Egg Box Tulips

Egg Box Tulips 🌷Tulips from Amsterdam as my Nanna used to say. ❤️

Today has been a slow easy day. The little one has had a high temperature since yesterday evening, so amongst the cuddles and sofa snacks, I squished in an hour of weeding the garden and then after finding some rather delightful twigs decided to make some more egg box flowers for April (I loved the march daffodils and it seems you all did too!

These flowers feature in my April Sunshine Rain and Rainbows Waldorf Magic guide and I thought I would share them here for anyone wanting to use all those post Easter egg boxes and slowly ease into a post Easter rhythm next week or make a fun post egg bank holiday craft!

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You need.. egg boxes, superglue or a hot glue gun, some sticks and paint (I used gouache here white, magenta and green.

Step 1. Each flower requires 6 petals, cut one set of three into a windmill style shape from the egg box, then cut three separate petals. You can paint them first or assemble the flower and then paint (I did both and it made no difference to the outcome)

Step 2. Assemble with the three separate petals inside the three which are windmill shaped, secure using superglue or a hot glue gun.

Step 3. Once dry, pierce a hole through the base and then insert the stick securing with glue.

Step 4. Paint, I painted white at the bottom, mixing it with the magenta to provide an ombré effect, then when dry added some green at the base

Step 5. Paint the stick which is inserted into the flower bright yellow or green for the stamen.

For the bud, simply use a windmill only, gather and glue it closed at one end then insert and glue to a stick. Maybe I should do a different egg box flower a month haha!

Have a wonderful Easter Sunday tomorrow everybody if you are celebrating!

Peace and love

Kelly