Painting by print for Easter
We were so inspired by these cracking blue eggs on Pinterest, we decided to have a go ourselves.
Step 1
Blow your eggs!
You’ll need:
A long needle, a bowl (largish) to catch the innards, tissue for any accidents and an apron to protect your clothes (or wear something scruffy which you don’t mind getting dirty).
- Holding the egg firmly but gently, pierce a hole in each end of the egg with a needle. One hole should be a bit bigger than the other.
- Gently poke your needle right intside your egg and give it a twizzle. The egg yolk needs to be broken to fit through the larger hole.
- Next take a deep breath and blow into the small hole, forcing the contents out of the large hole into the bowl.
- Clean the egg by running a little water through the large hole. To be super cleanly, use a 50% bleach/water solution. Let it sit for a while before blowing it out again. This step is not suitable for children.
- Let the eggs drain overnight before decorating!
Time to decorate
There are oodles of options for egg embellishment – we’ve seen glitter encrusted eggs, dip-dyed eggs, stencilled eggs… But with our oeufs we endeavoured to emulate some of this seasons Boden prints.
*We used acrylic paint to create the looks. You’ll need stiff bristled brushes and for precision painting go for a pointy bristled brush.
These eggs were inspired by the Blush print on our Broiderie Dress and our Spotty Apple Pyjamas in Lavender:
These bright and beautiful egglets were based on our Boys Bathers in Pool Rockets and our Hotchpotch Dress in Dusty Blue Pear:
Last and by no means least we loved the simple stripes on our teen Board Shorts and delicate flowers on our Fun Dress:
Why not have a go yourself? We’d love to see your attempts!
21 Responses to “Painting by print for Easter”
These look amazing!!
fab. really pretty.
love these. very good boden.
These look amazing and a perfect easter display piece.. dont think ours would look as good though!
these look really amazing
what an amazing pictures.. gorgeous boden clothes and gorgeous boden inspired eggs..
FAB, will be giving these a go next week!
Absolutely brilliant!!!
Very festive! And nice to see some Breton stripes too
These are gorgeous but I know my own efforts would look very shabby, I can’t even ice a biscuit nicely!
These are great and whoever painted them is very talented, I can’t even decorate a biscuit!
Very clever:) very nice!
|Brilliant – that is this afternoon sorted!
Fantastic! Please submit your photo to Debbie for the BC bake off & egg painting competition
I haven’t done these for years; this has inspired me to do some this weekend; thanks!
These are absolutely brilliant, going to give it a go this weekend. A good alternative to switching off from wedding nerves!!
wow these look stunning!
not sure i would manage to make them look so good myself but would love to have a go.
plus excuse to make cakes with the egg contents!
wow! what a great idea! i love it boden.
These are stunning! Would look good all year, not just for Easter!
I love these eggs. So clever. I love your inspiration.
Inspired! They are lovely.