Easter crafts with children - basket

I want to offer you an original idea - to make a basket with your own hands, but not from paper or beads, but from cardboard and fabric. The craft will again be simple, designed for children.

All you need to make it is a sheet of cardboard large enough to cut out a circle with a diameter of 25 cm and strips of fabric cut from old T-shirts.

At the end of the post there is a template for the basket, which you can print out and trace on a suitable sheet of cardboard (the cardboard for the basket should not be thick, otherwise it will not bend well).

Step 1. Cut out a blank from cardboard for the future Easter basket.

Step 2. Having prepared the circle, we take a strip of fabric. We tie a knot at the end and fix it between the “petals” of the basket.

Step 3. We begin to form the bottom, passing a fabric strip either above or below the cardboard “petals”. When the strip ends, the end should be glued from the inside of the basket and pause for the glue to take effect. We tie a knot on the next strip and pass it under the unglued part of the previous strip.

Step 4. Having finished forming the bottom of our Easter basket, we begin to make the walls. To do this, raise the “petals” and fix them in this state using fabric strips (and glue, if necessary).

Step 5. We continue to wind strips of fabric to the very top. We glue the last strip along the top of the basket from the inside so that it does not move out. Easter craft - the basket is ready.

All that remains is to put the eggs in it. You can also pre-fill it with “grass”.

Retelling the Sea of ​​Ideas.

Creative success!

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Weaving an Easter egg in lily of the valley flowers from beads in the style of a Faberge jewelry egg"

Weaving an Easter egg in lily of the valley flowers from beads in the style of the Faberge jewelry egg "Lilies of the Valley"

From this master class you can learn how to weave an Easter egg in the colors of lilies of the valley from beads with your own hands.

Let's try to weave an Easter egg in the colors of lily of the valley from beads. We recommend painting the Easter egg blank in one semi-bright tone, for example pink. Then we’ll start braiding the Easter egg with a golden flower crown. we lead the main golden branches along the sides of the egg. Next, a fine white mesh is added to the weaving. After the preparatory work, we will begin weaving a base-stand, from which a wonderful bouquet of snow-white pearl lilies of the valley will grow. A bouquet of woven lilies of the valley tightly entwines an Easter egg and is an extraordinary masterpiece of bead art.

This is a beaded Easter egg. To make such an egg, take a couple of shades of beads and use straight weaving to sheathe the blank, stretching the flower greatly.Next, completely cover the egg sample with beads. You need to sheathe with straight weaving, stretching the colors as much as possible. If desired, you can use plain beads.

To make lilies of the valley, you need plastic “pearls” of different sizes.

Gold metallized thread, wire measuring 0.3-0.4 mm, universal glue.

This is a vice that needs to be sealed with adhesive tape in 2 layers. In this way we will not be able to damage the fragile beads.

Using a toothpick, install the bead, clamp it in a vice, and use a nail file to file off the top of the head to obtain a flat patch.Use a rough file to file down the top of the bead until it is flat.

Fold the gold thread in two and string 6 white pearl beads onto itand thread this ring a couple of times. It is necessary to go through the ring of pearls several times, so that the holes are tightly “clogged.” Thread the tails of the thread towards each other into a size 15 bead, then tie them. Thread a 0.3 mm wire into the same bead.

Tuck all the tails of wire and thread into a bead with the top cut off. Apply a little glue to the cut and, to press the bead ring to the bead, pull the threads and wire. Glue can get on your fingers, so you need to make sure that there is not too much glue and it is not squeezed onto the outside of the beads.

Twist the long end around - wrap the wires and threads to tightly close the hole in the bead. The thread is rigid and can unwind, so you need to pull it and clamp it with your own hands (fix it) in the wire. Collecting one bead takes approximately 5 minutes. We continue to create an Easter egg with lilies of the valley with our own hands.

Collect and wrap all the beads.Follow the above procedure with all the beads for normal weaving of the Easter egg.

Secure the smallest top bead with a long wire and a long thread in 2 folds.To fix the smallest top bead, you need to fold the long wire and thread in half and thread them into a size 15 bead. Place beads of different sizes on this wire, winding them firmly at intervals of 5-6 mm. Cut the wire diagonally and fix the next bead in the same place. Leave the wire of the final bead and wrap it around all 4 wires to the end.Do not cut the wires from the outer bead, and wrap all four wires to the end.

Using hand weaving, sew leaves of different sizes along wires, cut the twisted wires short.We sew beaded leaves of different sizes by hand using 0.4 mm gold wire, and cut off the twisted wires.

We sew the stems of lilies of the valley from beads to the leaves, we also sew the leaves together, the wires need to be twisted and entwined with color-matched threads.Sew the stems of lilies of the valley to the leaves, the leaves together, twist the wires tightly and wrap them with thread. Using pliers, flatten the twisted wire.Using pliers, flatten the twist.

Let's model the stand... but be careful, this stand was made before the lilies of the valley and was just right for the beaded egg itself, but it turned out to be a bit cramped for the "flower egg". The size of the stand will depend on the size of the beaded egg.Sew eight rows in turn and make a flare for three rows of Ndebele, stamp with beads. The top is larger than the bottom, you can make the same flare on 2 sides - it will also turn out beautifully.My egg is designed for Ndebele 48 beads, size 10. For the “vase” you need to sew 8 rows in stages and make a flare for 3 rows of ndebele, alternating with beads. The bottom of the stand can be made smaller and the top larger; the same flare will also look good.

If the egg comes out heavy, then the supply must be strengthened. Then a roll of narrow adhesive tape works well; cover the hole with a circle of plastic.
On the shirt of the egg, sew four golden Ndebele stripes onto two beads so that the egg is divided into four equal segments. Then, try on the stand and mark the beaded row where the stand goes - from this line, sew the stems of the bouquets. Attach the bouquet, secure the flowers with rubber, and sew to the shirt, tighten tightly. Sew two branches of lilies of the valley onto the ribbons.
Next you need to sew on the stand. The beginning of the bouquets with the layout should be on the middle petals of the stand. Slowly sew the stand to the bouquets and layout.
The stand must be strong, since the egg is not light at all. I reinforced my “vase” with a roll of tape, and covered the hole in the “bottom” with a piece of plastic. If someone wants to look under the stand, then everything is fine there too.
Pass on the shell For a hal egg, sew 4 Ndebele gold stripes onto 2 size 15 beads, the beaded egg should be divided into 4 even parts. Then check if the egg tray fits. If yes, then mark the row on the egg that the stand reaches, from this line the stems of lilies of the valley will be sewn (on the marked row there should be the beginning of the thread winding), secure the bouquets with an elastic band so that they do not move, and firmly sew the eggs to the shirt. Sew 2 sprigs of beaded flowers onto each ribbon.
Now the task becomes more complicated...The egg can only be taken by the stand and the top of the head, which is very inconvenient, so the stand needs to be sewn to the egg. The beginning of the bouquets should be at the level of the middle petals of the “vase”, as well as the layout itself. The stand needs to be sewn to both the beaded bouquets and the layout (be careful, the fishing line can get caught on anything).

Finally, sew the crown to the layout and the central branches of the lilies of the valley to the shirt. Sew them by the stem among the first and second beads.
Now straighten the flower-leaves using tweezers. Easter egg made from beads!!!

The last step is to sew the crown to the layout and the central branches of beads to the shell of the egg. They need to be sewn carefully by the stem between 1 and 2 beads. Then use tweezers to straighten the leaves and flowers of the lilies of the valley. Easter egg made of beads!!!

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From 1885 to 1916, Carl Faberge (court jeweler of the royal family) presented the Tsar with 1 egg per year - a jewelry masterpiece. In total, Faberge created 50 Easter eggs for the imperial family. Tsar Alexander III gave Faberge Easter eggs to his wife Maria Feodorovna, and Tsar Nicholas II gave eggs to his mother and wife Alexandra Feodorovna. To date, only 42 eggs have survived.

Before the revolution, the Easter holiday was a favorite holiday for the people of Russia, and by the end of the 19th century, the Easter holiday acquired universal significance, and Easter products began to be produced for Easter. Easter eggs were produced in large quantities from various materials. So one day Ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya told how, for the Easter holiday, she was presented with an Easter egg made of live lilies of the valley, to which a miniature precious egg in the form of a keychain was attached. She was also given a straw egg, inside of which lay wrapped Faberge jewelry. Jewelry Easter eggs by Carl Faberge are considered to be the pinnacle of Easter applied art; Faberge eggs are a symbol of the era.

An order for an egg for the king must be fulfilled under three conditions: an egg-shaped shape, a surprise associated with an event in the royal family, and the product must not be repeated. The jewelry egg was presented to the Tsar by Carl Faberge himself or his son Eugene.

And this is the Faberge Egg Lilies of the Valley made in 1898. The jewelry egg was presented by Tsar Nicholas II to his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, for Easter in 1898.

On the Faberge egg of Lilies of the Valley, 3 medallions with a portrait of the emperor and the 2 eldest daughters of the emperor - Olga and Tatiana - move up.

Many details of the external decoration of the egg, from frames and festoons of gold of various shades to leaves and flower stems, are attached to the shell of the egg thanks to miniature fasteners. The fasteners themselves are soldered to the back of the parts that are attached. Then they were bent along the inner surface of the shell.

Due to the fact that the eggs were fastened with clasps and loops, they could be disassembled for maintenance or repair. The “shell” of the egg was enameled using the Faberge technique. If the egg consisted of two parts that opened, then the finishing had to mask the edges of the closing halves. When holes were drilled into the egg's enamel shell, it was immersed in water to prevent the drill from overheating and damaging the enamel.

The eggs had different surprises - miniature models made of precious materials, jewelry, images of people, events and places of the imperial family. Usually the detail of the outer body of the egg hid the surprise. The fastenings on spring hinges are designed so that when the “shell” is pressed, it opens smoothly. If you click on the pearls on the sides of the jewelry egg in the crown that is located on top of the egg, then miniature portraits of the emperor and his daughters, Olga and Tatiana, rise up. A simple gear mechanism raised and lowered 3 portraits. We can say that ingenious secrets are revealed and set in motion by ordinary clockwork mechanisms.

Jewelry egg master Mikhail Perkhin. Easter egg created in Art Nouveau style. It is said that this is the Empress's favorite egg.

The first owner of the Easter jewelry egg was Alexandra Fedorovna. The jewelry egg was then sold to Emanuel Snowman (London). Since 1935, the egg belonged to Charles Parsons (London). In 1948, the jewelry egg was sold again to Emanuel Snowman (London). And in 1978, the egg became part of the Forbes Collection (New York). In 2004, at a Sotheby's auction (New York), Viktor Vekselberg (Moscow) became the owner of the egg.

Ancient peoples considered the egg to be the prototype of the universe. This applies not only to our ancestors, but also to the ancient Egyptians, Persians, and Greeks. It is on Easter eggs that archaic ideas about life and death have survived to this day. In pre-Christian times, Easter eggs were part of the customs dedicated to welcoming spring. Today, pysanka is strongly associated with the resurrection of Christ and the Easter holidays.

Pysanky are elaborately painted Easter eggs. Ukrainian Easter eggs are real works of folk art.
To draw Easter eggs, elements of flora and fauna and geometric shapes are used. Each region of Ukraine had its own characteristic ornament and color. In the Carpathian region, eggs were painted yellow, red and black, in the Chernihiv region - red, black and white, in the Poltava region - yellow, light green, white.

The pysanka was not drawn or painted, but written on a raw chicken egg. Every line on a pysanka is an arc.The arcs form circles and ovals and, crossing, divide the surface of the egg into fields, the name of which is the baptismal shirt of the Easter egg.