Continue wrapping down and up, crisscrossing and overlapping until . . .
the egg is completely covered. Once covered, hold the ribbon taut at the bottom, cutting off excess and gluing down with a small dab of hot glue.
Make ribbon flowers by cutting 5/8″ ribbon into 1.5″ strips for the petals. You need five petals per flower. Hold the ribbon strip using tweezers over the heat of a candle flame until the end curls. Don’t get too close or it will burn. You might have to practice a bit to master this technique.
Add a dab of glue on lower middle edge of one petal and place edge of another petal on top. Glue a total of five petals together. Then glue the first and fifth petal edges together upright, forming flower.
Next, fold stamen stem together and insert into center of flower. Continue to insert stamens separately, three folded into center, and adjusting heights. Squeeze the stems together with the outer base of flower and seal with hot glue. Cut off stamen stems after glue dries.
Arrange flowers in a decorative design and glue in place on egg.
Turn ribbon out to mimic leaf.
Place ribbon leaves around flowers and glue in place. You can get really creative with your flower designs!
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