String Easter Eggs

I made some string (yarn) eggs for Easter but they are a little different, they have little treats inside.  I made several with small chocolate eggs in them.  You can also place little toys or notes in as well, perfect for giving as gifts for Easter.

I also made a real looking egg with yolk using the same technique.

Step 1 What You Will Need:

Material:

• Small water balloons (I was lucky to find balloons that were roughly the same size and shape as real eggs)
• Crochet thread/ embroidery thread/ yarn/string etc.
• Chocolate, small toys or trinkets to place inside eggs                                                                      
• Equal parts granulated sugar and water

Tools:

• Pin, fine scissors and tweezers
• Measuring cup, cooking pot, and spoon for stirring
• Optional: pump for blowing up balloons

Comments

[Reed_Sky_Born]

this is another way blow up a ballon then pva some string to a ballon then pop the ballon and cut a hole in the string and you can decorate it with bunny ears,whisker,teeth and nose then put eggs in the mouth. (:

[Penolopy Bulnick]

That is so cute! I thought it would have to be so complicated to get chocolate in that string egg, but it's so easy! Awesome!

[awalker11]

I love these! I made a egg before, but used a large balloon. It turned out great. I cut a hole in the egg on the side then filled the bottom with plastic grass, and used it as my daughter's Easter basket and put all of her candy and a few toys in it. I also spray painted it.

[ChrysN]

Sounds really cool!

[vqjohnston]

I LOVE this idea! so cute!

[lesmeiS]

im doing this as a demonstrations speach hahah i love this

[ChrysN]

Cool!

[NaturalCrafter]

I voted for you in the egg bot challenge. I really liked this one.

[ChrysN]

Thanks!

[adamvan2000]

As a thought, you might be able to use an edible substance like caramel or some candy that can be applied in strings that will dry hard. That would allow you to make the yolk edible too, or possibly have chocolate unwrapped in the middle. Another interesting idea would be to build up layers of edible strings with the chocolate center.

~adamvan2000

[big-jamie]

see those strawberry laces or liquorice you can get ? if you could find a way to solidify them around a balloon then youd be all good =D totally edible.

[ChrysN]

Making the whole thing edible sounds like an interesting idea.

[bajablue]

I love this instructable. 5 Stars and a vote for you!

[ChrysN]

Thanks!

[chaitanyak]

so brilliantly simple.
a friend of mine had a similar idea but it involved wrapping the string around a ball of newspaper and when it hardens, painstakingly ripping and pulling out the paper bit by bit :D
i give ger credit for creativity but this is much more frikkin simpler !

[friendship12396]

Aww! Haha I was going to make a tutorial like this before...too late...Thats ok, good job anyways!

[mr.frob]

That is really cool, I wish I had seen this sooner. Next year, I suppose!

[Dosbomber]

This may be a crazy idea, but what about blowing up the balloon, laying down the sugary string with a "window" in one side, letting it dry, popping the balloon, extracting the balloon, then filling the egg with chocolates or whatever, then adding more sugary string over the window?

[ChrysN]

That's a good idea, you would be able to fit more or bigger stuff inside that way.

[Dream Dragon]

Could you not use glue in place of the sugar water?

[ChrysN]

You probably could though I haven't tried it myself.  Domestic_engineer stiffened yarn with glue in this instructable

[TSC]

Nice!

[ChrysN]

Thanks!

[TSC]

your welcome!

[NaturalCrafter]

I love the originality of this project. I have seen string put around eggs before dyeing but not to make an Egg by itself. I like this idea as they could be added to an Easter egg tree or other project.

[ChrysN]

Thanks, my mom used to hang dyed hollowed out eggs from tree branches in a vase, I just gave her some string eggs that I made, they will be nice for hanging.

[NaturalCrafter]

Fantastic. I was considering tatting an Easter egg but didnt know if I wanted a shell on the inside. I think the balloon idea might help. I made a turtle medallion from tatting. This might be a way to display it.

[ChrysN]

I'd love to see an instructable on how you made your turtle. I hope to learn tatting someday.

[Creativeman]

Very cool, Chrys.....and happy Easter! Would using a hair dryer speed up the process? I use one to dry water colors and acrylics, don't have the patience to wait 24 hrs!

[ChrysN]

Yes, that should help speed up the drying. Happy Easter!

[porcupinemamma]

You really should submit this to a magazine. It is fabulous! You did a really good job explaining the instructions too! Thanks very much!!!

[ChrysN]

Thanks!

[MicioGatta]

Beautiful :) Maybe next year's Easter :)

[AlpineButterfly]

Totally Cute!! Seems like it would be a fun project to do with kiddo's on Easter too.

[ChrysN]

Definitely fun for the kids, just make sure you cover your work surface well with newspaper it can be really messy.

[poofrabbit]

I love these! I really enjoy the thought of leaving things inside the egg. You have inspired me to try this out myself!

[mikeasaurus]

very cool, I love that there's chocolate inside!

[ChrysN]

Yes, everything is better with chocolate!