Today’s blog post is all about a little-known but absolutely hilarious Easter egg that can be found on tissue paper – the tissue paper Easter egg! If you unfold a piece of tissue paper to its full size and then cut out a square, you’ll see that the square contains an image of a bunny rabbit! Why is this amusing? Well, it’s because Easter is usually celebrated by eating rabbits – and apparently tissue paper bunnies are the perfect replacement! So if you’re looking for an Easter prank that’s sure to send your friends into fits of laughter, give this one a try!
If your looking for fun and simple Easter project that keeps those little hands busy, this one’s for you.
Tissue paper is inexpensive, colorful and can be used for many different projects. This project is great for children in grades K-6. Keep in mind for children in kindergarten and first grade, you should adapt the project by making the egg a little smaller due to shorter attention spans.
Tissue Paper Easter Egg
This is what you will need:
- Poster Board in white (Heavy weight paper. Bristol board or tag paper will work also.)
- Colored Tissue Paper (The Dollar Store sells a multi colored pack in pastel colors.)
- Glue (tacky dries quickly)
- Scissors
- Containers (I used a total of five. Four containers for each of the different colored tissue papers and one for the glue.)
- Pencil
Lightly draw the shape of an egg onto the poster board for your child. Older children who are doing this project can probably draw the egg shape themselves.
This egg is roughly 10-1/2 to 11″.
Cut out the egg shape.
Have your child draw and Easter egg design onto the egg cutout as a guide or framework for attaching the different colors of tissue paper. I recommend lightly sketching a design or concept before hand (rather than just going at it), because it helps develop visualization skills.
Cut tissue paper squares roughly 1″ x1″. Separate the different colors into containers.
Have you child take a piece of the tissue paper square and place the pencil (eraser side down) in the center of it. Gently give the tissue paper a little twist. Holding the tissue paper onto the end of the pencil, lightly dip it into the glue. Still holding the tissue paper onto the pencil place it on the egg shape, and release.
Keep filling in the areas of the egg with tissue paper until the egg cutout has been covered completely.
This egg project kept my daughter occupied for about 2 hours (one hour for two afternoons). This was great project for my little busy body and she loved it!
Have fun with this project and Happy Easter!
We hope you enjoyed reading this post, as much as we did writing it.
These simple steps can help you make your Easter egg extra cute and creative using tissue paper. Try them out to see how awesome they are! We’re sure that by now, your family and friends will be amazed at the unique eggs you cook up! Just watch out for those sharp spoons!
