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Easter Egg Topiary – My Current Craft Project

Friday, April 6, 2012 by Lolli 5 Comments

I saw some adorable table-top jelly bean topiaries at a dinner my daughters and I attended last month. As I was decorating my house for Easter this week, I thought of those topiaries and wondered if I could make a large topiary with plastic Easter Eggs.

jelly bean topiary

I figured it was worth a try.

Here’s who my kids and I made our Easter Egg Topiary:

Easter Topiary Supplies:

  • a bunch of plastic Easter eggs, various sizes (I used a little more than 2 of these bags, or about 45 eggs)
  • a glue gun with plenty of extra glue sticks
  • something to use as a base – I used a wire egg, about 4 inches tall, but a foam ball would work perfectly as well
  • a nice, sturdy stick
  • ribbon for a bow
  • if you don’t have one already like me…. a big clay pot

Easter egg topiary supplies

Next, we started gluing plastic eggs all around the base. We started at the top and worked by “layers” around to the bottom. We would leave a nice big glob of hot glue on the end of an egg and then hold it in place until it felt secure on the base.

Easter egg topiary

Easter egg topiary

We simply fit eggs wherever we could, filling in empty spots with smaller eggs, until we reached the bottom.

With one last enormous glob of hot glue, we stuck the stick in the bottom of the egg base and then tied a large bow with lavender tulle.

Easter egg topiary

That’s it!

Within 5 minutes of putting the Easter Egg topiary on our front porch, we had neighbor kids coming up to our door to ask about and admire the colorful decoration.

Easter egg topiary

Can you tell my kids are proud of the creation they helped to bring to life?

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I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

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Comments

  1. valmg @ Mom Knows It All says

    Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 3:20 pm

    What a fun, colorful idea! Very creative!

  2. Gina says

    Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 10:03 am

    Very cute, and you don’t have to worry about the candy getting old or sticky. Great job!

  3. Jen says

    Monday, April 9, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    What a wonderful idea! A topiary can be made out of just about anything, you just have to be creative. This seems like a really great one to make with kids. I’ll have to remember it for next year, and maybe stock up on supplies during the clearance sales this year. :)

  4. ConnieFoggles says

    Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 10:12 pm

    Thanks for the directions. I was wondering how you made the topiary. Now to see if I can get my daughter to help me with something like this. I bet it can work with almost any holiday with just a change of the eggs to fit the special day.

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