Easter Egg Decoration

I can't believe its that time of year again, it came around so fast!  I love the spring and this year I decided to add to the cheer by decorating some eggs and making my own Easter wall-hanging decoration.

The eggs were part of an Easter art gift set to my son last year which he never got around to completing so I felt obliged not to leave them there another year undone.

There was already drawings printed on the eggs and for two of them, as you can see, I just painted the eggs and coloured in the drawing using some felt tip pens.

For the second two however, I covered over the drawings with some chalk paint and decorated them using ribbon and some fancy silver sticky tape.  I added some coloured ribbon for hanging and then made the Happy Easter plaquette.  I added some hooks for hanging the eggs and a chick which I painted yellow.  I'm really pleased with the way it all turned out and this little decoration can be used year after year!

Thanks for dropping by, I hope you try some of your own - its easy!

Bye for now

Easter Eggs - Découpaged & Painted

Easter is not Easter without a few painted eggs and this year is no exception.  I went the extra mile with these ones adding 3D paint, découpage, bows, and finally glitter sealant.  I think they'll look pretty as a centrepiece on my table or sideboard to celebrate the coming of the Easter Bunny!

All eggs can be purchased for €5 each - click Here for more details.

Here's what I used if you want to make your own:
Foam eggs
Chalk paint (homemade)
Acrylic paint
3D paint
Découpage cut outs
Mod Podge
Ribbon/bows
Paint brushes (one small, one very small)
Acrylic spray
Straight Pins
Empty cleaned out small yoghurt container

First, take two pins and insert them into the egg on each end so that you have two 'handles'. Believe me, this is an important step and will make decorating your egg much easier as they are light and roll around a lot.

Paint your egg in whatever colour you like - I used neutrals.  To dry, balance them across the top of the yoghurt containers using the pins.  Once completely dry, take your pencil and outline your design around the edge of the egg and then paint over it using the very small paint brush with a colour of your choice in either acrylic, chalk or 3D paint. Again, place back onto the yoghurt container to dry.  Next choose your découpage cut outs and very carefully, using the mod podge and the bigger brush, paste them onto the egg on each side.  Back to the yoghurt container to dry again for a while and then another coat of mod podge (or two).  Last but not least when fully dry, spray with acrylic spray (mine had sparkle).  Alternatively, coat with gloss finish mod podge.

Happy Easter!