Marbled Easter Egg Craft

Try a non-traditional approach to decorating eggs this year with a marbleizing technique on eggs that you can use year-after-year. This Marbled Easter Egg Craft is a fun way to learn how to make Easter eggs that really make a statement. Easter eggs give you an excuse to test out a new technique and learn new skills. You can use so many colors to make these eggs and display them on your table for a fun touch of spring. Learn how to decorate Easter eggs using this technique and then create a variety of marbled paint crafts after that. This fun and easy Easter project will surely inspire you to craft all year long.



Materials:

• Americana Multi-Surface Acrylics:
  • Shrimp
  • Peach Silk
  • Chick
  • Soft Jade
  • Overcast
  • Battleship
  • Cotton Ball
  • Pink Cadillac
  • Flamingo
  • Poppy
  • Orange Sherbet
  • Muted Gold
  • Coastal Waters
  • Deep Turquoise
  • Lavender Fields
  • Iris
  • Melonball 
• Water container
• Palette or plastic plate
• Paper towels
• Toothpicks
• #12 flat brush
• Palette knife
• Small squeegee
• Shaving cream
• Baking sheet
• Papier-mâché eggs

Instructions:

1. Start with papier-mache eggs.
    
2. Use a #12 flat brush to mix Cotton Ball 1:1 with each of these colors separately: Lavender Fields, Pink Cadillac, Orange Sherbet, Coastal Waters, Chick, and Melonball.
    
3. Rinse brush between colors and at the end.
    
4. For pink eggs: spray shaving cream onto the baking sheet and smooth it with the squeegee.
   
   
    
5. Pour out three contrasting colors. (I used Chick, Iris, and Flamingo.)
   
   
    
6. Use a toothpick to swirl the colors to look marbled. (Don't swirl too much; you do not want them to become muddy.)
   
   
    
7. Roll the egg across the paint, making sure you cover the egg completely.
   
   
    
8. Immediately use a palette knife to scrape off shaving cream, leaving just the paint on the eggs. Wash and dry the baking sheet and palette knife.
    
9. On blue eggs, I used Peach Silk, Deep Turquoise, and Chick.
   
   
    
10. Pour out the three colors and lightly swirl with a toothpick.
    
    
     
11. Roll eggs around and make sure they are fully covered.
    
    
     
12. Scrap off the shaving cream with a palette knife, leaving paint on the egg. Wash and dry cookie sheet and palette knife.
     
13. For purple eggs, I used Iris, Coastal Waters, and Battleship. Spray the shaving cream onto the baking sheet and smooth it out with a squeegee.
    
    
     
14. Pour out the three colors and lightly swirl with a toothpick.
    
    
     
15. Roll an egg around in the shaving cream and then immediately scrape off with a palette knife, leaving just the paint on the egg. Wash and dry the baking sheet and palette knife.
    
    
     
16. Repeat the marbling steps (3-7) on the yellow egg using: Poppy, Soft Jade, and Overcast.
    
    
     
17. Roll the egg in shaving cream and immediately scrape off with a palette knife. Wash and dry the baking sheet and palette knife.
    
    
     
18. Repeat the marbling steps (3-7) on the green egg using: Deep Turquoise, Muted Gold, and Overcast. Wash and dry the baking sheet and palette knife.
    
    
     
19. Repeat the marbling steps (3-7) on the orange egg using: Peach Silk, Shrimp, and Soft Jade. Wash and dry the baking sheet and palette knife.
    
    

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