{"id":4669,"date":"2009-04-03T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T19:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=4669"},"modified":"2010-04-19T10:22:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T14:22:54","slug":"fussy-friday-crochet-string-easter-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/fussy-friday-crochet-string-easter-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Fussy Friday: Crochet String Easter Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4668\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4668\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/string-easter-eggs.jpg\" alt=\"string-easter-eggs\" title=\"string-easter-eggs\" width=\"158\" height=\"211\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4668\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLooking for a fun Easter craft to keep your bunnies busy?  These classic crochet string Easter eggs are a little fussy, but a lot of fun.  This craft is perfect for the weekend before Easter. Here&#8217;s how you make them!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you need:<\/strong><br \/>\n1 ball of Crochet String in the color of your choice<br \/>\n6 small balloons<br \/>\nCraft Glue<br \/>\nWax Paper<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you do:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Blow up small balloons into egg-shaped sizes approximately five to seven inches around the middle.<br \/>\n2. Cut 20 pieces of crochet string into 36 inch pieces to wrap around each balloon.<br \/>\n3. Pour glue into a small bowl and dip the pieces of crochet string into the glue.<br \/>\n4. Wrap each string around the balloon in different directions creating a fun design.<br \/>\n5. Repeat with all strings overlapping.<br \/>\n6. Tuck in loose ends.<br \/>\n7. Place stringed balloon on wax paper.<br \/>\n8. Dry for 24 hours.<br \/>\n9. Once the glue is dry, pop the balloon.  Carefully pull the balloon out. <\/p>\n<p>Want more Eater fabulous-ness?  Click below for more <strong>No Fuss Fabulous <\/strong>ideas.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=4317\">Easter Place Card Robin Nests<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=4299\">Growing Easter Traditions with Small Sprouts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=4212\">Easter-scape Candy Vase<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=4587\">The Easter Bunny \u201cCarrots\u201d for Your Health<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=4530\">Easy Coconut Macaroon Easter Nests<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a fun Easter craft to keep your bunnies busy?  These classic crochet string Easter eggs are a little fussy, but a lot of fun.  This craft is perfect for the weekend before Easter. Here&#8217;s how you make them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1051],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}