Decoupage Eggs in a Cheese Dome Display!

Eggs are every where at the moment so I decided to see what I could do with some!

I decided to try my hand at decoupage eggs!

If you want to make some you will need

Plastic eggs

Decoupage paper

Glue

Brush

6 paper clips & pegs

Polystyrene

Something to display them in

A few weeks ago I brought this cheese dome from the local charity shop; I sanded it down, gave it a coat of paint and cleaned up the glass. It’s now good as new!

Next came the decorating of the eggs!

I wanted to minimise the amount of glue I got on myself and everything within a 5ft radius, so I made a ‘stand’ for the eggs to stand in whilst drying.

In a piece of polystyrene poke a straightened paper clip, if your egg has a hole in it, just pop the egg onto the paper clip, its not the most technologically advanced system, but it works just fine!

Tear up your paper into smallish pieces, any paper is fine so long as it’s not to thick, raw edges actually work best.

I’m probably the only person in blogland who doesn’t use modge podge, which I’m sure would work just dandy, I settled on good old PVA (craft / wood) glue mixed with a little water,

Working in small sections I spread a little glue onto the egg, placed a piece of paper on top and brushed over it with more glue, making sure all the edges were flush with the egg.

You will get some glue on your hand, baby wipes are excellent at removing it, once the entire egg was covered in paper, I gave it a coat of watered down glue, this dries clear and acts as a kind of varnish.

Leaving the eggs to dry on the paper clips, you can get on with some house work!

Once all the eggs were dry, I popped them in the cheese dome, which is now on display in our bedroom.

So what do you think of my first attempt at decoupage? It’s a great technique and one I definitely want to try again!


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