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Paper Mache Easter Eggs

29th March, 2010 - Posted by katherine - 2 Comments

I saw this craft idea in the Martha Stewart magazine (a little embarrassing, but I love me some Martha) and wanted to try it out using some old gift wrap, and something more environmentally friendly than mod podge.

Since I save any wrapping paper I get when people give presents to me or my husband, I had this gold and purple tissue paper on hand…
and I used a mixture of flour and water rather than mod podge – usually 2 parts water to 1 part flour works well.  I used the purple tissue paper for the first layer (the inside of the egg), some strips of ads from my Martha Stewart magazine for the middle layer, and the gold tissue paper for the 3rd layer.

The flour ended up showing on the surface of the eggs – I’m not sure if mod podge would have shown up less. But if you tried to make eggs using the off-white paper shown in the magazine, the flour probably wouldn’t show as much on the surface anyway. This was a fun project and it would be fun to do with children, and then have them set their eggs out for the Easter bunny to fill.

Rather than filling any baskets or eggs with that green plastic fake grass, try using shredded paper, which is what I am going to use. Check back on Easter Monday and I’ll have a picture of the egg in all its chocolate filled glory – like I said, it would be a good project to try with kids, and will look festive filled with candy, but mine didn’t turn out as pretty as the ones from the magazine.