Why does no one have a picture of the string Easter eggs? How much string do I use? How much of the balloon should be covered? Does anyone have pictures for this craft?
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When I was in elementary school in the 1960's, we also made paper mache made with pretty colored paper or tissue paper over balloons. After it dried, we cut out the side and made a scene inside like a sugar egg.
I purchase a bottle of liquid starch and a ball of crochet string. I fill a Ziploc baggie with the starch and place the ball of string in it and place both in a cereal bowl. I let it sit for 3-4 days and keep turning the ball of string in the bag until it is saturated all the way through to the core. I blow up a balloon to the size I want. Now comes the messy part, place newspaper on the table and the floor, this is going to get real sticky! I wrap the balloon with the whole ball of string, squeezing some of the liquid down the string as I go. I take the ball of string out of the bag and place it in the bowl, stand on a chair and wrap the balloon until the whole ball is wrapped around the balloon.
Pour some liquid starch in a med. to large bowl. I used 6 different colors of pastel shades for spring of thin ribbon. I cut the ribbon pieces about 6 inches long - 2 to 3 cuts of each color and put them in the starch filled bowl. If the ribbon wasn't covered with the starch I added just enough to cover them. While the ribbon soaked in the starch I blew up 8 small water balloons to the size of med. to large eggs. Then take one ribbon at a time out of starch and gently run your forefinger and thumb down the ribbon with little pressure to remove excess starch and wrap around balloon in no particular fashion. Then take another color and repeat until you like the design and colors.
There are directions for this craft under Lacy Easter Eggs on Thrifty fun. The article has pictures also.
I made these many years ago with sugar water. I wouldn't recommend it. The first year it went great - the next brought 100 bazillion ants. I was looking on here to see if anyone uses starch and I see they do. I will do that. But yes, get yellow, pink, or whatever color crochet thread from a craft store and blow up a balloon to whatever size you want it and start wrapping, criss crossing the thread in every direction (it will look like one of those old string designs people used to make) until you use all the ball, or until you get tired and decide that's the perfect amount.
I made these too years ago when they used sugar water to make them stiff...until...... lol the mice enjoyed them more than I did. Thank goodness they came up with the fabric stiffener or the glue mixture.
DIRECTIONS FOR EASTER EGG I blew up a medium sized balloon. It's 2 feet in diameter. This sounds like a lot but this gives me the room I need for decorating the inside and outside of my egg. Once my balloon is blown up I then wrap it with 7 or 8 full strands of different colors of embroidery thread you don't want to cover it completely but you do want to cover it with seven or eight strands of embroidery thread and with that size balloon it'll give you the the room that you need. After wrapping your balloon is complete you want to dip it in sugar water you want to use 3 cups sugar just 6 cups water so dip air balloon that's wrapped with the embroidery thread and saturated and then leave it to dry and once it's dry then you go back to your sugar water don't throw it away go back to sugar water and dip it again saturate and let it dry this time when it's dry it'll be finished and you'll be able to pop the balloon remove it with tweezers.
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