Dress up Your Old Plastic Easter Eggs With Paint

by Dee M

I love the look of speckled blue eggs, but they aren't that cheap, and there are only a few of them per bag. So, I got a little creative, and with a little bit of paint and a few of my kids' old plastic Easter eggs, I made my own blue and green speckled eggs!

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Every year, we buy some of those plastic eggs from the Dollar Store or wherever, so there are always a a few extras around the house. And, since they are so inexpensive, I figured I could afford to buy more if my experiment didn't work. I tried using regular acrylic paint, but it didn't stick, so I picked up some Americana Chalky Paint at the craft store and tried that.

You can buy small bottles of the paint, so again, I figured I could afford to try this. Plus, I had a coupon. And if it didn't work out, I could just find something else to paint, which is never a problem around here! I enlisted some little helpers, and we went to work!

we gave the eggs two thin coats of paint, and then we added brown specks with regular acrylic craft paint. I used a storebought egg that was leftover from a wreath as a guide.

I stacked the eggs in two clear glass vases and tied some twine around the middle of each vase. I love how they turned out, and the project only cost a few dollars! You can find tips and more details on my blog. :)

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Lisa Stroman on Mar 19, 2018

They turned out great, thank you for the idea! Did the two coats of paint cover the seam? It isn't noticable in the final picture.

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