I have a fun craft for you today.  I’m going to show you how to make Egg Head Christmas People out of eggshells.  You can even make an entire series of egg people…Use your creativity to make angels, shepherds, Mary and Joseph. These make great tabletop Christmas decorations…. so make a few.  Let’s get started.

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Craft materials required:

Thick purple paper

Thick brown colored paper (or any skin color shade)

Egg Shell

Glitter Glue

Gold Paper

Permanent Marker

Glue

Scissors

 

Step 1

Take a square piece of purple paper.

 

Step 2

Roll it to make a cone and glue the end to hold it in place. Cut the edge to form a perfect cone that will stand as shown.

 

Step 3

Wash and dry an egg which has been broken from one end and emptied as shown.

 

Step 4

Cut a strip of gold paper and snip the edges to make a zigzag design as shown.

 

Step 5

Roll the strip and glue. Glue the crown to the top of the head as shown.

 

Step 6

Take a small strip of brown card paper and fold in the center as shown.

 

Step 7

Glue the ends of the paper strip to the cone as shown to form folded hands.

 

Step 8

Draw a face using a permanent marker.

 

Step 9

Decorate the clothes with glitter glue as shown

Isn’t it beautiful?  Who would have thought that this could have been started from an eggshell.  But, of course it was.  Please let me know in the comments below how your Egg Head Christmas People turned out.  And, don’t forget to share a picture in your comment…. I’d love to see them.

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