How To Make DIY Decoupage Easter Eggs

Are you ready for DIY Easter Eggs Inspiration? Here are some DIY decoupage Easter Eggs ideas that you can make now to use for Spring decorating.

This post includes DIY tutorials for making eggs and how you can use them to decorate for the Easter Holidays.

These easy-to-make unique Easter eggs are budget friendly because you can use Dollar Tree eggs and cover them with scape paper, napkins, scrap fabric, etc.

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Where Can You Get Your Eggs?

Here are some budget-friendly options if you want to make some DIY Easter Eggs.

• Large Plastic Eggs or Small Plastic Eggs
• Foam Eggs – 40 pieces – great deal
• Boiled Real Eggs
• Wooden Eggs

I have used a combination of Dollar Tree plastic and foam eggs to make the eggs I’m sharing with you today. However, the prices were better at Amazon if you need several eggs.

You can also use real hard-boiled eggs if you are not planning to save your project for another year. However, I prefer to keep my projects, and the faux eggs are budget-friendly.

In addition to the eggs, you will need:

• Napkins – Bird Napkins, Floral Pink Napkins, or your choice
• Mod Podge
• Small Paint Brush
• Toothpicks or chopsticks
• Jute Twine
• Old Book Pages or scrap paper

Napkin Decoupage Easter Eggs

This option has unlimited possibilities. You can find so many great napkin choices to use for your decoupage Easter eggs.

Today I’m using bird napkins and foam eggs for this tutorial.

Prepare the Napkins

Begin by separating the three-ply napkins. You only want the top layer with the print.

You can use a piece of tape and apply it to the backside of the napkin. You can easily pull the layers apart with this technique.

Next, you will need to cut the napkin into smaller pieces. The smaller the eggs, the smaller you want your napkin pieces.

I cut around the birds so they would be the focus once applied to the eggs.

Apply the Napkin Decoupage to the Eggs

It is best to work in small sections when applying the napkin.

Begin by adding mod podge with a brush to a section of the egg, which is approx. the size of your largest napkin piece.

Then spread the napkin over the mod podge.

Gently smooth the napkin with your fingers to apply it as evenly as possible. Don’t worry if you have some wrinkles.

Continue to smooth the napkin by applying more mod podge with a small brush.

You can use the brush to adhere the napkin and smooth wrinkles. However, be gentle because the napkin can rip easily.

How to Hold the Easter Egg While Applying Napkin

You will learn quickly that you can’t hold the Easter Egg in your hand and continue to apply the napkin.

I added a toothpick to the foam napkins after one side was completed.

This allowed me to finish applying the napkin without damaging the finish.

If you are working with plastic or wooden eggs, you should decide how you can hold the egg before beginning.

Allow To Dry

Finally, stand the DIY Easter Eggs in styrofoam using toothpicks, allowing them to dry for approximately 1 hour.

Decoupage Plastic Eggs

There are a few things to consider if you decoupage plastic eggs.

First, you should use wooden chopsticks or skews to hold the egg firmly.

Most plastic eggs will have a hole that can be enlarged to accommodate a chopstick or ice pick.

In addition, for smaller eggs, you should cut the napkin into smaller pieces to allow for easy wrapping.

Also, I’d like to point out that the color of the egg will show through most napkins. If you are using multicolored eggs, you may want to paint them solid before beginning.

Otherwise, the same techniques apply.

Scrap Paper or Book Page Easter Eggs

Another fun way to decoupage Easter Eggs is using old book pages or scrap paper.

For this DIY Easter Egg, you can cut the book pages with pinking shears or rip the pages into strips.

Because the paper is much heavier than the napkin decoupage, you will want to apply a heavier coat of mod podge to each egg.

Then, wrap the paper pieces around the egg in multiple directions, applying more mod podge as you go.

Once the egg is covered with paper, wrap jute twine around it to secure it.

Finally, apply a coat of mod podge over the twine to adhere.

How to Decorate with Decoupage Easter Eggs?

First, I love how the bird eggs turned out. They are such a fun addition to this hurricane candleholder.

I added a mix of large and small eggs to the candleholder.

The floral napkin decoupage Easter eggs look great hanging from tree branches or these moss stems.

To begin, I added the book page decoupage Easter eggs to the bunny dish.

Rudy says, “It’s already EASTER!?”

Then I remembered the DIY book page paper roses and decided to make a vignette with the eggs and one of the roses.

Which do you like the best?

I hope you enjoyed these DIY Easter Egg tutorials.

As you can tell, many options exist to create one-of-a-kind Decoupage Easter Eggs. You have to be cautious because this project can be slightly addicting. LOL

Additional Decoupage Ideas

Here are some other decoupage tutorials you may enjoy.

• Easy DIY Gift Ideas
• Napkin Decoupage Christmas Ornaments
• How To Make A Distressed Napkin Decoupage Lamp
• Napkin Decoupage Dollar Tree Pumpkins
• Recycled Tin Can Spring Centerpiece

Plus…. don’t miss this Easy Easter Wreath DIY Tutorial.

I look forward to sharing my next adventure with you.

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