Chocolate Chandelier
Make a chocolate bunny chandelier for Easter!
Posted by Mark Montano
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Grab the kids and some cardboard and make a whimsical chocolate bunny chandelier for Easter (complete with Peeps).
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You Will Need (11 things)
- Cardboard
- Craft Knife
- Plastic Easter Eggs
- Ribbon
- Easter Grass
- Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint
- Glue Gun
- Hole Punch
- Peeps
- Chocolate bunnies
- Jelly Beans
Steps (6 steps, 120 minutes)
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1
Recycled cardboard
Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint (I used Remembrance)
Peeps
4 chocolate bunnies
Jelly beans
Plastic eggs
(8 small, 4 medium, 6 large)
Ribbon
Easter grass
Glue gun
Paintbrushes
Craft knife
Hole punch -
2
Trace your pattern on cardboard
*You'll need two single pieces and one piece cut on the fold
Cut 8 quarter circles about 1 1/2" each
Paint everything with Americana Decor Chalky Finish
Hot glue the pieces together -
3
Add hot glue to a cardboard disk and glue on plastic Easter grass to make a small nest
Add a large plastic egg to the center and surround it with jelly beans
*You need to make 4 of these nests
Take 4 small plastic eggs and glue Easter grass to the base of each
Make a large nest with hot glue and Easter grass with a large egg in the center
*This large nest will be for the center of the chandelier
Embellish the chandelier with a matching color of paint if you want
Add the nests with the large eggs to the arms of the chandelier -
4
Glue the small eggs with Easter grass to the curve on the chandelier
*Refer to the beauty shot for placement
Glue 8" long pieces of ribbon to 4 small, 4 medium and 1 large egg
Punch holes in the bottom of the chandelier
Hang the eggs from the holes
Glue peeps on the chandelier with a hot glue gun
Add the large nest to the center of the chandelier with more hot glue
Hang from ribbon
Open the large eggs on the nests and fill with chocolate bunnies -
5
Watch the short video tutorial here:
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6
Print this pattern guide. I made mine 18" high.