Easter Egg Tree

Every Holy Saturday I pull out Ryan's all-time favorite holiday decoration...the Easter Egg tree I made in 3rd grade:  

(Maybe he's just jealous that I was talented enough to paint striped and polka-dot Easter Eggs at age 8.)

Anyway, I have seen much larger Easter Egg trees that are a bit more appealing to the sophisticated eye at various decorating stores.  The price tag on one was $50.  So I decided to put my creative juices to work and make one.  It was so easy and inexpensive and turned out pretty well!

The kids helped me find a good branch at the creek near our house that had fallen from the recent storms.  

I painted it white with extra white paint I had in the basement.  (Might have been easier to spray paint, but I just used what I had on hand.)   

I put the dried branch in a pot and filled the pot in with some rocks.  The branch easily stood straight.  

I added some extra Spanish moss I had leftover from this wreath project.  (A bit nicer than using regular Easter grass.)

I bought a "branch" of flowers from Walmart (or any craft store) and cut it into individual flower pieces.

 Next, I hot glued the flowers randomly on the branches.

 Added some Easter Egg ornaments (from the Dollar Store no less!) and it was finished!

(PS - I'm still putting my 3rd grade tree out on Saturday...)

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