Collage Eggs

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!

Materials

• 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

Garland Materials

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

We always find these items helpful too:

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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.