but with the addition of vegetable oil.

Unusual colors can be obtained by wrapping white eggs in silk scraps and boiling them in this form in water with the addition of acetic acid. Such an interesting way of dyeing will create the most unusual patterns on the shell.

And you can also use ribbons, beads, artificial flowers, beads for decoration.

Wreath for eggs

Making such a craft for Easter is not difficult at all. You will need only cardboard, woolen thread, willow sprigs or flowers. The last element can be made of paper or satin ribbons.

From cardboard, cut out a fairly large ring, wrap it with woolen threads, making elevations near the future location of the eggs. It is necessary so that the eggs will not roll off the wreath. Decor elements are attached to the elevations, colorful eggs are placed in the hollows.

In the center of the composition you can place a kulich or cottage cheese Easter. The craft can easily be made even by a small child.

The same wreath can be made in the technique of quilling. To do this, twist small strips of paper, form them into patterns and attach them to a base of cardboard. It is better to paint it in a bright color in advance. Supplement the handicraft with flowers from paper and openwork butterflies.

On top attach the eggs, cut out of white or colored paper and painted as suggested by the imagination of the master.

Such a wreath is usually hung on a wall or door. Such a handicraft will be a great decoration of the exhibition at school. It will also take a worthy place in kindergarten.

A hen with eggs

Creations of children's hands in the form of a caring chicken with their children will help decorate the holiday table or classroom at school.

To make this beauty you will need regular cardboard, yellow colored paper, a Kinder-surprise egg, plasticine, green woolen or ordinary threads.

One sheet of cardboard is bent so as to form a cone. The bottom trimmed, so the craft was stable and will not fall. Yellow paper is cut into fringes and glued her cone, starting from the bottom.

Place the head of the bird on top. To do this, you draw eyes, nose, crest or make them out of paper or clay, and then glue them on the Kinder Surprise Egg. The head can be made of fabric and stuffed with absorbent cotton, plasticine or polystyrene. You can use any other material at hand.

Wings also cut out of paper and glued to the sides. The hen is placed on the second sheet of cardboard, previously covered with green thread or fabric. Near the chicks are placed, molded from plasticine.

Cockerels from toilet paper sleeves

Even from such a mundane thing can make a beautiful and unusual decor for the holiday table or a cute gift.

To do this, the sleeve is cut into three parts. At the bottom of each piece of cardboard glued, sides wrapped with colored or white paper. From the same paper cut out the head and tail and glued to the blank cockerel. Inside the resulting product placed pieces of cloth or wool, and they placed the egg.

Chicks

The theme of little chicks is also considered relevant for the spring holiday. Fluffy chicks can be made from pompoms.

To create such a creation, you will need yellow thread (preferably woolen) and a piece of cardboard.

Cut a small ring out of cardboard and evenly wrap it with threads in several rows. The more rows there are, the fluffier the chick will be.

When the winding process is over, carefully cut the outer edge of the threads, and pull the center tightly with a thread. The resulting pompon is trimmed slightly, giving it an even shape. Remains to glue the eyes, beak, wings and paws. They can be cut out of cardboard.

Chicks can be made from one or two pompoms. In this case, use a smaller blank for the head.

Baskets

Basket for Easter will be a great addition to all the previous crafts.

The simplest basket can be made of cardboard and decorated with ribbons, beads, paper flowers or applique in the technique of quilling. And such a basket can have a rectangular, square, round or oval shape.

Lovers of sewing and knitting will not be difficult to make a cute basket out of fabric or crochet.

Easter tree

This handicraft is also not very difficult. To make it you will need sprigs of willow, or any other tree, decorative elements and a vase.

The branches are beautifully decorated with ribbons, beads, artificial flowers, with threads tied testicles cut out of paper.

All this beauty is placed in a vase with water. In the warmth, the buds will quickly open and cover the twigs with tender greenery.

Napkins

Embroidered napkins can be used repeatedly. To make them, you can buy a ready-made embroidery kit or find a pattern yourself. But the latter will require quite a lot of embroidery experience.

You can make plain white napkins and decorate only their edges with the letters "HB".

Postcards

Easter cards will help to express in writing all the warmest words to the recipient of a nice gift. You can use applique, coloring, embroidery, ribbons to decorate a postcard.