Tutorial: Nifty Egg Ornaments

I had an absolute blast designing and making these Nifty Egg Ornaments for today's tutorial!!  I tried a couple new techniques and activities and really enjoyed it all sooo much!!  I know you will too if you make these ornaments!!

I'm just going to dive right into the tutorial because I'm just so excited to show you this project, plus I know I'm a little late publishing the post!!  Here we go!!

Step 1: GATHER SUPPLIES

- Eggs

- Ephemera

- Decoupage glue/sealer

- Acrylic craft paint

- Cheesecloth

- Buttons

- Decorative embellishments (lace, ribbon, burlap, etc.)

- Tacky glue

- Sharp, pointy tool (awl or knife)

Step 2: BLOW THE EGGS

Using a very sharp pointy object, like an awl or a paring knife, gently tap a tiny hole in the top.

Flip the egg over and tap a 1/4" hole in the bottom.

While holding the egg over a bowl, place your mouth over the top hole and blow like crazy!!  Push all of the egg out of the shell.

Rinse with water.

Drain and let dry completely!! If you don't let your egg drain and dry 100%, it will leak and mess up your project!!

Step 3: DECOUPAGE EPHEMERA

Out of 5 Nifty Egg Ornaments that I made, I covered 3 with paper. The other 2 I just painted.  If you choose to just paint your eggs, skip this step.

Tear Paper
Tear paper into tiny tiny pieces.
Note: I tore my dictionary pages into a combination of shapes including 1/3" squares, 1/4"x1/2" strips, and small triangles.

Decoupage Paper onto Egg
Using a decoupage glue/sealer, cover the egg in book page pieces.
Let dry.

Step 4: PAINT EGG

Age Paper or Paint Egg

If you covered your egg in paper, use watered-down brown acrylic craft paint to age the egg.

If you're just painting your egg, simply paint your egg using 2 coats of the base color using acrylic craft paint (not watered-down).

Add Center Stripe

Paint a 1"-1.5" wide stripe around the center of the egg in the accent color.

Step 5: ADD CHEESECLOTH

This was one of the new techniques I tried and I know that know many of my projects will incorporate cheesecloth!! This stuff is amazing!!

Cut a small piece of cheesecloth.

Determine where you want your cheesecloth to go.

Decoupage the cheesecloth in place.

Note: Before using my cheesecloth on this project, I tea-stained it to give it an older appearance.

Step 6: ADD CENTER PAPER

Tear 1/4"-1/3" wide strips of dark colored paper.

Decoupage them around the center of your painted center stripe.

Note: This layer of paper is so that the next layer will stand out nicely.

Step 7: ADD FOCAL

Glue or decoupage your focal strip around the very center of the egg.

Note: You can use sooo many different things for the focal!!  I used ribbon, lace, sheet music, burlap, and more!!

Step 8: ADD HANGER

Make Hangers

Find buttons that have a concave top to them.

Feed 1/8" satin ribbon through the button holes from back to front.  The front will not show when finished!

Note: I used buttons that matched the painted center stripe.

Attach Hanger

Glue the button, top side down on the very top of your egg.

Let dry.

FINISHED!!

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I don't mean to brag, but isn't that one of the coolest ornaments ever?!?  I hope you enjoy making these as much as I did!!

Thanks for reading!!  Until next time...