Striped Egg (easy one)

Step 2: Striped Egg (easy one)

For both designs, cut the egg hinge off. It looks tacky and just gets in the way.

Cut a hole with the 3/32 bit in each end of the egg (2 holes total)
Clean the holes of debris (you can probably just use the exacto
Take one of the ribbons and cut off about a foot and a half
Thread needle and thread the ribbon from inside one of the egg halves to outside the egg until only about half an inch is still inside the egg.
Glue the little bit of ribbon still inside the egg to the side of the egg (Photo 2)
Leave it to dry.
Once it is dry, take the ribbon and bring it around the edge of the egg and then back up through the hole (Photos 3, 4 and 5) Do this over where you glued the ribbon to hide it since it will show from the outside if the ribbon is darker than the egg.
Go around the opposite side of the egg and then up through the middle again (Photo 6)
Do this two more times until you have the ribbon wrapped four times around the egg half. You will end with the ribbon hanging freely off the bottom (Photo 7)
With the lose ribbon, wrap it around the inside ribbons and tie a knot (Photos 8 and 9) This will hold the ribbon in place pretty well. If the ribbons move, just slide them along the egg so they are equal distance apart.
Double knot the middle, dab some glue on the knot and cut the excess.
Do this to both halves (Photo 11)
Now just put it together. You can make it so the ribbons don't match up as I did (photo 1) or you can have them match. I particularly like it when it doesn't match.

This was the easy egg. Ready for the hard one?