Decorate Papier-Mâché Easter Eggs

I have a child with food dye allergies which makes dyeing Easter eggs a bit of a challenge, so each year we explore a new way to decorate eggs without dyes.  This year we gave papier-mâché Easter eggs a try.  I hope you have as much fun making these as I did!

Materials for Papier-Mâché Eggs:

• Papier-mâché eggs from the craft store (ours came in a package of 6)
• Pastel acrylic paints of your choice
• Paintbrushes
• Decorative ribbon
• Glue
• Easter stickers or buttons (optional)
• Recycled egg carton

Directions for Papier-Mâché Eggs:

• Paint the top half of each egg in colors of your choice.
• Place the eggs to dry in the carton with the dry half sitting in the carton and the wet half facing up.
• When the paint has dried, paint the bottom half of each egg in a different color of your choice.
• Place the eggs back in the carton to dry (wet side up).
• Once the eggs are dried, cut a piece of decorative ribbon to fit around the middle of your egg.
• Glue the piece of decorative ribbon around the middle of the egg where the 2 color halves meet.
• If you like, you can place a button, sticker, or other image to the ribbon where the ends of the ribbon meet.  I used this rabbit sticker from Martha Stewart. This will hide the gap between the ribbon ends.

  

Papier-mâché Easter eggs are the perfect complement to your holiday décor!