How to shape a 'crown of thorns' for Easter displays and egg trees!

        To make this small crown of thorns for an egg tree you will need the following supplies: five or six chenille stems, cotton balls, white school glue, acrylic paints (brown and pink).

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Unravel the cotton balls, for this small crown I used approximately five of these. 
2. Squeeze a fine line of white school glue down several inches of the edge of a chenille stem.
3. Wrap the cotton batting fuzz about the glue covered area of the stem tightly with the tips of your fingers. Proceed down the stem with this method until all the it's length is covered with cotton batting.
4. Repeat step 3 several times.
5. Now twist the stems together in a random loops to make a twig looking crown.
6. Cut and twist a thorny looking hook somewhere on the crown form for hanging.
7. For the last two stems, cut small sections of one stem and twist these onto two other chenille stems to look like thorns. 
8. Twist the thorny stems about the crown and set it aside to dry.
9. Once dry the crown of thorns may be painted with brown acrylics. I added touches of pink and purple glitter sparingly to the painted brown stems too.

Left, the original cotton batting version of a crown of thorns for the Easter egg tree.
Right, a painted crown of thorns painted to look like real ones.

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