Crafts for Easter: braiding eggs with beads

The braiding of eggs with beads is that you will encased in a woven shell of egg beads. Naturally, with boiled or raw eggsIt is impossible to work, so you will need to use plastic or wooden ones. The latter can be bought in the market from masters who sell such hand-made articles. In this case, not necessarily to take expensive hand-made articles, because for braiding eggs with beads, wooden cuttings with chips are ideal, which have lost their market appearance. Such blanks are cheap enough, and they are best suited for work.

Also for beading we can use simple plastic eggs, which can be bought at a gift shop. But the egg-boxes from under KinderSurpriz will also be ideally suited for this purpose.

Beading can be performed in various techniques: openwork, dense weaving and striped. Depending on the technique, you cancreate fanciful patterns. Thus, openwork braiding with beads is good because almost any weaving scheme can be used for this technique, during which honeycombs, crosses, diamonds, etc. will be formed. But it should be noted that for the openwork weaving it is required to paint the base in the color you need. Therefore, it is best to use wooden eggs, the color of which can easily be changed. If the color of the base is fundamentally unimportant for you, you can leave it in its original form.

Dense braiding with beads begins with what was originally It is necessary to weave a girdle around the widest part of the egg. This belt is then closed by a ring. It is important to take into account that the ring should be closed very carefully, so that the seam is not visible, and the pattern coincides. Next, for braiding the Easter egg, you can use both dense and openwork techniques. The main thing is to close your braiding on both sides. It should be noted that when braiding the eggs on its lower and upper part, it is necessary to reduce the number of beads used, while the weaving rhythm should remain the same. At the very top of the egg, beads are pulled together to close the ring. Bottom work the same way. Also do not forget that your egg should stand on the stand, not on the table. The stand can easily be made from two rows of beads, closed in a ring.

To fulfill the braiding of eggs with beads, you will need such materials:

• thin needle for beadwork


• beads of desired colors


• waxed bead for beadwork


• egg preparation

With these materials, you can make Easter crafts with your own hands. To weave a beautiful belt, you can use simple embroidery ornaments, which are later adjusted to the size of the girdle and the shape of the egg.

Also braided egg can be decorate with additional elements. It can be different leaves that will beLook great with a braided egg beads of the same color. The leaves can be located at the top, giving the egg the appearance of a small fruit, so below. In the latter case, the egg will be in a small basket of leaves.

The braiding of eggs with beads is so multifaceted that with a certain skill and imagination You can complement your work with various decorative elements. In this case, you can use the so-called "beaded moss" or "mosaic cord".

The braiding of Easter eggs can be done not only with beads, but also various beads and glass beads. In this case, you should carefully think over the composition so that your egg looks unusually beautiful and original.