Easter Paper Cones
A Paper Series Post
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Easter paper cones to hold blue-speckled chocolate candy eggs are easy to make. Attention to details makes them special favors for an Easter table setting. A fleur de lis wax seal adds a French Country look.
I am joining some good blogging friends who are sharing special ways they celebrate Spring and Easter in a Spring DIY & Craft Round Up Party. Thank you to our hostess, Barb of French Ethereal, for organizing us in time for you, our readers, to get some good ideas to try for your own Spring or Easter celebrations.
Welcome to readers coming from Cindy at County Road 407, where the fun and creativity never stops.
Keep reading for instructions on how I made an easy beautiful paper cone to fill with Easter candy as Easter treats for my family. Then, see more Spring and Easter ideas from my friends at the end.
D I Y E A S T E R P A P E R C O N E S
filled with blue-speckled candy eggs
Now, as an adult, I keep the tradition alive from one generation to the next of having a special Easter treat for my family. It is not always a basket, but there is always a treat. My mother would be proud!
How to make Easter paper cones
Supplies Needed
① Colored craft paper
② Glue dots
③ Decorative edge scissors
④ Sealing wax
⑤ Seal to imprint wax
⑥ Wax paper
⑥ Wax paper
⑦ Paper grass
⑧ Easter candy
⑨ Ruler, pencil
⑨ Ruler, pencil
Directions
❶ Use ruler and pencil to measure and draw a 6 ½" square on your colored craft paper.
I mixed coordinating colors/patterns using what paper I had in my paper collection.
❷ Be as careful as possible to cut a square... 90° corners and all four sides 6 ½". The pale blue cone shown was not exactly square which caused the gap at the bottom.
I tried different sizes of squares to make cones. Squares smaller than 6 ½" were difficult for me to make cones with a large enough opening at the top.
❸ Use scissors to cut decorative edges on all four sides of the square. Of course, you can use plain scissors to cut out the square, but the decorative edges are one of the details that make the paper cone extra special and declares, "Handmade with love!"
❹ Roll the square into a cone. Hold the square so the colored side you want visible is the bottom side as you hold the paper. Place one corner of the square at the top (so the square is held diagonally) and gently roll one side of the colored paper over toward the middle of the square.
At the same time, gently roll the opposite side of the square toward the first rolled side so the two sides overlap one another as shown above. Take care not to crease the paper. Adjust as needed to bring the two sides together at the bottom so there is not a hole in the bottom of your cone.
❺ Place a glue dot to the back corner of one side of the paper to hold the cone together. The glue dot is under the corner of the overlapped striped paper shown above.
❻ Make wax seals. Set a piece of kitchen cooking wax paper on top of a solid glass or metal surface. Melt your sealing wax onto the wax paper into small round pools, and immediately use your imprinting seal to imprint each wax pool while it is warm BEFORE melting the next wax pool.
Allow the wax seals to cool and gently peel from the wax paper. The seals may be stuck tightly to the paper, but I was able to remove all of the paper from the backs of my wax seals.
Melting wax directly onto a curved paper cone is difficult to control the flow of the wax. It is also difficult to press the seal onto the cooling wax without crushing the cone.
By making the wax seals on waxed paper, you can discard any seals that did not turn out very well. See four of my rejected seals in the photo above.
❼ Use a glue dot to attach a wax seal to the paper cone. Attach the glue dot to the back of the wax seal, then position the seal so the two edges of the cone are held together at the top of the cone.
Glue dots are unforgiving once they touch the paper. Check the position of the wax seal before pressing it to the paper cone.
Look back at the previous photos to see where the wax seals were placed.
❽ Place paper grass inside the top of the cone allowing some of the grass to hang over the edges. I used wood grass instead of paper grass. Choose grass that contrasts with the color(s) of your paper cones.
❾ Nestle Easter candy eggs in the grass. Several options are available for Easter candy eggs in your grocery store. Choose colors that coordinate or contrast with your Easter paper cone and grass.
➓ Place a paper cone at each place setting on your Easter table for a special Easter treat. Since you are never too old to enjoy treats, add one to both children's and adults' place settings.
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Traditions make special memories, even more so during not-so-good times. Continuing traditions when times are hard help us weather the storms in our lives.
Keep your traditions alive as a way
to show love and comfort and
to provide stability
to provide stability
when the earth moves beneath our feet.
Make DIY Easter paper cones for a little
joie de vivre!
(joy of living)
Be sure to visit my next post, Easter Table With Bluebonnets, where I will be sharing my entire Easter table setting with the paper cones and BLUEBONNETS as part of Easter's On Its Way! blog hop, hosted by Amber of Follow the Yellow Brick Home.
Next up is Laura at Decor to Adore with her encouraging ideas for a Spring garden . . . beautiful and practical . . . more joie de vivre!
See all of the Spring DIY & Craft Round Up ideas below. Beautiful, fun, creative ideas to help you create special times at home. Hello Spring! CLICK ON THE LINK TO TAKE YOU TO IMAGES OF THE OTHERS WHO ARE SHARING THEIR IDEAS.
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Come back tomorrow to see another special blog party, Easter's On Its Way, hosted by Amber of Follow the Yellow Brick Home. Over 20 bloggers are sharing their beautiful ideas for Easter.
I am sharing how I used the DIY Easter paper cones as party favors on my Easter Table With Bluebonnets. The table is set in my favorite color combination, blue and white, and may be my all-time favorite table setting.
