This Easter egg suncatcher craft for kids uses spring flower petals and contact paper for a beautiful window display.
If you follow me on Facebook or via Instagram, you may have seen a sneak preview of this Easter egg suncatcher craft yesterday.
These suncatchers seemed like the perfect way to celebrate the floral explosion going on around us.
Daphne’s already picking flowers several times a day and delivering them to us at desks, tables, or in our pockets. I usually transfer these sweet gifts to water, but decided it was time we made suncatchers with flowers.
This Easter egg suncatcher craft combines two of our favorite spring suncatchers…
Daphne and I picked flowers from around our garden as well as a few from a neighborhood walk. If spring hasn’t quite caught up with you yet, you could use a purchased bouquet or try the colored tissue paper Easter egg suncatcher for now.
2. Prepare contact paper
Tape a piece of contact paper sticky side up, on your table.
3. Draw egg shape
Next, draw a large egg shape on the contact paper with a marker. We used a black Sharpie, but you could use any marker.
4. Add flowers
Press flower petals, spring leaves, and small, thin flowers to the sticky plastic. You can use the flower petals to create a design within your Easter egg or place them randomly.
Note :: We usually use flower petals instead of the whole flower because they are less likely to decay. If you use a whole flower, especially a large or thick flower, it seems to decay quicker. Either way, these suncatchers are ephemeral and the flowers will fade and even decay over time.
5. Add second piece of contact paper
Press a second sheet of contact paper over your completed design.
6. Cut excess contact paper
Trim off the excess contact paper around the Easter egg, leaving about a half inch margin around your drawn line.
7. Washi tape border
Add a border around your Easter egg suncatcher with printed washi tape or with regular masking tape. I mostly did this part as it was tricky for Daphne to make the curves.
The washi tape extended over the edge of the suncatcher. In the past, I turned the suncatcher over and made a second pass with the washi tape (and then hung the suncatcher with a ribbon) but this time I chose to leave the washi tape as it was and used it to adhere the suncatcher directly to the window.
Displaying Your Easter Egg Suncatcher
I’m trying to decide if all my photo taking is a bad influence or a good influence now that Daphne is taking pictures of in-progress and completed art projects.
She’s using a a camera that we got her for Christmas—a VTech Kidizoom digital camera. She loves it but it doubles as a digital game center, which I didn’t realize when I bought it, so I’m not quite as thrilled.
Celebrate this fun holiday with all kinds of adorable creative activities! This 32-page printable eBook is full of coloring pages, drawing prompts, games, and more!
