Easter eggs with flowers
Description
Suitable for both holidays and everyday use. Today I want to tell you how to make Easter eggs with flowers. We’ll use the “Decoupage” technique, so popular among crafters. Yes, yes—Easter eggs decorated with various napkin designs turn out not only beautiful but also practical, since you don’t use any chemical dyes. With Easter eggs, we won’t use the usual acrylic sealers, varnishes, and other chemicals. After all, we’ll definitely be eating the eggs, so they should be as harmless as possible. That’s why we’ll use ordinary egg white as both glue and sealer for the decoration. Thin pieces of napkin will stick to it perfectly, and after 5–10 minutes the egg white will dry and won’t be visible. Everything will look very natural and festive. Plus, just look how original the eggs decorated with flowers from napkins turn out. You can also glue other designs onto the eggs—it all depends on which napkins you buy. Well then, let’s get started and create some beauty.
Instructions
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Step 1
Boil the eggs hard in advance. Note: it's easier to work with hot eggs—the white dries faster on them. But if the eggs have already cooled, that's fine; you'll just have to wait longer for the white to dry. I recommend using white-shelled eggs—the result will look nicer.
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Step 2
I use napkins with small and large roses, daisies, and Easter birds. You can use any napkins. They usually have 2 or 3 layers, the top one of which has the design. That is exactly the layer we need. Carefully separate it. With small scissors, cut out the elements you need. Don't try to cut out only the design itself—calmly include the white napkin around it as well; it won't be visible on white eggs.
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Step 3
With a brush, coat the first egg with egg white — this is the base, the primer. Now apply pieces of napkins and dab them with a brush well soaked in egg white. As I already said, it's better to use hot eggs; then the egg white will dry almost instantly and the designs will stick quickly. Decorate all the eggs this way.
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Step 4
I ended up with 7 attractively and charmingly decorated eggs.
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Step 5
I'm sure your guests will be delighted with these Easter eggs. By the way, be sure to get the kids involved in decorating Easter eggs — from age 3–4 they'll happily decorate eggs with cut-out designs, and from age 5–6 they'll be cutting them out themselves!