The procedure:
- mix glue and water to about 60% glue and 40% water on a paper plate
- blow up the balloon to a small size
- drag a long piece of yarn through the glue mixture
- wrap the yarn around the balloon snugly
- individually drag each piece of yarn through the glue mixture, and then wrap it around the balloon
- overlap the yarn pieces to form the egg
- place the wet glued egg onto a plastic cup to dry
- pop the balloon when the glue is dry
This is a picture of my second attempt. While making my first egg, the glue mixture was too watery. My yarn had a hard time staying in place even though I was crisscrossing them with diagonal lines. I had an extremely difficult time keeping the yarn pieces in place as they kept sliding on the balloon. I tried to reposition the yarn and pull it snug, but when I checked my egg the next day, it had collapsed on one side. On my second egg, I used a thicker glue mixture and the yarn pieces were much easier to pull snug and stayed in place.
An extension activity for this project would be to research and discover if other cultures celebrate Easter, and if so, find out how they celebrate. The students could then make different types of decorations for Easter representing the other cultures.
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