With Easter getting closer, why not add some fun decor to your home with these adorable Mickey & Friends Easter Eggs!
You can have a fun time crafting these cute eggs inspired by your favorite Disney characters with your family. All you have to do is follow this DIY from Disney Family:
MICKEY EASTER EGG
SUPPLIES:
- Hardboiled white egg (or wooden egg), painted black
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Cardboard tissue tube (1 1/2 inches or so in diameter)
- Black craft paint and paintbrush
- Strip of red craft paper (1 1/2 – by 5-inches)
- 2 small white buttons (about 3/8 inch in diameter)
- Glue dots
- Cardstock, black and white
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cut a 2-inch section from the cardboard tissue tube, paint it black, and let it to dry. Note: Another option is to make your own tube by rolling up and stapling a strip of black cardstock.
- For Mickey’s shorts, wrap the red craft paper around the bottom of the tube and glue the ends together to hold them in place. Glue the white buttons to the front of the shorts.
- Place the painted egg atop the tube, with the narrower end down. Then print the template on a sheet of white cardstock. Cut out the Mickey face and use glue dots to stick the upper portion to the front of the egg, but allow the chin to extend slightly over the outer tube.
- For the finishing touch, use the ear template piece to cut out a pair of Mickey ears from black cardstock. Fold the ear tabs, as shown, and glue them to the top of the egg so that the ears stand upright.
MINNIE EASTER EGG
SUPPLIES:
- Hardboiled white egg (or wooden egg), painted black
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Cardboard tissue tube (1 1/2 inches or so in diameter)
- Black craft paint and paintbrush
- Strip of pink polka-dot craft paper (1 1/2- by 5-inches)*
- Glue dots
- Cardstock, black and white
- Tiny flower sticker
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cut a 2-inch section from the cardboard tissue tube, paint it black, and let it to dry. Note: Another option is to make your own tube by rolling up and stapling a strip of black cardstock.
- For Minnie’s dress, wrap the pink polka-dot craft paper around the bottom of the tube and glue the ends together to hold them in place.
- Place the painted egg atop the tube, with the narrower end down. Then print the template on a sheet of white cardstock. Cut out the Minnie face and use glue dots to stick the upper portion to the front of the egg, but allow the chin to extend slightly over the outer tube.
- Use the ear template piece to cut out a pair of Minnie ears from black cardstock. Fold the ear tabs, as shown, and glue them to the top of the egg so that the ears stand upright.
- Cut out the hat template piece and attach the sticker flower to it. Glue the hat in place to the side of one ear.
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DONALD EASTER EGG
SUPPLIES:
- Hardboiled white egg (or wooden egg painted white)
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Cardboard tissue tube (1½ inches or so in diameter)
- Craft paint, blue and white
- Paintbrush
- Pencil
- Toothpick
- White cardstock
- Glue dots
- Blue felt
- Threaded sewing needle
- Hot glue gun
- Blue plastic water or milk jug cap
- 5-inch length of thin blue ribbon
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cut a 2-inch length from a toilet tissue tube, and snip a V-shape (about ¾ inch deep) in the top of the tube. Then paint the tube blue and set it aside to dry.
- Pencil a pair of narrow oval eyes (about 5/8-inch-long and ¼-inch-wide), eyebrows, and a curvy feather line on the upper egg, and then trace over the lines and color in the eyes with marker. Use the tip of a toothpick dipped in white craft paint to add a gleam to each eye. Set the egg atop the tube with the narrower end down.
- Print the template on white cardstock and cut out the pieces. Glue the center portion of the beak piece to the front of the egg just below the eyes, but leave the sides free to extend beyond the width of the egg. Glue the red bow tie to the tube at the bottom of the V.
- For Donald’s beret, use the hat template piece to cut out a circle from the felt. Stitch around the perimeter of the circle, as shown. Then pull the thread tight and knot it.
- Hot glue the felt, gathered side down, to the top of the jug cap. Wrap the ribbon tightly around the cap and glue the ends together. Trim the ribbon ends into a V-shape. Use a couple glue dots to stick the hat to the top of Donald’s head.
GOOFY EASTER EGG
SUPPLIES:
- Hardboiled white egg (or wooden egg), painted black
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Cardstock (white, light orange or tan, and black)
- Stapler
- Craft paper (blue and purple)
- Glue dots
- Wooden candle cup, about 1 1/2 inch tall, (sold in craft stores)
- Green craft paint and paintbrush
- Three short strands of black string or yarn
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Roll an 8 1/2- by 2-inch piece of beige or golden brown cardstock into a tube, making the diameter just wide enough for the narrower end of the egg to nestle in. Staple the tube where the paper overlaps. Wrap the lower tube with blue paper for Goofy’s pants. Then wrap a purple strip of paper three quarters of the way around the upper tube for a vest.
- Set the egg atop the tube. Print the template on white cardstock and cut out the pieces. Use the muzzle piece to cut out the same shape from light orange or tan cardstock. Glue the nose onto the muzzle and then draw on a mouth. Glue the muzzle to the bottom of the eye piece.
- Glue the eye portion of the assembled face piece to the front of the egg, but leave the muzzle free to overlap the outer tube slightly.
- Use the ear template piece to cut out a pair of Goofy ears from black cardstock. Fold the ear tabs, as shown, and glue them to the sides of the egg.
- For Goofy’s hat, turn the wooden candle cup upside down and paint it green. Glue a thin strip of black cardstock around the bottom of the hat. Gather the strands of string or yarn in a bunch, knot them together at one end, and then stick the knot to the inside of the hat with a glue dot. Stick the hat in place atop the egg with the loose string ends sticking out.
PLUTO EASTER EGG
SUPPLIES:
- Hardboiled brown egg (or wooden egg painted golden brown)
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Cardstock (beige or golden brown, white, and black)
- Stapler
- Pencil
- Black permanent marker
- Glue dots
- Scrap of green craft paper
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Roll an 8.5- by 2-inch piece of beige or golden brown cardstock into a tube, making the diameter just wide enough for the narrower end of the egg to nestle in. Staple the tube where the paper overlaps. Pencil simple lines on the front of the tube to depict Pluto’s chest, legs, and paws and then trace over the lines with black marker.
- Pencil a wide V-shape line on the upper egg. Trace over the line with marker. Set the egg atop the tube.Print the template on white cardstock and cut out the pieces. Use the muzzle piece to cut out the same shape from beige or golden brown cardstock. Glue the nose onto the muzzle and then draw on a mouth. Glue the muzzle to the bottom of the eye piece.
- Glue the eye portion of the assembled face to the front of the egg, but leave the muzzle free to overlap the outer tube slightly.
- Use the ear template piece to cut out a pair of Pluto ears from black cardstock. Fold the ear tabs, as shown, and glue them to the sides of the egg.
- Finally, glue a thin strip of green craft paper around the tube for Pluto’s collar.
Have fun crafting your Mickey & Friends Easter Eggs!
Credit: Disney Family
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