Jeweled French Script and Sheet Music Easter Eggs

How yummy are these elegant Easter Eggs

decoupaged with French script, sheet music and 

glitter and accented with jewels.

My little nest is certainly going to be jeweled this year.

I couldn't decide which I liked better -

French Script or sheet music

so I decided to do some of each

and a couple varieties of the music sheets.

After I finished those, I knew I needed

to add in some glittering metallic eggs.

I promised the instructions but really

they are so easy, this is a grade school

level craft project with a little more

sophisticated supplies!

As I started this craft project I was taken back

to first grade where my dear teacher Mrs. Laughlin

loved crafts and taught me to love them too.  

She would do what in my first grader's eye

were HUGE paper mache projects - a Santa

Claus for Christmas and a turkey for Thanksgiving

and I am sure many others.  When you were finished

with your assignment you could go and work on the

large project.  As I picture it in my mind they were

near life size paper mache projects.  Thank you to

wonderful teachers whose inspiration lives on in us!!

Jeweled French Script and Sheet Music Easter Eggs

Instructions

Purchase extra large eggs at the Dollar Store

(Mine are in two sizes and are between 3.5 and 4.5 inches tall.)

1 8 x 11 sheet of printed paper per egg

(I purchased scrapbooking paper but you could print your own.)

Mod Podge

(I used the one with glitter in it.)

Jewels or buttons from the craft store

Assorted Ribbons from the craft store

Additional glitter 

Glue gun

Remove the label from the plastic eggs

and any candy from the inside.  Tear the paper

into strips about 3/8 inch wide and tear

off the ends so you get a uniform look on

all edges of the strips.

 Begin by painting the Mod Podge on about

half of the plastic egg.  I found it was easier to

paint it on with my fingers. Lay a strip around 

the egg on a glue section and

 starting in any direction you like.  Tear off the strip

when the ends meet.  Wet the paper on the outside

surface with additional Mod Podge and smooth

out any wrinkles.  You will especially have

gaps when going around the pointed ends, just

wet with the glue and press until it lays flat.

Continue to do so until the egg is covered.

I found it easiest to sit the egg on the bottom

end of a paper cup that I had cut out the bottom of.

That way I had a stand for the wet egg.

Let dry.  The Mod Podge will go from white to clear

as it dries.

You can see in the first picture the glitter in

the Mod Podge.  I had planned on glittering

them after they dried and I did on one or two but

liked the soft glitter effect of the Mod Podge with

glue in it so I didn't add any more.  If you desire

to add glitter, lightly brush on more Mod Podge

and sprinkle on glitter.  Do it over a paper plate

so you can pour the extra glitter back into the bottle.

For the metallic eggs, I sat them on the bottom

of a cup and painted them silver.  When they

had dried I brushed on the Mod Podge with a

sponge brush, only covering the top half and

sprinkled glitter on it.  After letting that become

dry to the touch, I painted the Mod Podge on the

bottom half and sprinkled glitter on it.  Again

let them dry completely.

Apply ribbon and jewels using a hot glue gun.

( I found jewels that had no backing instead of 

jeweled buttons in the craft section at Hobby Lobby.

I liked working with those rather than a button but

a button would work too.)

Stack them deep or place them individually,

they are little works of art and something easy

to do with family or friends.

I was inspired by a photo posted

by Lindsay of book print covered eggs

but she had no source for

the photo.  Whatever print you choose, these

are fun, easy and yet elegant.

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