Easter eggs from beads: ideas of decoration with their own hands

March 22, 2017 handmadebase

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Meaning of the Easter symbol
Materials and tools
Methods of Decorating Eggs
Master class on decorating eggs with beads
Video: We decorate the Easter egg with beads
Techniques of braiding eggs with beads
Video: Lesson of braiding Easter eggs with beads

Since ancient times, people have celebrated the holiday of bright Easterdelicious Easter cakes and Easter eggs. Special attention was paid to the coloring and painting of the latter. Over time, the evolution of Easter egg decoration has made great strides in its development: from coloring with onion peel to beading. Today, there are so many decoration options, and they are so diverse and individual that they allow everyone to express their creativity in the technique that is closest to them.
Our master class will reveal several secrets and demonstrate with the help of photos how you can make Easter eggs from beads with your own hands.

Meaning of the Easter symbol

Easter is one of the greatest Christianholidays, revered all over the world. Its arrival is eagerly awaited, prepared in advance with special trepidation and respect. The celebration of Easter sacredly preserves the traditions and customs of ancestors: baking Easter cakes, decorating an Easter basket and, of course, painting eggs.
The egg is a talisman and a symbol of prosperity.The tradition of giving each other Easter eggs, known in Rus' for a long time, is not accidental, because the giver symbolically bestows goodness, well-being and prosperity on someone, protecting the home of his loved ones from damage and filth.
Beadwork with its many bright andcolorful weaving techniques allows you to create beautiful, and sometimes exclusive, egg decor with your own hands. Today we will look at several interesting and accessible even for beginners weaving methods: from simple to more complex.

Materials and tools

If we are talking about creativity, then the skilled workers know,That materials and tools need a lot. Since we decided to combine several lesson-presentations into our master class, we will need more materials than for one traditional weaving. Having become acquainted with the lesson and demo photos, you will understand what you want to do and on the basis of this, choose those elements that will be needed.
Egg-shaped blank
The subject of our creativity todayis an Easter egg made of beads, which means that we cannot do without its imitated form. In your work, you can use any convenient egg blank: wooden, plastic, foam, foam rubber, or make it from an ordinary fresh egg, having previously removed all the contents. The important thing here is that the form should be extremely durable and relatively light.
We will perform braiding on blanks made of different materials to clearly demonstrate to you the available possibilities.
Thread In order to make an egg, we need a thread, which will be sewn beads for weaving. It can be monofilament, nylon, ordinary waxed or thread for beads.
Beads Usually, for decorating Easter eggsUse beads of different colors and sizes, as well as large beads. At the same time you do not need to buy it specially, because you can create unique patterns from the remnants of the existing one.
Additional tools Also useful are: a pencil, glue, pins with colored beads on the end, sequins, a candle, a fresh egg, a paper clip, a needle for beads.

Methods of Decorating Eggs

Before we begin our main master class, we want to dwell on the simplest ways of decorating eggs from beads with our own hands.
Sealing with beads, rhinestones This method is very simple, since it does not require the use of a scheme and even the children can do it. All you need is your imagination and tool.

We take a blank and draw a sketch on it with a pencilof our future drawing. Next, we apply glue to the places that will be decorated accordingly and begin gluing the beads, following our pattern.
The advantage of this option is its simplicity,accessibility and the ability to reproduce any ornament or composition. At the same time, beads can fill both the entire form, covering the surface with a monolithic layer, and its individual parts, emphasizing individual elements.
Carrying out such design is a very labor-intensive and painstaking process that requires perseverance, patience and attentiveness.
Paillettes Sequins can also becomeA wonderful material for decorating Easter eggs. Using sequins of pastel colors, you can cover them with shells, creating a very delicate and airy pattern. And the use of sequins in the form of flowers, will create a magnificent decoration for our souvenir, which marks the spring awakening of nature.
Let's take a closer look at what we need to do.Take a foam blank. Pierce the sequin with a pin with a colored bead on the end and stick it into the base. Alternating the color of the pins, place our flowers on the base, trying not to leave empty spaces, until the surface is filled to the maximum. During work, coat the iron rod of each pin with glue for better fixation in the foam rubber.

To give the work a finished look,We suggest you make an egg stand. For this purpose, we will use a pin mold (true craftswomen will find a use for everything). We glue green sequins around the edge of the stand, and when everything is ready, we glue the finished creation to the center. Our wonderful souvenir is ready! Easily, simply and quickly you will get a spring mood and joy from the work done.

The braiding of eggs with a net of beads This wayAssumes the use of the scheme in work. The technology of weaving is based on the fact that the braiding takes place in three stages, due to the specific oval shape.
So, a mini master class and accompanying photos.
We divide the base into three parts: the top, the bottom and the wide central belt.

We start the work with the central fragment, for which we weave a mesh of beads using the given pattern.

The size of the net should be sufficient to cover the width of the egg. Next, we put the net on the workpiece and connect its edges. Very important: the belt should fit tightly.

Now we have to braid the poles. The visual diagram shown in the photo below will be a great help for us:

Braiding the crown of the head requires special attention, youIt is necessary to monitor the uniform reduction of the number of beads in each subsequent row. The mesh should fit as tightly as possible, weak, dangling rows are not for us. We expect an excellent result, don't we?
To fix the final bead, thread it throughWe pass the thread through it, passing it additionally through the nearby ones, and tighten it with knots. We secure the thread well, otherwise the weaving may “unravel”. We mask the cut end.

The result is very original.festive decorative element. And using beads of different colors to create all sorts of motifs, you can achieve absolutely stunning results. In the photo below you can see an example of such weaving.

After some practice of weaving, using any pattern will become very easy and familiar to you, but what masterpieces in the form of eggs you will be able to create with your own hands.

Master class on decorating eggs with beads

Now we are waiting for a step-by-step master class, where we will go through all the stages of our work in detail, carrying out the braiding of our future Easter egg.
We'll start by preparing our base.We will take a regular egg, make two holes in it (a small one at the bottom and a slightly larger one at the top), remove all the contents by blowing it out. When the shell is free, seal the small hole with a piece of newspaper coated with PVA glue. Put the finished element aside, letting it dry.

Meanwhile, take the candle and cut it into small pieces.parts, put them in a container (in our case it is a cut-off tin can from an energy drink) and heat it on the stove until the paraffin melts. Having achieved a liquid state, pour the paraffin into our blank through a large hole. Do not rush to get rid of the remaining wax, since we will still need it, because when hardening, the wax in the form will decrease and we will need to fill the resulting void. When the paraffin has hardened, carefully but very thoroughly scrape off the excess paraffin from the surface of the egg, because it will interfere with our work, preventing the glue from lying evenly on the entire surface. Then seal the hole with paper.

Now take a needle and thread and tie a knot at the end.
Let's take a paper clip and "bite off" itcurved top. With a simple pencil, on the surface of our form in the upper part with a large hole, we draw 2 vertical lines, at the intersection of which we place a thread with a knot and press it with a paper clip, pressing it into the middle of the hole filled with wax.

We string beads about 10-15 cm long onto the needle.Here the color solutions can be different, depending on the result you want to get. You can make an ornament with stripes, openwork, diamonds or make an image in the center - it all depends on your imagination. We will have the simplest option - with stripes. Therefore, we will randomly string beads of related shades on the thread.
To prevent the beads from "running away" during work, we use a light-colored piece of fabric. You can use a regular flat plate for this, which is also very convenient for picking up beads.

So, having dialed the desired length of the strand, we apply it tosurface of our form glue and lay the thread starting from the center and moving in a spiral. Thus, we perform the braiding until we reach the bottom. We finish the work by fixing the thread with glue, having previously removed it from the needle, and cut it.

Video: We decorate the Easter egg with beads

Techniques of braiding eggs with beads

For professionals who have already mastered basic weaving patterns, we can recommend trying their hand at other techniques that are widely used in traditional beading:

Braiding mosaic, when the weave beads are laid as tight as possible, creating the effect of a monolithic coating. This makes possible the embodiment of various ornaments and complex paintings;
Technique of hand weaving, characterized by a parallel arrangement of beads, which resembles work on the machine;
Openwork mesh, the fastest way to fray an egg, because the presence of space between the elements of the weave, greatly speeds up the process and increases the canvas.

Easter eggs made of beads, braided using the "mosaic" technique
Easter egg made of beads using the "hand weaving" technique
Easter eggs, braided with openwork mesh All the listed techniques allow you to make real masterpieces, provided you put in enough time and effort.
Beaded eggs are a very symbolic souvenir,which should be done with love and warmth, with sincere wishes of goodness and well-being. Be patient and diligent, then your gift will become a real gift for your loved ones! Well, you will be able to rejoice at another well-deserved creative victory. We hope that the master class on making beaded eggs that we offer will show you beading from another very interesting side.