You are going to love the way this Textured Yarn Easter Suncatcher craft looks on your window, it really is terrific!
Made from colourful yarn scraps these Easter Egg Suncatchers are a great way to use up all those oddments you’ve been saving.
This colourful easter suncatcher craft is simple enough for toddlers but can easily be enjoyed by big kids too who can explore the multitude of textures, patterns and design possibilities an open ended Easter craft project like this has to offer.
Don’t they look pretty?
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Before we get busy with the easter suncatcher tutorial why not take a peek at some of our other Easter crafts or these suncatcher craft ideas to try later too?
Washi Tape Heart Suncatchers show washi tape off to its best, these unusual Flower Suncatchers make use of fresh flowers and have a gorgeous vintage look and our Round Suncatchers are super colourful and great across the age ranges.
Terrific Textured Yarn Easter Suncatcher Tutorial
Hands up if you’re a craft supplies hoarder like me? I hate to throw anything away incase I can find a good use for it one day! I always have a big supply of yarn scraps that I can’t bear to part with. They’re too short for a knitting project but perfect for these Terrific Textured Yarn Easter Suncatchers!
We’ve used this suncatcher idea to make an egg shaped window display for Easter but the same method could be used in any shaped suncatcher you like. How about textured yarn flower suncatchers for Spring or a textured yarn bumble bee suncatchers for Summer?
Supplies To Make Yarn Easter Sun Catchers
- Write On Transparency Sheets US / UK
- PVA Glue US / UK
- Yarn Scraps US / UK
- Scissors
- Sticky Tape
How To Make A Terrific Textured Yarn Easter Suncatcher
Prepare for your Easter suncatcher craft session by cutting your yarn scraps into manageable sized pieces. Sectioned trays make it easier for the kids to keep the colours separate and find what they are looking for easily. This set of six trays is great value and oh so useful!
I have lots of transparent sheets from bygone teaching days when overhead projectors were widely used so I used those as a base for our Easter suncatchers. I doubt many of you have those to hand but don’t worry, you can still buy cheap packs of write on transparency sheets. They usually come in packs of 100 so one pack goes a long way. They’re perfect for window art.
Smear your transparency sheet with white glue in an egg shape and start adding your yarn pieces.
Keep adding yarn until the whole Easter egg shape is covered.
Kids can have creative fun experimenting with different methods to make their suncatchers. They might like to lay the yarn on randomly, in stripes or even very ordered stripes like the photo above.
There’s no right or wrong way so it’s a great Easter craft for kids of all ages and abilities to enjoy.
We even had a go at making a spotty egg adding pink dots first.
Next we mixed up some yarn colours and sprinkled them all over the rest of the glue.
When you’ve finished designing your yarn Easter suncatcher leave it aside to dry for a few hours or overnight.
Once your glue is completely dry you can cut out your suncatcher, flip it over and use sticky tape to attach a hanging thread of yarn.
These Textured Yarn Easter Suncatchers look so lovely hanging in the window or on an Easter themed wishing tree too.
We hope you have lots of fun making your own suncatchers. Will you make Easter egg shapes or something different? We love hearing how you get on, leave a comment below, come and chat on Facebook or sign up to our email updates.
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