Welcome to my second post dedicated to prim Easter decor!
I am slowly adding to my Easter centerpiece and taking you along for the ride.
If you missed the Jute Carrot tutorial check it out HERE.
After the carrots, my focus went to eggs. Above you will see three “varieties” of eggs. Here’s how you can get the look too.
The eggs were purchased from a dollar store, in 3 different sizes, plenty for crafts and a future egg hunt for my kiddos.
I prepped all of the eggs the same before decorating them.
First, separate the top and bottom by cutting the little strip of plastic that holds them together.
I also trimmed the excess plastic around the seam using a sharp detailing knife.
These eggs are prepped and ready for their Primitive transformation!
1) Paper Mache Painted Egg
Paper mache ….again? I can’t help myself, it’s fun and messy and CHEAP! If you have never done paper mache before, I explain it in a little more detail in another post here.
The small egg on the left is my favorite because it was done by my very prissy three-year-old. She finished one and had to wash her hands immediately. She started calling my craft “yucky mache”. LOVE her!
Once it is dry, grab the paint of your choice to add color. Latex or Acrylic paints can be used. I used my left over Latex oops paint from Home Depot. I thinned it with a few drops of water first.
Paint, let dry and you are done!
2) Book Page Egg
I used the same paper mache concept except used pages torn from the Twilight series Breaking Dawn. For those of you gasping in disgust, I found a copy for 30 cents at the thrift store, it doesn’t symbolize any dislike for the series (actually liked it).
FYI, my future paper mache projects will be made using torn pages from my military CDC’s (Career Development Course). The AF killed a tree printing out the 10 volumes for me…multiple times. Don’t ask me why I still have them, maybe it’s the secret hoarder in me.
The pages from Breaking Dawn were very bleached, new looking. I aged them a bit by staining with coffee.
3) Palm Leaf Eggs
I wanted to incorporate SOME color into my Easter centerpiece…and I took inspiration from Palm Sunday. I have a palm tree in my home so I used REAL leaves but fake would probably be easier to work with. Did you get a lot of palm leaves from church? This can also be a project for that as well.
Prep your eggs as you would for paper mache. I used green eggs…but since the eggs were completely covered, it doesn’t really matter. I trimmed the these from the bottom leaf of my tree because it was due to be trimmed off anyway.
I started gluing from the middle all around the egg then glued the top. I wrapped one around the middle because I had extra leaves to use.
As it ages and dries the color will soften but I love how it brings an accent of color to the decor without overpowering it. What do you think?
Do you have other ways to decorate Plastic Easter eggs that you would like to share? Comment below with you pictures or links. Decorate on ya’ll!
