Use My Easter Egg Technique on Your Wedding Project

So this year for Easter I made a centerpiece for our table. I decided to create one instead of buying one. For $15 I was able to make a beautiful centerpiece and have a new fruit bowl :) It isn't tough but can add a lot of fun and color to a simple table setting. I love making decorations for the home and the techniques used here could be used for projects during other times of year or for your wedding centerpieces!!

Below are the supplies you will need to create this centerpiece:

You will need two dozen eggs, a needle, a skewer (or something to make wholes bigger) and a bowl to empty eggs into

You will need a decorative bowl to hold your eggs after finished

Mod Podge is used to decoupage the eggs(available at any craft store like Michaels)

Other supplies not pictured:

Colored Tissue Paper (you will need just a sheet of each color you want to use...a little goes a long way

Paint Brush to apply the mod podge with

Easter Grass, Rafia, or something you like to put in the bottom

With all these supplies you are ready to get started.

1. First you are going to do what I call...blowing the eggs. You are going to use the needle to put a hole in the top and bottom of the egg. After you get the needle through use the skewer to make a little bit larger hole. (This will make the process a little easier. Then you blow on one end of the egg so the yoke and eggs whites all come out of the egg. It is ok if the hole is as big as 1/4 of an inch...this will make them easier to blow and the hole will be covered by the tissue paper.

You can cook up the egg yokes and make some scrambled eggs

2. Now that the eggs are all blown you can start getting the tissue paper ready. Depending on how many eggs you will do per color determines the amount you need for each color. Cut the tissue paper into small pieces, between 1" and 2 " squares. Doesn't need to be exact...just around that size. I like to seperate the colors into little sandwhich baggies so that they are easy to get to when needed.

3. Now you are ready to decoupage. Dip the paint brush into the mod podge and brush it over the egg. The tissue paper will then stick to the egg and then brush another layer over the top of the tissue paper. Repeat this step until the entire egg is covered. Somtimes the tissue paper will tear if you touch it while still wet. To avoid this I will do one half of the egg and then move on to another until the first half is dry. Then I will go back and finish the other half of the egg.

Eggs after blown but before decoupage

Eggs half way through the decoupage process

4. After the eggs are all done and completely dry it is time to assemble. Take your bowl and place the grass in the bottom. Place the eggs inside and move around until you like the arrangement. That's it! You are done and have a beautiful arrangement!!

You can do a similar arrangement with hearts or spheres. It can be used for other holidays or for a centerpiece at special occasions!!