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German-Style Paper Cutout Easter Eggs

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Introduction

Give the scissors a rest: The easiest way to make silhouettes is to use craft punches. (If using a punch, skip to Step 4).

Materials

• Egg templates
• Paper (in a solid color, no thicker than construction paper
• Transfer paper
• Ballpoint pen
• Small scissors
• Martha Stewart Crafts Decoupage Glue
• Gel-ink pen
• 1/8-inch-wide silk ribbon
• Sewing needle

Steps

1. Step 1

   Dye blown-out eggs using our instructions as desired. Let dry.

2. Step 2

   Lay paper (solid color, no thicker than construction paper) for silhouettes faceup on work surface. Lay a sheet of transfer paper facedown on silhouette paper. Place template printout on top; trace character outlines with a ballpoint pen.

3. Step 3

   Cut silhouettes along transferred outlines using small scissors.

4. Step 4

   

   Coat back of 1 cutout with decoupage glue using a small brush. Apply cutout to egg; smooth using tip of brush handle. Let dry. Repeat, adding cutouts as desired.

5. Step 5

   Apply decoupage glue to entire egg with a medium brush. Let dry. (For place cards, write names on finished eggs' silhouettes with a gel-ink pen.)

6. Step 6

   Thread a 10-inch length of 1/8-inch-wide silk ribbon through the eye of a long needle.

7. Step 7

   

   Insert needle in bottom hole of blown-out egg; draw it up through top hole. Leave a hanging loop at the top, and draw needle back down through top and bottom holes.

8. Step 8

   Knot ribbon 2 to 3 times near bottom hole (make sure knot doesn't slip through the hole). Trim ribbon ends.

9. Step 9

   Hang eggs from quince or other spring-blooming branches that are secured inside a vessel weighted with stones.