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How to Make Decoupaged Easter Eggs

by Kimberly 6 Comments

Do you love the look of watercolor Easter eggs but lack the talent or patience to paint them? Learn how to easily make beautiful faux watercolor eggs by means of decoupaging!

I really love the look of watercolor eggs but did not have the supplies or time to try my hand at them this year. This is definitely something I want to try in the future though! Instead I decided to try something else to recreate the look. Decoupage! It was super simple and effective, in my opinion. Now that you are let in on my secret, I will show you how to make decoupaged Easter eggs too!

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Decoupaging Easter eggs is not a new idea, in fact there are lots of tutorials for it all over Pinterest. However, I had not ever tried it and I am willing to bet that a lot of you have not either. So I figured why not make a tutorial. πŸ™‚

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A Simple and Fun Craft

This was so easy! It would be a perfect craft to sit down and do with your kids. I actually had our youngest son helping with it for a while, but I think he thought it was a little girly with all the flowers. Ha! But you could buy some colorful kid themed supplies and they would turn out so cute!

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It was a fun activity that only took a couple hours. I also painted some of the eggs to match the faux watercolor eggs. I debated painting speckled eggs like I have done in the past, but thought the solid color works well with the patterned eggs.

Supplies to Make Decoupaged Eggs

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  • Paper Napkins – preferably with a watercolored flower look to them and a white background. I found mine at Hobby Lobby but linked out to some others that would work as well.
  • Faux Eggs – you could also use real blown out eggs instead but I wanted something more durable to reuse over the years. I found these eggs at Walmart for a lot cheaper than on Amazon.
  • Mod Podge
  • Scissors
  • Paint Brushes

How to Make Decoupaged Easter Eggs

Your paper napkins will have a couple layers to them, the first thing to do is separate the layers. You only want to work with the patterned layer.

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Next cut out the flowers or designs that you want to put on the eggs. Cut as close to the design as possible. These napkins are Easter themed and had some words on them as well, so I wanted to try putting those on an egg too.

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These particular faux eggs have a bit of a powdery coating on them, so I wiped them all off first. Dry fit your design onto your egg so you know where you want to apply it.

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Using a paint brush, apply some Mod Podge directly onto the egg where the design will go.

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Next gently pat down the paper napkin flower onto the egg.

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Depending on how big your design is, you may end up with some creases and folds in the design. That is okay, just try to smooth these out by sliding your finger over them. Some folds are unavoidable but they will be almost unnoticeable in the end.

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If there are any edges sticking up, just apply some Mod Podge to the egg underneath the edge and paint over it with the paint brush.

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Now apply Mod Podge over the whole design with the paint brush. Don’t worry about the cloudy color, it will dry clear.

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Use your finger to further smooth out any wrinkles and/or folds. If you have a big fold, apply Mod Podge under it so it stays completely folded down.

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Now continue to add the designs to cover the egg. You can place the designs as sparse or dense as you want. I wanted to leave a little white negative space in between my designs so that they resembled painted on images. That’s it! Easy, right?

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I ended up painting the ‘He is Risen’ eggs an ivory color because the part of the napkin where the words were printed was a light yellow color. I did not realize that until after I decoupaged one egg.  For the next egg, I painted it before applying the words and that worked much better! 

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I was also happy to see that the gold lettering still looked shiny after the Mod Podge dried. I think these eggs turned out nice too! 

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What do you think? Are you ready to try this project? 

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Looking for more Easter Inspiration?

Just in case your appetite for more Easter posts is not sated, try checking out these posts:

  • Festive Easter Sweets and Treats
  • DIY Wood Egg Bead Easter Wreath
  • Creative Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs
  • 10 Super Cute Easter Treats

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How cute would these eggs look in a centerpiece on an Easter tablescape with the coordinating napkins on the plates? I may just be using mine that way this Easter! I hope you all have a Blessed Easter!

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  1. Dianne Jenkins says

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    How gorgeous your eggs turned out! How did you get the painted ones so smooth? No brush marks at all?

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    • Kimberly says

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      Thanks Dianne! I used a very soft fine bristled paint brush to paint them with acrylic paint. It spread very easily on these eggs. I was happy with how they turned out too! 😁

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  2. Pam says

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    Those are so gorgeous. I’ve decoupaged before, but not on eggs. The napkins you chose are beautiful.

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    • Kimberly says

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      Thank you Pam! 😊 It was a fun project, you should try it! Happy Easter!

      Reply
  3. Brooke says

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    Are these plastic eggs and did you paint the solid eggs?

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    • Kimberly says

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      Hi Brooke! I found them at Walmart, they are a recyclable egg so they don’t feel like regular plastic eggs. They felt like paper. I did paint the solid eggs as well. πŸ™‚

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