make Collage Eggs

Collage Eggs
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Our kids are getting into collage (especially after getting corrugated paper for Christmas) and we were definitely inspired by Art Camp LA’s beautiful Lunar New Year Roosters: (https://www.artcampla.com/new-blog/2017/1/23/year-of-the-rooster-project There are tonnes of goodies there!) We decided to make eggs with neon colours- something a bit different than the traditional pastels!

you'll need Materials

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

  • Newspaper
  • Watercolour pucks (or liquid watercolour would work)
  • Paintbrushes
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Corrugated paper (you could use other types of paper you may have)
  • Paintings (These were off-cuts of other projects- be sure to communicate with your child before re-purposing a work)
  • Cardstock

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

Garland Materials

  • Egg template egg or a pencil/eraser to draw your own
  • Beads
  • Cord
  • Needle

We always find these items helpful too:

Make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids)

  • Smock
  • Craft tray

Directions

  • Don your smock. Paint your newspaper and allow it to dry overnight. Collect other types of paper with various textures and characteristics.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

  • Rip your papers and add them to a thicker page such as cardstock, gluing them down. Our son was really into controlled ripped lengths, but go with whatever shapes you like. Allow to dry overnight.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

  • Print out the egg template or better yet, draw your own, cutting it out. Lay it overtop of your collaged page. Cut out your eggs.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

  • We then took our eggs and created a garland- what will you do with yours?

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

Collage Easter Eggs: Use painted newspaper, corrugated paper and paintings to create this unique Easter art activity.

Purpose

  • Combining and working with different types of paper.

Safety Notes

  • We suggest that you wear a smock and use a craft tray to protect your clothing and surfaces.
  • Use scissors with care and adult supervision.
  • Cord, yarn etc. can be a strangulation hazard, therefore be sure to use with direct supervision and for its intended purpose.
  • Beads can be a choking hazard, therefore be sure to keep them out of the reach of children ages 0-3 years of age or those that tend to put things into their mouths.

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