Easter is the most important day in the Orthodox calendar, celebrated in memory of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Orthodox traditions imply the meeting of this day as a great joy; the main event of this holiday is the solemn services in churches throughout the Christian world. For many, Easter is perceived as a renewal and rebirth of life, symbolized by an egg painted predominantly red. Boiled colored eggs will not delight you with their beauty for a long time, however, DIY Easter eggs can be made from various materials using different types of decor.
Eggs must be on the Easter table; it is also customary to exchange them with each other and christen yourself, congratulating them on the bright holiday. Decorative eggs, pre-painted or not, are perfect for this. You can, of course, decorate boiled Easter eggs with your own hands, but in this case they will be stored much less quickly and you cannot use glue when working with them. If there is a need to decorate such eggs, use natural egg whites and food dyes for fastening - felt-tip pens are now produced on their basis for decorating food products; ready-made Easter sets can be useful.
Painted Easter eggs are becoming a piece of art in the modern world, capable of delighting us for many years as a decoration for the home or on an Easter tree, and are perfect as a gift for loved ones.
DIY Easter eggs. Materials and preparation
So, we will need:
Blanks for eggs - these can be wooden, plastic or foam figures in the shape of eggs, purchased in craft stores. Either chicken egg shells are used;
Primer (in case of using wooden eggs);
PVA glue, acrylic paints, brushes;
Double-sided thin tape;
Scissors, needles, threads, decorative pins;
Acrylic varnish (optional);
All kinds of stickers, floss threads, yarn, ribbons, braid, lace, crushed egg shells, thin fabric, foil, corrugated paper, strips of quilling paper, napkins, wrapping paper, etc.
Various elements for decoration: beads, beads, bows, ribbons, glitters, sequins, rhinestones, buttons, eyes, sequins, flowers, in general, everything that was found at home; You can easily purchase everything in handicraft or sewing accessories stores.
The scope for choice here is unlimited; you can use whatever is at hand, including small pasta, rice, lentils, plasticine, salted play dough and much more. Show your imagination and Easter eggs, made and decorated with your own hands, will definitely delight you and your loved ones on this Bright holiday.
If you were unable to purchase the blanks, you must first prepare the chicken eggs; to do this, you need to rinse them well under water and make two holes; on the sharp side - small, on the rounded side - larger; pierce the yolk with a long needle or shake it and blow out the contents with a straw, you can also use a syringe. Be sure to rinse and dry the blown eggs thoroughly.
Such working material can undoubtedly be damaged, since the shell is very fragile. To maintain the integrity of the shape of the eggs and avoid their cracking, it is recommended to fill the contents with polyurethane foam; this is done from the side of the large hole very carefully until the foam appears through the small one. After that, the workpieces need to be dried and excess foam cut off with a knife. An alternative to polyurethane foam can be wax or any small grain; in general, you can do without filling, being careful when working.
Initially think over the color scheme of your creations, take care of the combination of colors of beads, ribbons, threads, napkins and other things, so that during work you will not be unpleasantly disappointed.
How to decorate Easter eggs - ways.
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Let's look at some of them.
"Mosaic" method
For this you will need small shells of peeled eggs; it is convenient to use the shells of already colored eggs. Glue pieces of different shapes around the circumference of the egg, coat with varnish, and dry. If you used regular white eggs, paint them with acrylic paint in different colors after gluing and drying.
Prepare a small shell, and the background for gluing can be tinted with any acrylic paint and allowed to dry.
Glue the shell, cover with paint, and after drying, secure the result with acrylic varnish.
How to decorate Easter eggs with threads
Do-it-yourself Easter eggs can be decorated with different threads, for example, you can glue floss with contrasting colors in a chaotic manner.
Eggs decorated with silk threads or any knitting threads, especially cotton ones, look great.
First, the thread needs to be secured; on wooden and foam plastic, this can be done using a decorative pin or needle; on ordinary blown ones, you can secure it using a knot on the opposite side from the beginning, or attach the thread to tape or adhesive tape.
At the beginning of work, the thread needs to be secured; you can tie it around a loop, secure it with a bandage or a knot on the sharp side of the egg.
Coat the top of the egg with a small amount of glue and glue the thread in a spiral.
We lay the rings evenly in a spiral, the thread should be slightly taut.
We keep the thread taut all the time with our right hand, and with our left it is convenient to rotate the workpiece, winding the rings. You need to stick them on gradually in small sections, letting them dry to get a neat look without joints or gaps.
Apply glue and thread gradually in small sections so that the glue does not dry out, and the thread, on the contrary, dries out and does not move out.
If you use thin cotton or silk threads, then when you reach halfway, cut the thread, attach it on the blunt side and continue gluing it in a spiral in the opposite direction.
It is convenient to apply the thread in the direction from the ends to the middle
If you could not avoid the formation of joints in the middle, it is convenient to cover it with a ribbon or bow. If there are gaps between the threads, simply glue small pieces of thread.
It’s easy to make such a bow yourself, fold the ribbon and sew on beads, secure it in the center of the egg with glue or thread, this will help hide possible irregularities at the junction. Continue decorating as you wish.
How to decorate Easter eggs in this case? Here, to decorate decorative eggs, it is better to use textile elements: yarn, ribbons, lace, rag flowers, beads, it all depends on your taste and imagination.
Cut several strips of yarn about 6-8 cm long, coat the surface with glue in the shape of a circle, wind the thread in a spiral, glue it, drop glue in the center - pour beads.
Patterns made on top with the same threads, just in different colors, look great.
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Paper, foil, fabric
As has already become clear, you can decorate Easter eggs with your own hands using any available materials, including colored fabric of different textures. It can be pasted as a whole piece, or as separate contrasting strips; Alternatively, you can simply wrap the eggs in beautiful fabric bags, tie them with ribbon, and decorate them with a bow.
Cut the fabric into thin strips along the edges to make gluing convenient, and decorate with ribbon.
It is better to use thin corrugated paper for pasting; a combination of small pieces of different colors looks good.
An interesting option for an Easter souvenir would be an egg decorated using the quilling technique using colored strips of paper. Craftswomen create truly real masterpieces.
You can create fancy designs using Japanese Washi tape, familiar to scrapbooking enthusiasts. Having a huge range of shapes, sizes and prints, it is quite easy to use, you just need to glue the selected elements to the surface.
It is convenient to attach the decor using either glue or thin double-sided tape.
When using foil, it is not at all necessary to use glue; thin foil will keep its shape, so you can decorate boiled eggs with it.
Similarly, any thin foil and candy wrappers, leftover wrapping paper and elements from beautiful gift bags are suitable for decorating eggs. You can also decorate eggs with holiday-themed paper stickers, purchased or found on the Internet and in magazines; paper napkins using decoupage technique.
Decoupage eggs involves gluing small fragments of a design from any napkin onto a surface using glue or egg white, smoothed with a wide brush. If the eggs will not be eaten, you can further decorate them, for example, by sprinkling them with glitter or varnishing them.
Children's Easter crafts
For children's Easter crafts, you can use funny Easter eggs with faces. For children's creativity, the option of using cereals and pasta to decorate Easter eggs is also suitable; it perfectly develops fine motor skills and is natural.
1. Don’t be afraid to experiment - use eyes, yarn, small elements, felt-tip pens in your work - and children’s delight is guaranteed!
"Funny Faces"
2. "Bee"
As a basis, you can take an egg, previously prepared by an adult, wrapped in a spiral with threads of different colors. Add a face and wings and you're done!
3. “Chicken” - finely chop the yellow yarn, coat the egg with glue, roll in the yarn.
The child copes with this task easily and with interest. Perhaps all children love to cut and glue.
Leave to dry and glue on the parts.
Blanks can be prepared from cardboard, painted in the desired colors with gouache. Glue it on PVA and dry it.
Such crafts can decorate the interior of a children's room or become a wonderful gift for grandparents.
How to decorate Easter eggs with ribbons
This decoration option is not particularly complicated, but nevertheless it looks very noble and beautiful.
The prepared dried egg needs to be wrapped with thin double-sided tape; if it is not there, simply secure the selected satin ribbon with a plaster or tape on the sharp part of the workpiece.
Start wrapping it with tape from top to bottom, while pulling the tape well so that it does not move later.
When the entire surface has been covered, cut off the ribbon and secure the tip with a previously prepared needle and thread, preferably in a color that matches the ribbon.
At the same time, we sew on decorative elements (bows, flowers, beads, seed beads), trying so that the seams are not visible.
Beads can simply be poured into the resulting depressions, well coated with glue.
To make the ribbon hold better, you can sew beads over the entire surface of the egg.
As a stand, we take a bottle cap or a thick cardboard ring, wrap it with the same tape and carefully sew it to the product, again sewing on beads and beads along the way.
And of course, traditional methods of decorating eggs, such as dyeing and painting with acrylic paints, will never cease to be relevant. If you have artistic taste and have drawing skills, it is quite possible to paint the egg with paints, adding glitter, contour, sparkles and varnish.
As you can see, making Easter eggs with your own hands is not at all difficult; with a little effort and imagination, we can get a wonderful decoration by laying out or hanging eggs around the apartment, or decorating an Easter tree with them.
Creative success!
Easter tree
The tradition of its creation has long existed in Europe, especially in Austria and Germany, but is gradually moving to us. It symbolizes the Tree of Life and can be represented in any size and shape.
These can be natural and artificial branches of trees and shrubs; willow branches or any flowering trees look beautiful; you can also use indoor flowers.
The tree can be placed in transparent glass vases filled with decorative stones, moss, hay, pebbles, etc. or just water or soil.
If you live in a private house, you can afford to decorate a tree in the yard or in front of the house.
It is good to decorate the Easter tree with flat salted dough eggs, painted to your taste. You can make a great variety of such eggs and involve children in making them and decorating the tree.
In order for the Easter egg to be hung on the branch, you need to make a loop. To do this, preferably before you start decorating it, fold a ribbon or strong thread in half, make a knot, you can put on a bead and thread it through the holes of the eggs. At the bottom you also need to put a bead larger than the hole and secure it with a knot. The remaining ribbon can be cut off or tied with a bow.
For decoration, eggs can simply be wrapped in beautiful napkins, foil, fabric or pre-prepared bags, and tied with ribbon. It is convenient to use holders from Christmas tree decorations by inserting them into the larger hole of the egg and securing the thread.
Create a positive, bright, flowering tree that symbolizes spring and the joy of Easter.
A few days before Easter, it's time to learn about how to decorate a wooden egg with your own hands. There are many special techniques. Below are the simplest and most elegant ones. Try to surprise your loved ones for the holiday!
The best treat for the Holy Resurrection of Christ will be Easter cake prepared according to a special recipe, and one of the most pleasant and interesting gifts for Easter will be various variations of eggs, both real chicken eggs, painted in all the colors of the rainbow, and souvenirs made from a variety of materials that Afterwards they will remain as a present for a long time. So, today we’ll talk in detail about how to decorate wooden Easter eggs.
Braiding an egg with beads
Tools:
- Small tailor's scissors
- fishing line
- Beads of two colors
Step 1
Prepare a wooden blank in the shape of an egg. And all the necessary tools. Come up with a pattern and diagram it on a piece of paper. The diagram will show you how many beads you will need. Typically, the base of most beaded patterns is a circle. Place the required amount of beads on the fishing line. Slide it onto the fishing line using a needle. Follow the diagram. After each row, secure the segments with two knots.
Step 2
To form a new row, thread the needle in the right place, alternating two beads at once and then follow the pattern. In the proposed diagram, the pattern is made in the form of a flower with many petals. When creating petals, for which the base is the first circle, the smallest in size, thread the needle through each bead. In the second round - after a few. To begin with, choose a simple scheme that will be easy for you to understand. Try using two colors.
Step 3
By making three rows of petals, you will have a finished flower that will cover one side of the wooden egg. The same flower from beads can be created for the second side. Mark both sides. If you strictly followed the pattern, they will turn out symmetrical. Next, according to the diagram, connect both flowers in a similar way. It doesn’t matter how many beads you use to connect, the main thing is to follow the rules of symmetry.
Step 4
As a result, you create “honeycombs” between the flowers. At the end, connect the segments with the same honeycomb from the sharp and round sides of the egg. Now you know, how to decorate a wooden egg with beads. Let your imagination run wild! Surely you will have many ideas for decorating your Easter souvenir.
More details about How to decorate an Easter egg with your own hands - in the video.
Decorating an Easter egg with ribbons
Now let's figure it out how to decorate a wooden Easter egg with ribbons.
Tools:
- Wooden blank in the shape of an egg
- Double-sided tape
- Set of ribbons in white, blue and soft green
- Ready-made “stamens” for flowers
Step 1
Cover the wooden base with double-sided tape. Make sure that the tape does not fold into rough folds. Distribute it evenly.
Step 2
Start covering the egg with blue tape, moving from the sharp end in a circle. Fill the entire space with tape, leaving no gaps.
Step 3
After filling the entire surface of the egg with tape, cut the tape and secure it with hot glue. The egg base is ready.
Step 4
Start creating decorative flowers. To do this, cut the white ribbon into cubes no longer than 2 cm. Each piece will become a petal. Carefully and lightly scorch the edges of each piece with the flame of a burning candle. Use a large, thick candle that will burn slowly and evenly. This will make your work easier. In this case, the sides of the segment will take a rounded shape.
Step 5
On the other side of each piece, make a fold in the center. Cut off the excess and burn it. For each flower you will need five white petals.
Step 6
Cut the green ribbon into 2.5 cm long pieces. Fold each piece in half, cut it in the shape of a leaf and singe the edges in the same way with a candle flame. To create the base of the flowers, you will need stamens. You can buy ready-made ones in a specialized store.
Step 7
Collect all parts of the flower. Use a needle to thread all the white petals, sewing each with two stitches. Insert the stamen into the middle of the flower between the petals and tighten the thread well. At the bottom, secure the base again with thread.
Step 8
Glue the flowers onto the egg using the same hot glue. Determine in advance the places where you will glue the flowers. You can change the location later, but it is not advisable for unsightly glue stains to remain.
Step 9
Cut 3 cm long pieces of green ribbon. Roll into envelopes, secure with glue and use to make base petals. This is what the finished egg will look like. More details about this in the video.
P.S. Start preparing Easter souvenirs now! Then you will have time for both trials and errors, about which you should not be upset! Decorate your Easter wooden egg with love and on the Bright Resurrection of Christ give your loved ones a piece of your heartfelt warmth!
Hello, friends! The bright holiday of Easter is approaching.
In this regard, I suggest you stock up on ideas for decorating Easter eggs in unusual ways. Involve children in this process, I’m sure they will be very interested.
I offer you 13 great ideas.
Decorating Easter eggs using decoupage technique
Decoupage works always fascinate with their unusual beauty. You can decorate eggs using this technique.
We will need:
Boiled eggs;
. beaten egg white to replace glue;
. beautiful napkins, the designs of which you will use;
. scissors;
. brush.
This video will help you learn how to decorate eggs using the decoupage technique.
Making such an egg is very simple.
We will need:
Boiled eggs;
. vinegar;
. bright food colors;
. paper napkins.
Place the egg on a napkin, wrap it in it and moisten it with vinegar. Then unfold and apply droplets of different paints to the egg. Don't overdo it, the colors shouldn't mix. Carefully wrap the egg in a napkin again and place it in a dry and warm place. After a few hours, unfold the napkin and get a wonderfully colorful egg.
Decorating Easter eggs using the permanent technique
In my opinion, this is the simplest, but very interesting way to decorate Easter eggs, which children should really like.
We just need white eggs and a permanent marker, or better yet, several different colors so that we can color the egg in all the shades of the rainbow.
Give free rein to your imagination, draw whatever you like.
Decorating Easter eggs with lace
Wrap the egg in lace fabric, collect the excess and tie it so that the lace fits tightly to the egg.
Dip the egg in food coloring for 10-12 minutes, then remove the egg and free it from the lace bag.
Ready! The result is a wonderful, delicate lace pattern!
Decorating Easter eggs with glitter
Color the eggs with food coloring, coat them with half-beaten egg yolk and sprinkle with matching glitter.
You can coat the eggs unevenly, with spots or some shapes.
Imagine with your child, perhaps he will want you to help him make some brilliant inscription on the testicle.
Decorating Easter eggs in color blocking style
You're probably familiar with color blocking, so why not use it to decorate eggs?
We need:
White boiled eggs;
. vinegar;
. bright food colors;
You need to color the eggs as follows. Dip 1/2 or 1/3 of the egg into the dye, wait for it to color, dry it and start coloring the untouched part. You can use multiple colors and color the eggs vertically, horizontally and even diagonally. In order not to hold the egg while it is being colored, you can use baby food jars; they allow you to color the egg by 1/4 or 1/3, depending on the diameter of the neck of the jar.
Decorating Easter eggs with silk
Want to get unusual eggs? Then dye them using silk.
Prepare scraps of silk with different patterns.
Wrap the finished, slightly moist eggs in scraps of silk and tie them with thread so that the fabric does not move. Afterwards, put them in a saucepan with warm water with vinegar added. Cook the eggs over low heat for 30 minutes. Then cool and remove from the fabric.
Decorating Easter eggs with cereals
One of the most troublesome, but very beautiful and original ways to decorate eggs.
We will need various cereals, flour paste, eggs and a brush.
You can easily make your own glue. Stir three tablespoons of flour in one glass of water and place the resulting mixture on the fire. Stirring continuously, bring the mixture to a boil. After cooling, the glue is ready.
Coat the egg with paste and begin decorating with cereals.
You can also use star pasta for decoration, which can be dyed any color using dyes. The result obtained depends only on your imagination.
Decorating Easter eggs with watercolors and pencils
This method is ideal for creativity with children and allows you to make each egg extraordinary.
Paint boiled eggs several times with watercolor paint and dry.
Then take colored pencils and draw whatever you want on the eggs. To fix the resulting beauty, you need to cover the eggs with wax.
And in this video you can see how to make real pysanka eggs
Decorating Easter eggs with stripes
Making a striped egg is quite simple.
Cover the eggs with electrical tape and start coloring.
Use dyes from lighter to brighter and more saturated.
After each painting, remove several strips of electrical tape.
Decorating Easter eggs with gold
To get such fabulous eggs, reminiscent of the fairy tale “The Ringed Hen,” you need to cover them with gold foil.
Wrap dry eggs, pre-coated with glue, in foil and wait until the glue dries. Then remove the excess with a soft cloth or sponge and repeat the procedure in those places where there is no foil.
You should get even golden eggs. For beauty, you can tie them with colored ribbons.
Decoration of Easter eggs - drapanki
In order to make original drapanki eggs, you need to boil them in onion peels and cool.
Afterwards, draw a design on the egg with a sharp pencil.
Using a utility knife or needle, scratch the egg exactly along the lines of the design, thereby removing the paint and leaving white marks.
Decorating Easter eggs using quilling technique
To make such miracle eggs we will need:
Regular eggs;
. special multi-colored strips for quilling, 3 mm wide;
. glue stick;
. a toothpick forked at the tip;
. tweezers.
We twist the strips, give them the desired shape and hold them with tweezers and glue them together. You can see how to do this in this article.
Usually, PVA and instant glue are used for quilling, but since we will be decorating eggs that we will eat later, I advise you to use regular glue with a pencil. It is quite viscous, and it seems to me that it will not have time to be absorbed into the shell before it dries.
I suggest watching the video - “Easter egg using quilling technique”
Happy holiday to you! Love, health, peace and prosperity to your families!
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The tradition of decorating eggs for Easter with your own hands dates back to ancient times. The culture of Easter eggs is widely known, when various signs and symbols were depicted on them, bringing happiness and eliminating evil forces. Currently, there are many materials and options for decorating the Easter symbol. These are paints, lace, natural ingredients and even paper.
Decorating eggs and pysanka culture
Why did the ancients choose the egg as a symbol of Easter? This is due to the fact that in those days people considered it a miracle that a living creature hatched from them. It seems to contain the whole world.
Easter eggs were prepared in advance for some holidays, but mostly they were given as gifts during Easter. Both natural eggs and a dummy made of wood, plaster, etc. could be used as a basis for it. Special signs were applied to the pysanka, which helped protect the family and home from the effects of negative energy. In most cases, these are dots, dashes, circles, and floral patterns.
Usually pysanky were kept in the red corner next to the icons. Gradually the protein in them dried out, and then they were replaced with new ones after Easter. The old eggs were not thrown away, but buried near the house in a place where people do not walk. Naturally, pysanka was a decorative gift and was not eaten. They ate dyed eggs - ordinary colored eggs with simple decoration.
Currently, there is a wide variety of materials for decoration. Eggs are decorated with lace fabrics, paints, paper, natural ingredients (grains, grass, onion peel decoction, etc.).
It was customary to prepare the Easter symbol for the holiday with the whole family, everyone made their contribution to the preparation for this bright religious holiday.
Ideas for decorating eggs for Easter
There are a large number of options for decorating eggs for Easter. Everyone can decorate the Easter symbol as they like. Here are the most popular options for creating paints. It is not necessary to follow them exactly; everyone can create something of their own.
A simple decoration option. All you have to do is buy beautiful stickers and apply them to pre-boiled eggs. You can also use a colored felt-tip pen or marker to make the sticker drawings look more interesting. It is better to use white blanks, since the stickers on them look more interesting. In this case, the egg displays marine motifs.
In this version of making eggs, they turn out to be a little New Year's. To prevent them from deteriorating over time, it is necessary to remove the “filling” from them - the white and the yolk. Then, as shown in the picture, coat them with glue and roll them in glitter. They can be in a variety of shades, whatever you like. You can use not only chicken eggs, but also goose and quail eggs. In an Easter basket, a variety of egg shapes and colors will look unusual.
A nice option for decorating with paint and paper. The eggs need to be boiled in advance, then painted with matte paint that will have good adhesion to glue and paper. You can cut out the flowers yourself, or you can purchase ready-made ones from a scrapbooking store. After painting, the blanks must dry, only then you need to glue paper decorations onto them, so as not to look sloppy, try to maintain an equal distance between the flowers.
Even a small child can handle such decor. To do this, we need multi-colored sugar sprinkles for Easter cakes and pies, and paste. Coat pre-boiled eggs with paste and roll thoroughly in sprinkles. Then let them dry a little. You can use a variety of sprinkles. It comes not only in the form of small peas, but also in the form of stars, rings, etc. This way the craft will turn out to be more interesting and non-standard.
These beautiful Easter eggs are made using the decoupage method. To make them we will need paste, a brush and special napkins for decoupage. They differ from ordinary ones in that they have a softer texture and are distributed more evenly over the workpiece. You need to prepare a paste from corn starch, then apply it to the egg, and carefully stick the napkin with a brush. Then you need to apply varnish on top to fix the pattern and let the craft dry, for this it is necessary that they are in a vertical position.
An excellent option for decorating with decorative multi-colored ribbons. They must be wrapped tightly around the egg and secured at the top with thread or glue. The bow on top can be decorated with beads, multi-colored stones or sparkles. Stands are purchased at specialized art stores.
This is a fairly simple option. We will need food coloring, paints and colored stickers. First, you need to boil the eggs, then dip them while still warm in pre-diluted food coloring, and then apply paint or stickers to your liking.
A beautiful, but labor-intensive option for creating paint. Decorated Easter eggs look very festive in their lace bags. To create such a decor, you need time and special patterns for knitting lace. Often such Easter eggs are presented to family and friends. Such eggs can also be seen at exhibitions.
Another option for creating a lace egg bag along with a knitting pattern. You can choose any one you like, and also make your own rationalization changes to existing schemes.
Non-standard decoration option. It is somewhat reminiscent of decorating using decoupage. It is necessary to cut the pages of old magazines into thin strips, then boil the paste, apply it to the egg, and glue these strips using a brush or soft cloth. After the blanks have dried, they can be decorated with lace ribbons, decorative pendants, etc. In order for the Easter symbol to be varied, with this decoration option, use clippings from different magazines, maybe even foreign ones. Use only the font, do not touch the pictures.
An interesting way to decorate eggs. Here you can show all your imagination. For this, colors and the desire to create are enough. You can put a floral ornament on the shell, you can depict animals and birds on them, houses - whatever your heart desires. In order for the design to last longer, you can cover the workpiece with a layer of varnish on top.
Here, you first need to dip the eggs in food coloring, dry them, and then glue paper tape with a flower onto the shell. You can purchase it at any scrapbooking store or make it yourself. Hand-made, such flowers will look even more interesting.
Each egg can be used to make an individual gift. To do this, it is wrapped in multi-colored fabric or paper and tied with a ribbon on top. You can improvise and put something else in the package besides the egg, such as candy or a soft toy.
Easter eggs are painted not only with a brush, but also with a toothpick. Interesting flowers and patterns come out. You can mix paints using a plastic plate as a palette. After applying the pattern, the egg should dry on a stand, it can be anything, for example, a cardboard sleeve.
Another interesting option. For these purposes, you can use not only ribbons and woven flowers, but also rhinestones and beads. These eggs look very festive and original. However, you should not use too many accessories, otherwise they will look sloppy.
A modern decoration option. It is somewhat labor intensive, but the eggs come out beautiful and shiny. They can even be called a little glamorous. This decorative option will add variety to your Easter basket. The most common rhinestones are used. They are lubricated with special glue and left to dry for some time. The shell can be decorated either half or entirely. It cannot be eaten in the future, since toxic substances from the glue penetrate through the shell into the white and yolk.
A simple way to decorate eggs for Easter. It is enough to boil them and “dress” them in lace. You can try different combinations. It can be brown with white lace or white with black lace. You can paint the shell some interesting color. You can buy a wide variety of lace at any sewing store. You can also tie it yourself, but it will be more labor intensive.
The original way. It is rare because it is very labor intensive. This technique is called quilling. Thin strips of paper are twisted into some patterns and then glued on top of the shell. You can lay out any interesting ornament you like. However, you will have to work hard. It is better to use paste to glue curled paper.
A fun decoration option. It’s good to paint testicles with your child, it will be even more interesting. You can come up with any face or any cartoon character and apply it to the egg. For this coloring, markers or felt-tip pens are used. The testicles, if desired, are stained before painting. You can also create a design simply by wrapping the egg with threads, strips of paper, or applying a specific pattern.
The option of decorating eggs with natural ingredients looks very unusual, even somewhat oriental. For these purposes, you can use the grains of a wide variety of plants - rice, beans, peas, sesame, millet, seeds, etc. Most importantly, this method of decoration is one of the least harmful and interesting. If there is a limited number of cereal options available, then you can get out of the situation by coloring them. For these purposes, you can use food coloring.
You can also use eggs to create various characters from your favorite cartoons. It is enough to cut out interesting figures from paper and stick them on the shell, as shown in the figure.
Where did the tradition of decorating eggs for Easter with your own hands come from, and why are they used? The egg itself symbolizes the origin of life; many esotericists associate the creation of the world with it. The ancients believed that the emergence of a living creature from a “non-living” egg was a miracle. Since it carries life, in order to add symbolism, it was decorated in every possible way, turning into paint. Over time, decoration options become more and more interesting and original, which is associated with the emergence of various new techniques.
From time immemorial, the painted egg, being the main attribute of Easter, has been considered not only a symbol of faith, but also a souvenir that is usually presented as a gift to loved ones. On the eve of Easter, every believing family paints and decorates chicken eggs, and craftsmen make them from any available materials, creating small works of art. In England in the 17th-18th centuries, it was customary to cover souvenir Easter eggs with gold plating, and in Germany at the same time they were made of porcelain. In Rus', wood has always been considered the most accessible material, so it is not surprising that wooden Easter eggs have become part of our culture and history.
“Dream House” offers you to get acquainted with interesting ideas that will help you paint and decorate wooden eggs with your own hands, and also tell you some interesting history.
Wooden Easter eggs
Decorative wooden eggs for Easter: how it used to be
Several centuries ago, wooden eggs, decorated with intricate paintings, were considered masterpieces of lacquer miniatures. The craftsmen first gave the wood the desired shape, then carefully sanded it, applied a sketch, painted it with bright pigments, varnished it and dried the product in an oven. Most often, Christian symbols and faces of saints were applied to wooden eggs. However, these souvenirs were also often decorated with traditional patterns - Khokhloma painting, natural motifs, everyday scenes, etc. Today, antique Easter eggs made of wood can be seen in museums or their analogues can be bought in souvenir shops. But you can also make such an attractive and significant symbol of Christ’s Resurrection with your own hands.
Painting Easter eggs made of wood
Painting wooden eggs - from simple to complex
Making and painting a wooden egg is a very complex and lengthy process that requires certain skills and technical equipment. However, to make an Easter souvenir with your own hands, you don’t have to look for wood, saw it and sand it, because today you can buy wooden egg blanks in almost every craft store. The surface of these products is already prepared for painting, so you only need to select the appropriate paints and brushes that will allow you to bring any artistic ideas and fantasies to life.
Wooden egg blank
So, how to paint a wooden egg for Easter? To begin with, experts recommend deciding on a pattern and drawing its outline onto the surface of the product with a simple pencil. If you do not have outstanding artistic abilities, choose the simplest ornaments that do not contain small intricate details. For example, this could be the emblem of Christ's Resurrection, images of vegetation or abstract symbols. After drawing the sketch, cover the product with light paint of a translucent texture or tinted varnish. The marked outlines will protrude through the surface of the material, allowing you to carefully decorate the design. The image itself is best applied using bright acrylic paints, which dry quickly and hardly flow. If your painting contains small details, use a regular toothpick or a sharpened match to apply them, not a brush. The finished drawing should dry well, after which it can be coated with furniture varnish, which will form a glossy transparent coating on the surface of the product.
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How to decorate a wooden Easter egg
There is another interesting way that will allow you to turn a wooden egg into your personal work of art. To do this, add a regular candle to the standard decoration materials, the wax of which you will need. Paint the surface of the wooden piece with light-colored paint, applying it in an even, thin layer. When the paint is completely dry, mark the outline of your future drawing. If you are not sure that you can accurately reproduce the outline, prepare a paper template in advance and simply trace it. Next, light the candle and tilt it over the drawing. You need to make sure that the dripping wax covers the borders of the pattern. But don't be upset if the wax goes beyond the contours, because... it can be easily cleaned with a toothpick. After that, take paint of a different tone and completely paint over the egg. When the paint dries, you can easily peel off the wax, which will result in a beautiful three-dimensional design appearing on the product.
Easter eggs made of wood photo
How to paint a wooden egg
If desired, the painting of a wooden egg can be supplemented with the help of other materials - beads, beads, foil particles, etc.
Beautiful decor of wooden eggs
How to decorate a wooden Easter egg
Ideas for decorating wooden eggs
Wooden eggs for Easter can be decorated not only with painting, but also in other ways. Here are some interesting ideas:
1. Decoupage
To make an Easter egg using the technique, select napkins for decoupage and cut out suitable fragments from them. Next, paint the workpiece in one tone and, without waiting for it to dry, glue the prepared drawings to its surface. To ensure that the drawings stick well and look like a real painting, cover the product with a clear varnish.
How to decorate a wooden egg with your own hands
How to decorate a wooden egg with your own hands photo
2. Decorative threads
Easter eggs wrapped in threads look very original and unusual. To create such a souvenir, insert a thin needle into the central upper part of the product and wind the thread around it. Next, the surface of the egg needs to be smeared with glue on which the thread will be laid. To make the souvenir look truly beautiful and neat, the thread should be laid in turns, leaving no free spaces. Having reached the middle, move the needle from one end to the other, continuing to decorate the product with thread. If desired, the surface of the finished Easter egg can be decorated with beads, beads or ribbons.
How to decorate a wooden egg with beads
3. Decoration with nail polish
Nail polish applies well to a wooden surface, so it can be used as a decoration for Easter eggs. Moreover, varnish brushes are very convenient for drawing patterns and ornaments. To make the design of a souvenir look truly expressive and bright, use varnishes of different textures - varnishes with glitter, mother-of-pearl, shimmer, craquelure effect, etc. This design can be complemented with rhinestones, miniature beads, shimmering sparkles, etc.
