A Simple Way to Make Stunning Plastic Easter Eggs
Decorate plastic Easter eggs using easy tips to turn plastic cheap eggs into beautiful chic-boho ones with trim and flowers.
A sore mouth, red-face, and light-head are not my idea of a good time. But every Easter I love to decorate eggs. Over the last few years, I have started decorating cheap plastic eggs my kids find and have stashed them away in the attic. It saves money and a trip to the store!
Decorate Plastic Eggs with Flowers and Velvet Ribbon
Welcome to day two of A Very Global Easter where Casa Watkins Living and I are sharing seven days of globally inspired DIYs, decorating tips, and printables. You’ll find unique ideas for Easter trees in yesterday’s posts. Today’s creative focus is on Easter eggs!
If you are new here, howdy! I’m a retired military spouse who moved back to Texas after being gone for 19 years.
I perfected the art of rental decorating and overcoming challenges in small spaces for over fifteen years but now am tackling homeownership with a new set of challenges!
Our family of four lived in some of the most beautiful coastal towns in the US and Japan which have influenced my colorful and global style with DIYs and furnishings in our one-story 60’s ranch-style home in Fort Worth.
You may remember last year I painted dollar store easter eggs and outdated decorative eggs in moody colors with hand-painted ferns and truth be told, have been obsessed with the Parisian-inspired color palette with all of my holiday decorating.
I used the same crafting materials I’ve been using all year to turn this year’s Easter egg decorating into beautiful chic eggs. You can use the product recommendation below or dig through your crafting stash for trim and faux foliage.
What you need for decorating plastic eggs:
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- Craft paint *optional
- Ribbon Trim
- Floral pieces
- Tassels *optional
- Hot glue gun and sticks
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How to decorate plastic Easter eggs.
- Skip to the next step if you have matte-colored plastic eggs in pretty colors. Otherwise, customize your color palette and paint plastic eggs with 2-3 coats of craft paint and let dry.
- Open plastic eggs and lay the halves on a piece of scrap cardboard or newspaper.
- Dip a dry paintbrush into acrylic craft paint and wipe off excess paint.
- Paint the egg halves. They will appear streaky at first.
- Paint a second coat after they are dry to the touch.
- Add one more layer of paint or touch up as necessary. Let dry.
- Hide the seam around the middle by securing a piece of velvet trim with a dot of hot glue. Singe the cut ends with a lighter first to prevent unraveling. Overlap the ends a little for complete coverage.
- Glue 3-4 flowers heads to the top of an egg for a floral finesse. You may have to trim the back of the flower head so it doesn’t protrude too much.
- Loop a tassel around one of the flower heads and use it as a hanger for your Easter tree, hang on garland, or adorn a door handle or cabinet pull.
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I have a few mixed in with printable eggs and bunny ornaments and DIY washi eggs on sage branches. It makes a lovely global eclectic Easter Tree!
So save your breath and money by repurposing old plastic Easter eggs into beautiful designer eggs with this easy DIY! Check out more ways to decorate plastic eggs below.
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Let’s stop by Stephanie’s site to see her beautiful DIY Matisse Inspired Easter Egg Painting.
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Kathy this is so pretty!!! Love the velvet accent and the flowers are gorgeous!
Thank you! Still sticking with my moody colors this year (really, bc I’m lazy.) lol
The eggs with tassels and flowers are beautiful. I will be making some.