Things
needed:
- Foam egg (any size you choose)
- Package of ½ inch straight
pins (I used gold ones)
- Package of small colored sequins
- Package of large colored sequins
- Clear seed beads
- Ribbon and scissors (optional)
1. Here is a photo of some of things you will need to begin your beaded
egg craft. The size of the foam egg, pins, and sequins is not
important. Pick out any size that looks best to you. You also do not
have to use different size sequins, but it does add to a more patterned
look.
2. The basic tutorial is to cover the entire egg in pins threaded with
a bead and a sequin. You will want to begin at the very top, and then
work your way around the the egg in rows, placing each sequin right
next to each other. To thread the pin, first put on a clear seed bead.
Then, thread on a sequin. Make sure the sequin is threaded so the curve
of the sequin faces towards the egg, to create a smoother look.
3. Push the first sequin pin on the top of the egg, as shown.
4. Work around this pin, adding on more sequins around the first sequin
in a ring. In this project, I added pins that were just threaded with a
seed bead around the top sequin.
5. Continue this way, changing colors of the sequins for each band you
make.
6. To incorporate a ribbon, first pin the ribbon in place. Add a row of
sequins above the top edge of the ribbon. Have the sequins overlap the
ribbon slightly (this will hold it in place). Then, add a row of
sequins below the ribbon, overlapping over the ribbon again slightly.
Then you can take the pins out the ribbon that was holding it in place
because the sequins should be securing it.
