Easter Garland

C and R made Easter garland yesterday.  It was so easy to make, and we are very happy with the new decoration.

First, I cut egg shapes out of cereal and cracker boxes.  Then I covered them in aluminum foil.

C and R could have done this, but I wanted to have the eggs ready for painting when C came home from school.

R used pink and purple acrylic paint, and C used green and blue acrylic paint; they painted over the foil however they wanted.

When they were done painting, they used cotton swabs to create designs in the paint and to let some of the shiny silver foil show through the paint.

Once the paint was completely dry, I used a hole punch to make holes in the top of the eggs.  We threaded the egg shapes with yarn.

Here are a couple of close ups of a few of the finished eggs:

In the past, we have also used toothpicks to scratch designs in the dry paint.  Both techniques are fun, and the results are great either way!