Homemade Easter nests made from hay or straw

Preparation time: depending on the number of pieces - Difficulty level: easy

You need:
- hay or straw
- flour
- cold water
- molds depending on size

These beautiful natural Easter nests are super easy and can also be made with younger children.

You need hay or straw. We used a good handful of hay for each nest. You will also need flour and water. You will need 2 different sized bowls, dessert bowls or tea cups, depending on the size of your nests. They must fit into each other.

Here's how to do it step by step:

First, prepare the natural paste from 1 part flour and 12 parts water. To do this, mix the water and flour in a small pan, bring to the boil, stirring constantly, remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly.

In the meantime, prepare as many bowls as you want to make nests and some smaller ones for the decoration.

Put the hay in the larger bowl, mix everything well with your natural paste and line the bowls with it.

Then place a smaller bowl or cup in the middle of each one. The denser the layers, the more stable the nests will be, otherwise they will be light and airy - just as you like them.

Now they need to dry for at least 12 hours. We put them on the heater for this. The next day, you can carefully remove the hay nests from the trays and leave them on the heater for a while to dry out.

Now your fantastic and completely natural nests are ready to be filled. Have fun with them!