How To Make DIY Decoupage Easter Eggs

Are you ready for DIY Easter Eggs Inspiration? You can make high-end designer Easter Eggs with these decoupage techniques. See options for using old book pages to decoupage Dollar Tree eggs and easy napkin and fabric decoupage ideas. Here are some DIY decoupage Easter Egg decoupage ideas that will make your home look stylish and high-end this Spring.

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

These easy-to-make unique Easter eggs are budget-friendly because you can use old plastic Easter eggs or inexpensive Dollar Tree eggs. It doesn’t matter if they are faded or scratched because you will cover them with scrap 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
• Recycle Eggs -If you have old Easter eggs from previous years, they work great.
• Foam Eggs – 40 pieces – a great deal
• Boiled Real Eggs
• Wooden Eggs

I made the eggs I’m sharing with you today using a combination of old plastic eggs and new foam 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; the faux eggs are budget-friendly.

In addition to the eggs, you will need:

• Napkins – Bird Napkins, Floral Pink Napkins, or your choice. Here is a hydrangea napkin that I love.
• 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 egg decoupage.

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

When applying egg decoupage, it’s 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.

Scrap Paper or Old Book Page Easter Eggs

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

To make old book page Easter Eggs, I recommend cutting the book pages with pinking shears or riping the pages into strips. For this project, I recycled some old Easter Eggs that we no longer use. Even if they are slightly damaged, it doesn’t matter because the paper will cover any imperfections.

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 Use Scrap Fabric To Decoupage Eggs

If you have scrap fabrics or want to purchase fun calico prints, you can create some amazing Easter Eggs to display around your home. The process is similar to the paper eggs because you cut the fabric into strips before applying it to the eggs and adhering them with Mod Podge. To see the full tutorial, which includes another scrap fabric egg design, read: Two Scrap Fabric Easter Egg Decor Ideas: Easy, No-Sew Spring Crafts.

How to Decorate with Decoupage Easter Eggs?

Decoupage Easter Eggs are so fun to scatter around the house for Easter Decorating.

First, I love how the bird eggs turned out, and they really brighten the coffee table centerpiece. They add a stylish touch to this thrifted hurricane candleholder.

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

The floral napkin decoupage Easter eggs would also look great in a bowl or jar. However, their delicate design will look amazing hanging from tree branches or moss stems.

The more rustic old book page Easter Eggs were first added to a bunny dish on the porch coffee table.

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.

I used the scrap fabric eggs to decorate above the DIY Moss Easter Bunnies on my front porch this year.

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 addictive. LOL

Resources

Here are the resources for egg decoupage. Click for details.

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
• Upcycle Thrift Store Ginger Jar with Blue and White Chinoiserie Napkins

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

I look forward to sharing my next adventure with you.

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