How to Make ~ Decoupage Eggs

With Easter mere weeks away, I thought I would share this delightful craft tutorial with you, just in case you felt inclined to decorate your home for this lovely occasion and have some fun crafting while you’re about it!

While I do not embrace the world’s view of Easter, choosing rather to dwell on the real reason for celebrating, I do however, enjoy doing a few Easter inspired crafts, baking some yummy treats and the great excitement of an Easter egg hunt which has been a tradition in our home for as long as I can remember…

Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer;

Death is strong, but Life is stronger;

Stronger than the dark, the light;

Stronger than the wrong, the right…

~ Philips Brooks, “An Easter Carol”

This lovely craft is perfect for that evening when you‘re feeling somewhat creative, and a wonderful bonus is that you will have plenty of eggs for the next morning’s breakfast…what could be more delightful…?

How about some delicious French toast, my friends…?

On searching the web, I was greeted by such mouth-watering recipes that I was quite spoilt for choice!

After some consideration, I decided that a simpler one would be just right, for when one is cooking for a family such as ours, a fancy breakfast of gourmet French toast takes quite some time to prepare!

I settled on this one – it was not too exotic, yet different from our usual recipe and both enjoyable to make and eat! 

  Delicious buttermilk French toast… 

Now, shall we begin our crafting session…?

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To make decoupage eggs you will need…

 

Fresh eggs…

 

Pretty paper napkins…

You will also need some Modge Podge, Decoupage varnish and a sharp tool to make a hole in each egg…

 Using a sharp tool such a corkscrew, start by making a little hole in the bottom of each egg…

 

It is really not as difficult as it may sound, simply make a hole and use the tips of your finger to peel away a little of the shell to form a 1cm hole…

Use a skewer to pierce the yolk, then turn the egg upside down and remove all the contents by shaking – this is rather enjoyable!

Rinse the egg out thoroughly with clean water.

Immerse the eggs in a solution of 100g salt to 1 litre water for 30 minutes, filling them up so that they sink.

Shake the water out and rinse the shells in clean water. 

Leave to dry completely.

Now cut or tear small pieces from a paper napkin... 

What we found, was that it was better to tear or cut out an individual design such as a flower or a butterfly than to just use random pieces, as the result is much more effective and pleasing to the eye…

Coat the top half of the egg in Modge Podge and apply a small piece of paper napkin, coating it in another layer of Modge Podge to ensure it adheres smoothly onto the egg.  Work in small stages…

 

Note:  It is a good idea to first cover the egg in the white paper part of the napkin before doing a second layer of the actual design so that the colour of the shell doesn’t shine through the thin paper…

It is best to leave the first half of the egg to dry completely before attempting to decoupage the other half…

The wet paper napkin also sticks to fingers very easily and will make the egg look tacky if touched.

Once dry, repeat the process on the bottom half of the egg and again allow to dry completely.

Coat the egg in a decoupage varnish or another layer of Modge Podge and leave to dry overnight.

…And there you are!  Just look at your beautiful creations!

Now you can use your pretty eggs to decorate your home!

We popped our pretty eggs in the beautiful crocheted baskets Nancy made for us – do keep an eye out on Heartmade for more on these lovelies!  

Oh, and I have a lovely idea up my sleeve for using these decoupage eggs in your home, which I will share with you very soon, so stay tuned!

“I am the resurrection and the life:  he that believeth in me, though her were dead, yet shall he live.  And whoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.”

~ John 11:25

This idea has been adapted from Your Family Magazine, April 2015

Happy Monday, friends! 

Thank you so much for visiting today ~ I do hope you enjoy some lovely Easter crafting, and do feel welcome to pop any questions you may have in the comment box below!

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