ggs-piration.A few months ago, I saw the first Easter eggs of the season and decided I wanted to make some. I bought all the supplies and eventually got around to making the eggs.
Inspired by Vintage Skye's beautiful whitewashed concrete eggs, seen HERE, I turned standard plastic eggs into charcoal sand treasures.
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| Charcoal Sand Eggs |
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Egg Centerpiece
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Read on for a tutorial.
Charcoal Sand Eggs
Ingredients
1. Rustoleum 2X primer, White (Home Depot)2. Krylon faux stone spray paint, Charcoal Sand
(Michael's $5.40 after 50% off coupon)
2. Plastic eggs, 8-pack (99¢, 99 cent store)
3. Fishing line or thread
4. Coat hangers
5. Clothes pins (optional)
6. Cotton butcher's string ($3.50, Healthy Home & Garden via Amazon Prime)
7. Scissors
*Note: items without listed prices were not purchased for this project
Total cost: $9.89
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Protocol
Step 1. Preparation
- Cut about 12" fishing line, one piece per egg
- Open eggs
- Place one end of fishing line inside eggs
- Close eggs
- Attach other end of fishing line to coat hanger
with clothes pins (or tie directly to hanger)
- Hang hangers in well ventilated spray painting area
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| Colorful Eggs |
Notes on Painting:
A few people have asked about eggs flying around while painting. These are my suggestions:
- Avoid painting on a windy day
- Hang each egg on a different length of fishing line
(as in picture above)
- Wear a disposable glove on one hand
- While spraying, use the gloved hand to hold fishing
line about 2 inches above egg.
The beauty of textured spray paint: even if eggs bump into each other on accident, it's not noticable once the paint dries.
Step 2. Prime
- Spray eggs with primer, per product instructions
Step 3. Paint
- Spray eggs with faux stone paint,
per product instructions
- Allow to dry
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| Spray-on Sand |
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| Sandy Egg |
Step 4. Finishing
- Do not open eggs
- Use scissors to remove fishing line from eggs
- Wrap butchers string around eggs & knot
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| Extra Vase |
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| Fill vase with shredded documents |
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| Sandy Eggs + Recycled "Easter Grass" |
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"E" dropcap courtesy of Jessica Hische @ Daily Dropcap
That was a brilliant way to spray them!!! I love the touch of the string around them....I wanted to make some of these and never got around to it! Your look great! Thanks so much for linking! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are adorable. I love all the different things you can do with eggs now. Perfect for a beach themed home.
ReplyDeleteThis is SUCH a great way to paint those "roll-y poll-y" Easter eggs...hanging from a fishing line! I still have eggs to paint even tho it is only 2 days till Easter so thanks for the quick ideas.
ReplyDeleteVery creative and cute!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to feature this project!
ReplyDeleteThese are so pretty and I'd use them year round in Cali! Congrats on a great idea...
ReplyDeleteOh how very clever! I saw
ReplyDeleteVintage Skye's post, but I like these so much better! Did you have any issues with eggs flying around as you sprayed them? Thanks for signing up to follow my blog- don't be afraid to leave a comment whenever you can! :-)
~ Sue
The eggs look great but I am more impressed by your creative way of hanging them for painting! Good job!
ReplyDeleteLovin your version of the eggs! Thanks for the mention!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to spray paint eggs! I never thought about hanging them up like that. Your final centerpiece looks so good!
ReplyDeleteI love the way they turned out! Also, hanging them = super clever! Not sure if I would have thought of that! :P
ReplyDeleteOMG... I thought your craft end after seeing the step 1 photo... (the colorful eggs look so adorable hanging there...it's already a work of art with statement)... but more "OOOOH" after seeing the final transformation. Nice job! I like glitter...may be I will add some after the spraying process! Love, PC - Penang Malaysia
ReplyDeleteHey there, I'm your newest follower. Love your projects. The beachy eggs are lovely. I made mine the hard way-glue and sand. Duh! You did the smart way. Cheers
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great project and I love how the eggs turned out. Thanks for sharing this at my Open House party.
ReplyDeletexo,
Sherry
They look really cool! Note-to-self-for next year!
ReplyDeleteI featured this on my blog today...come grab a "featured" button!
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Thanks for doing an easy to follow beach eggs tutorial. The eggs are lovely! Really appreciate you sharing this great post with us at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop.
ReplyDeletetooo cute! great tips for painting the eggs!
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing @ catch as catch can!
gail
tooo cute! great tips for painting the eggs!
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing @ catch as catch can!
gail
Oh how very clever! I saw
ReplyDeleteVintage Skye's post, but I like these so much better! Did you have any issues with eggs flying around as you sprayed them? Thanks for signing up to follow my blog- don't be afraid to leave a comment whenever you can! :-)
~ Sue
These are adorable. I love all the different things you can do with eggs now. Perfect for a beach themed home.
ReplyDeleteThis is a nice idea. I love all the different things you can do with eggs now. I never thought about hanging them up like that. Thank you.
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