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Tools and Materials

• ballpoint pen

• tape measure

• craft knife

• tucking tool

• smooth foam egg, about the size of a chicken egg

• blue floral cotton fabric

• dark blue 5 mm slightly cupped sequins*

• 1/4 inch silver sequin pins*

• 3/4 inch silver sequin pins*

• 15/0 clear iridescent seed beads*

• Two blue pearl-topped corsage pins

• six 1 cm silver hologram sequins

• six 5 mm blue hologram flower sequins

• light blue satin ribbon

• craft glue

*Purchased from Cartwright’s

Instructions

1. Divide your egg into four equal sections. First, trace along the mold line using your tape measure as a straight edge. Then, measure the height of your egg from the north pole to the south pole. Divided the height by 2 to find the midpoint. Mark the midpoint on both sides of the mold line. Next, measure the distance horizontally between the mold line midpoints. Divide that number by 2 to find the center. Mark the center clearly on both sides of the egg. Draw a horizontal line connecting the points on the mold line and the center points you just marked all the way around the egg. This creates an equator line. Next, connect the north pole, center equator point, and the south pole on both sides of the egg to finish your simple 4-division.

2. Cut foam along all lines.

3. Lay the cotton fabric over the top of each cut section and tuck in the edges.

4. Pin the satin ribbon around the egg, covering all seams using the 3/4-inch pins.

5. Use the 1/4-inch pins in sequins along both sides of the ribbon. Thread a seed bead onto the pin first, then a sequin, dip the end in craft glue, and then pin to the egg.

6. At each ribbon intersection along the equator, pin a small blue flower and a large silver sequin. Thread a seed bead onto a 3/4 inch pin, then a small blue flower, then the 1 cm silver sequin. Dip in glue and pin to the ribbon.

7. At the bottom of the egg, thread a small blue flower sequin onto a pearl-headed pin and then a large silver sequin. Dip in glue and pin to the bottom ribbon intersection.

8. Top off your egg with a hanging ribbon and bow. First, thread a blue flower, then a large silver sequin to a pearl-headed pin. Next, tread on the hanging ribbon and, last, the bow. Your bow should have four loops. Adjust the size to what you like. Dip the pin in glue and pin it to the top of your egg.