We are preparing for the Bright Resurrection. Basket for Easter eggs own hands

Bright Christ Resurrection is one of the main and ancient festivals of Christians. The Orthodox have many customs associated with the so-called Great Week. For example, on Clean Thursday, the day when it is customary to clean the apartment and cleanse spiritually, begin to prepare for the festive table. Traditionally from this day, paint and paint the main symbol of Easter - eggs. In ancient times, it was customary to spread colored eggs on fresh greens of oats or wheat. On Thursday, the cottage cheese was cooked with cottage cheese, Easter cakes and Easter cakes, which were baked from the best flour and differed from the usual ones in that they had the form of eggs, doves, males and rabbits.

Several decades in Russia, of all the customs, only a few were observed, namely the tradition of painting eggs and preparing cakes. However, recently, more and more often on holiday tables Russians meet curd Easter, gingerbread and other Easter decorations.

Original basket for Easter eggs own hands

The variety of goods for decorating eggs and cakes is amazing, but some craftsmen still prefer to decorate the festive tables themselves, so exchanging easter eggs and dyed eggs, we are not just handing each other a colorful bag ... Today, a basket for Easter eggs comes to him. It's easy to make it with your own hands, it's enough to strain your imagination.

To produce it, you do not need anything special. The basket for Easter eggs is made of dense colored cardboard. Fix the cardboard base better stapler clips, as there is a possibility that the glue will not fix the joints properly, and the basket will simply fall apart under the weight of the eggs.

Staples can be covered with a second layer of cardboard decor or other decorations, such as artificial flowers, ribbons or appliqués of colored paper.

This is how we get a basket for Easter eggs. With your hands, you can make a semblance of straw, which fill the basket. It is made even easier - we cut the yellow paper into thin strips - the straw is ready.

Well, in the center of this composition, of course, you need to put the main symbol of Easter - krashenki. You can design them in a variety of ways. You can simply paint in different colors, you can paint with patterns, which will be especially exciting if you have small children. From eggs, you can make original birds - you need to paint them beforehand, and then draw eyes and glue feathers that will serve our chicks tail. To the bird firmly on the table, you can use paper packaging, which sell eggs. That's how it turns out the original stand for Easter eggs with their own hands.

Such beauty simply can not be appreciated. We hope that you will like not only a basket. For Easter eggs, you can create a variety of decorations yourself, for example, paper or ribbon appliqués, peculiar nests made of tissue paper and many other handicraft items that even children can master!