Easter Finery Eggs
Dress your Easter eggs up in style this year. Bright pigments and decorative paper create these fashionable Easter decorations. These Easter egg ideas are a stunning solution to any of your Easter decorating woes. Brightly colored and classy enough for any abode, the Easter Finery Eggs are relatively simple to make and easily add flair to any spring display. These Easter egg crafts require tissue paper and just a little bit of patience. By adhering pretty pastel papers to plain eggs, you create a delicate DIY craft that can be embellished in any way you choose.
Materials List
- STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam: (2) 4" eggs, Block, Sheet or other scrap
- Pearlescent pigments: purple, mint green
- Matte finish gel medium
- White tissue paper
- Decorative papers: pink paisley, pink stripe, sage green
- Grosgrain ribbon, assorted widths
- Assorted embellishments: ribbon buckles, word dangles, brads, stickers
- Wood pick, chop stick or other pointed tool
- Paintbrush
- Scissors
- Craft knife
- Ruler
- Small, disposable bowl
- Thick, white craft glue
How to Make Easter Eggs
Instructions
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Insert wood pick into side of egg and use as a handle. Tear tissue paper intosmall, irregular pieces. Mix 3 tablespoons gel medium with 1/8 teaspoon desired pigment. Brush a generous amount of mixture onto foam egg, apply a torn piece of tissue paper, and brush more pigment mixture over the paper. Continue until egg is covered. Insert wood pick into foam block, and let egg dry thoroughly.
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Cut pink paisley and sage green papers into 3/8" x 12" strips. Add buckles to strips and wrap strips around eggs, covering holes made by wood picks. Adhere with thick, white craft glue (optional: hold strips in place with straight pins till glue dries).
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Continue decorating eggs with paper strips and ribbons, adding other embellishments as desired.
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