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Busy Bag – Easter Eggs The Kids Can Decorate Over And Over Again

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This Easter Kids craft is the perfect addition to an Easter Themed busy bag.

The dry erase Easter egg can be decorated over and over again. It’s a great little gift to give small children too. Add some dry erase pens and a little carry bag to finish off this Non-candy DIY kids craft.

Materials:

Instructions:

  1. Print and cut out the egg shape template.
  2. Trace the egg template onto a piece of cardstock.
  3. Cut out the egg shape that you have traced onto the cardstock. Cut it slightly inside of the lines, so that it is smaller than the printed out template.
  4. Holding the egg shape template on top of a piece of transparency paper, cut around the outside of the template. This will give you a piece of transparency paper that has an egg shape, and is slightly larger than your template.
  5. Place a layer of glue on the cardstock shaped like an egg. Lay the printed out template on top, and smooth out all of the bubbles.
  6. Once the glue has dried completely, place the egg shape you cut out of the transparency paper over top of the cardstock-backed egg shape.
  7. Decorate your egg by using dry erase markers to color on the transparency paper. Wipe off with a paper towel and repeat.

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