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DIY Easter Decoration

Painting Easter Eggs

The perfect wrapping for an Easter gift? A lovingly decorated cardboard egg! These DIY Easter decorations not only look good; they also make ideal presents for your guests - even without filling.

Level of difficulty Original & quick
Duration 20

We need:

Cardboard eggs (blanks to be filled) gray silk paper scissors brush craft paint in pink, gray and silver feathers and small branches for decoration tesa® Deco Tape, tesa® Masking Tape PERFECT 50 m x 19 mm

How we do it:

DIY Easter Eggs // Overview
01

Collect all items and let's start!
DIY Easter Eggs // Step 1
02

Mask the desired pattern on the cardboard egg (in our example, a diagonal area).
DIY Easter Eggs // Step 2
03

Paint the masked area.
DIY Easter Eggs // Step 3
04

Allow the paint to dry and remove the masking tape.
DIY Easter Eggs // Step 4
05

Now, mask a second diagonal area.
DIY Easter Eggs // Step 5
06

Color the area with the silver paint.
DIY Easter Eggs // Step 6
07

Allow to dry and remove the masking tape.
DIY Easter Eggs // Step 7
08

Cover the borders of the egg halves with the Deco Tape in order to hide the white edge. Bend the protruding part inward.
DIY Easter Eggs // Step 8
09

Fold the silk paper to a narrow band and cut off fine strips using the scissor; unfold the paper and slightly crumple it. Use this "Easter grass" to fill the lower egg half.
DIY Easter Eggs // Step 9
10

Decorate the upper egg half with a small branch and a feather.