Painting Easter Eggs
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.
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
Steps
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DIY Easter Eggs // Overview
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Collect all items and let's start!
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DIY Easter Eggs // Step 1
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Mask the desired pattern on the cardboard egg (in our example, a diagonal area).
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DIY Easter Eggs // Step 2
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Paint the masked area.
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DIY Easter Eggs // Step 3
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Allow the paint to dry and remove the masking tape.
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DIY Easter Eggs // Step 4
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Now, mask a second diagonal area.
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DIY Easter Eggs // Step 5
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Color the area with the silver paint.
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DIY Easter Eggs // Step 6
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Allow to dry and remove the masking tape.
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DIY Easter Eggs // Step 7
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Cover the borders of the egg halves with the Deco Tape in order to hide the white edge. Bend the protruding part inward.
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DIY Easter Eggs // Step 8
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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.
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DIY Easter Eggs // Step 9
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Decorate the upper egg half with a small branch and a feather.
