The girls had a busy day today painting doll size mini wooden Easter eggs ready for Easter. They found lots of ideas on Pinterest and decided that they wanted to give it a go. They thought you might like to try decorating some mini wooden Easter eggs too; they’ve shared how they painted them below, so why not give it a go today!
What you’ll need
- Mini wooden Easter eggs (we found ours at Cloud Craft )
- Acrylic paints (assorted colours – it’s up to you – remember you can always mix primary colours to get the colours you want)
- Sharpies (if you want to add some details but don’t fancy painting)
- Varnish (not essential but gives a shiny finish)
- Foil gilding flakes (again not essential unless you want to make eggs with a gilt effect)
- Paint brushes
How to paint your Easter eggs
Time needed: 15 minutes.
- Design
Sketch some designs on paper so you know what you want to do. As the eggs are small, keep it simple.
- Transfer design
Draw you designs onto the egg in pencil if necessary (helpful for stripes).
- Paint
Mix up your paint colours and paint your designs. If you’re adding detail on top of a main colour (i.e. spots) then make sure your main colour dries first. We hung them up to dry using tiny pegs!
- Add foil flakes
If you want to add foil flakes, add your base colour, then add the flakes using a dry paintbrush when the paint is still wet. You just have to press the flakes into the paint to make them stick.
- Varnish
Once the paint has dried you can add a varnish and admire your handiwork!
“We had great fun decorating our wooden Easter eggs – we hope you did too? Let us know how you got on by commenting below – we love hearing from you!”
Grace and Aura
If you want to make an Easter basket you can find instructions here
To make a Bunny ear headband, follow this link
