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Decoupage Eggs

Posted 2014-03-17 by Jane Street ⇒ follow
Create some pretty decoupage eggs to display at Easter time. I covered cheap plastic eggs bought at a craft shop but you could also blow real eggs as a start point. To cover the eggs, you can use any thin paper or tissue paper.



Materials
  • Plastic eggs (or blow real eggs to get a delicate hollow shell)
  • Colourful or patterned thin paper (e.g. wrapping paper, tissue paper or decoupage paper - the thinner the better). I tried different types of paper for my eggs and my favourite was this lovely Caroline Gardner black, red and green tissue paper
  • PVA white glue
  • Water
  • Brush
  • Varnish (optional)

    • Cheap fillable plastic eggs ready to cover


    Method
  • Make up a paste of 50:50 PVA glue and water.

    • PVA glue and water mixed into a paste


  • Tear the tissue paper or thin wrapping paper into small pieces.



  • Cover the egg with glue paste and stick the small pieces of paper over the egg. Add more paste on top as you go. It will dry clear.





  • Once the egg is completely covered, seal with another layer of glue paste and leave to dry. You can use a cardboard tube on it's end as a stand to balance the egg on while it dries.
  • Once dry, you can add another layer of paste as a varnish if needed. For a really glossy finish, cover with gloss varnish.

    • I added some gloss varnish. I cut a cardboard tube into rings as a stand whilst the eggs dried




    The eggs look pretty displayed in a simple bowl and brighten up any table or shelf around Easter time.

    Categories
    #Easter
    #Egg
    #Decoupage
    #Decoration
    #Tissue_paper
    #Wrapping_paper
    #Craft
    #Paper
    #Table_decoration

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