Gold Dipped & Newspaper Eggs

by Lori Greco

1 Hour

Easy

Here's a super easy way to transform those dollar store plastic eggs into beautiful, chic Easter decorations.
I am really loving the gold dipped trend. I figured I could do this technique on Easter eggs for a fun decoration. And I wanted to pair the gold with a contrasting material so I went with something we all have around the house, newspapers. Black, white & gold - so classic and yet so modern and chic. And since I have so, so many of those plastic eggs from our annual Easter egg hunts, I thought they would be the perfect eggs to transform. If I made mistakes, I had plenty more to work with.

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The plastic eggs are already split in half - which makes this DIY project and the gold dipped technique so much easier to do.

Here's the step-by-step easy instructions to these pretty dipped dyed gold eggs:

1. Gather your materials: plastic Easter eggs, newspaper, decoupage glue, small paint brush, gold metallic spray paint & scissors.

2. Separate the eggs and set one half of each aside. Then you'll need to glue the newspaper on to one half of each of the eggs. I found it was best to tear off pieces of the newspaper into approximately 1/2 pieces. The smaller pieces made it easier to attach to the oval shape of the eggs. I also only used pieces of newspaper that were black & white {no color printing} to keep that classic newspaper look.

3. Be sure to use a generous amount of the decoupage glue. If you've never decoupaged anything before, it's a super easy and forgiving process. Spread a layer of glue under your piece you're attaching then also paint the glue on top of the paper too. So it works like a glue and a protective coat or sealer. Continue to layer the small pieces of newspaper until you cover the entire outer surface of the egg halves. I used the scissors only to cut a straight edge for any pieces the lined up along the bottom of the egg halves. Normally, I would just wrap the newspaper around to the inside of the eggs. But since we are putting these eggs back together at the end, I didn't want them to be too thick with newspaper that they didn't fit back together.

4. Meanwhile, arrange the opposite half of the eggs on a scrap piece of paper and spray a light coat of metallic gold on them. Add additional coats as needed. Let dry completely.

When the eggs are dry, put the halves back together and arrange them in a basket, a bowl or however you want to display your oh-so-trendy un-plastic eggs.

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Lisa on Mar 01, 2016
Cute, but why not use Easter themes wrapping paper ?

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Peggi Tebben on Mar 14, 2016
Not loving the newspaper either.

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Teri on Mar 24, 2016
If newspaper isn't you thing, you could us the lace part of a paper doily.

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