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You are here: Home / Easter / How to Make Homemade Paper Easter Grass

How to Make Homemade Paper Easter Grass

By Jen

We are always looking for ways to green our holidays. We reuse our decorations and reduce the amount of “stuff” that we purchase every year for holidays, like Easter. This year we took inspiration from our newspaper Valentine’s heart garland to fill our Easter baskets. Skip the plastic Easter grass and grab an old newspaper and paints to make your own truly green (eco-friendly) homemade Easter grass. Be sure to check out all of our amazing Green Living Ideas for Families.How to Make Homemade Easter Grass

Recycled Homemade Easter Grass

newspaper
green acrylic paint
paint brush
pencil
ruler or scissors

Lay out the sheets of newspaper on a water proof surface. Coat the paper with a thin layer of green paint. The paint doesn’t need too thick. Thin the paint with water. When the first side has dried, turn the paper over and paint the second side of the paper. This is an important step. If you don’t paint both sides of the newsprint, the paper will crumple and won’t dry properly. Let the paper completely dry.homemade easter grass painted newspaper

Place a long ruler on the newspaper, rip a thin strip of paper. Alternately, you can use scissor to cut strips. I found the ruler was a quick and simple way to make the grass.homemade easter grass strips

Tightly wrap the strips of green paper around a pencil. Unroll the strips and they will be curly grass. Alternately, you can cut the grass into shorter grass strips and skip the curling step altogether. homemade easter grass curls

Another easy option is to cut strips of green magazine pages. Follow the same step, but skip the green paint. We will be lining our Easter baskets with our recycled newspaper homemade Easter grass. While we stuck with classic green grass, don’t be afraid to paint your grass whatever springtime colour you like. The best part is that once the holiday is over, we can easily recycle the grass, or store the grass with our other reusable Easter supplies and bring it out again next year.homemade easter grass in basket

Enjoy!


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