Brighten a clutch of undyed eggs with stylized patterns from paper napkins.
No need for meticulous cutting: A loose trim around the designs will do, as the napkins' edges will blend into the eggshells.
Chipboard baskets, packed with the colorful creations and holiday sweets, are decorated with coordinating tags.
Blow Out Eggs
1. Pierce both ends of a raw egg using the tip of a sharp craft knife. Twist knife gently in holes to widen them slightly, with bottom hole a bit larger.
2. Poke a straightened paper clip into the larger hole; pierce yolk, and stir.
3. Hold egg, larger hole down, over a bowl. Insert the tip of a rubber ear syringe (available at drugstores) into smaller hole. Blow air into egg to expel its contents. Rinse egg with warm water; drain. Blow air into egg again. Let dry.
Paper-Napkin Decoupage How-To
1. Trim loosely around the designs on a white napkin using small scissors. Separate printed top layer; discard lower sheets.
2. Coat part of a blown-out white egg (or a white paper tag) with Mod Podge using a small brush. Apply 1 cutout design to egg (or tag); smooth with brush. Let dry. Repeat, adding designs as desired.
3. Apply Mod Podge with a medium brush to entire egg (or tag). Let dry.
Decoupage Tools and Materials
Small, sharp scissors
Patterned white paper napkins (we used Summer Hamptons Lunch Napkins No. 4873, $5.95 per set of 20, by Paper Products Design, from platesandnapkins.com and Cherry-Blossom paper napkins in sky blue No. 004817, $6.25 per set of 20, from asianideas.com
Mod Podge glue sealant (matte finish: No.19574255), by Plaid, from createforless.com, or similar decoupage glue
Small and medium craft brushes with noncolored handles
Blown-out eggs
Optional for Display
Paper tags
Mini baskets, from dcccrafts.com and 3/8-inch reed handles (No. 1038F), frombasketmakerscatalog.com
Wood filler
Easter grass in Cappuccino (No. GR009), $3 per 3 ounces, from blumchen.com
Where can you find just the cardboard baskets? i can only find them in a set of 3, no singular.
Where can I find the chipboard baskets in this craft?
If the article is read correctly by the reader - these are decorative eggs - the key words are as follows - Blow air into egg to expel its contents. Rinse egg with warm water; drain. Blow air intoart.com: I Have had eggs that I Blew OUT for more than 20 years! Hopes this helps.
I can't imagine eating the eggs that have been at room temp for so long, being cooled after cooking, and then dyed and dried and handled, then displayed. I accidentally packed one last year. Not a happy smell when I opened that box! I say blow them out raw or use plastic eggs. Filling them with chocolate to eat later, seems scary, too. I can never get the raw egg to rinse out that well from the little holes.
Because they come out so pretty, why eat them??? Keep them year after year..I have been making eggs since I was a kid and enjoyed making them with my chidlren. Now I share this with my 3 grand-children. I recently moved and while packing found a once hard boiled egg my son decorated. It was so beautiful that I kept it all these years (my son is now 30!) Unfortunatley while unpacking the same egg to celebfrate our 1st Easter in our new house, it slipped and broke. Luckily it was so hard tha
I think "Micheals" has imitation plain white eggs, that have the same feel and weight as a real egg, even down to the texture. They would cirtainly be more durable and you wont have to use up real eggs.
I had the same thought about using hard-boiled eggs, but Mod Podge is very tough when it dries. I think it would be almost impossible to break and peel the eggs at all, and you'd almost certainly end up with little bits of glue mixed in.
My mother and I have done this since the 70's with Easter and Christmas using egg and ornament shaped Styrofoam., Then we added extra fine clear or colored glitter with mod podge after the napkin layer has dried. Great fun with children, but can also look decorative in an antique basket or bowl.
I have done eggs like this, you really should blow out the egg first! You can see mine at hddgrooming.blogspot.com I do love Marthas eggs!!
I LOVE doing paper napkin eggs! I blow them out before I collage them! You can see them at hddgrooming.blogspot.com Martha has some great ideas!
Hello, I had de same question as Sophielia. I askt Martha and got de following answer.
We don't recommend eating eggs which have been covered with glue and paper. In any case, since these eggs can take some time to create, it would make sense to want to keep them from year-to-year.
We hope this helps.
Sincerely,
MSLO Customer Relations
The Mod Podge website (www.plaidonline.com) says it's non-toxic. Not an expert, but I'm guessing it woudn't penetrate the shell anyway. Just watch for any that drips through holes in ends of egg.
Is it possible to make these eggs in hard boiled form? Is it because of the decoupage that they aren't food safe?
I saw a recipe for chocolate eggs that used blown eggs filled with tempered chocolate. Would it be possible to use these shells for a project like that as a nice variation?
I guess my main question is, does anyone know if decoupaged eggs are food safe?