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Easter Egg Craft Along!! This Saturday at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
🕑 Added 2022-04-14 14:37:10 +0000 UTCHello!!!
This Saturday we are doing something experimental!! We are going to attempt to dye plastic easter eggs by filling them with marbles to start, then spray painting them with a matte egg white paint! From there we will dye them the old fashioned way!... or sort of, we've still got to make them spooky and different ;)
My thought is that this way you can keep them for future use, it's animal friendly AND you can fill them with candy once they're dry!
I'm going to preface this by saying maybe this will work, maybe it won't, but let's find out together and have some fun while we try!
I'll leave the supplies I'm planning to have on hand below...
Plastic eggs
Marbles
Matte egg white spray paint
Egg coloring kit
Masking tape
Exacto blade
fine point paint brushes
Additional acrylic paints
Oh! and candy for eating!!!
And a light sand paper or magic eraser to scuff up the plastic eggs before painting them! - Thank you Jackie Antes for this suggestion! :D
There are TWO new episodes coming this month and I know you are going to love them :))
I'll be chatting a bit about them both this Saturday! Cant wait to see you!
-Christine
Comments
Fellowship of the Broom
Ostara is not what you think, it's origins lie in a story from the 1830s... https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/04/ostara-and-the-hare/
Morgan
I think Abby is just pointing out that many Christian holidays have Pagan roots. Not that Christians can't be witches. β€
Morticia Kensington
Are you under the impression that witches can't be Christians?
Abby T
Easter was originally called Ostara and the pagans celebrated the holiday first. Calling is Easter shows the Christian side and not the witch flying the broom side.
Jay Cee
I love the Easter outfit!!!
Elizabeth Scarborough
Love the Easter witch photo! I was hoping people might be into Ukrainian Easter eggs this year--I had a friend in Alaska who used to make them and they're amazing.
Ashley Page Toth
Hi Christine I just watched thisβ¦there are wooden tillable eggs that you can beautifully dye with RIT from Golden Cockerel https://www.goldencockerel.com/en-us/easter-eggs/blanks-and-craft-supplies/blank-hollow-wooden-egg-275-inches.html
Jupiter Sagan
i guess i should have assumed i needed to spray the eggs ahead of time
B
I'm hoping these are photo shopped bunnies
Brandy Gunter
No white spray paint...black it is!! The Anti-Eggππ₯
Scribby Scribner
CRAFT-A-LONG QUESTION! What are some crafts/projects you have no interest in? I will be unable to attend the live stream. Thank you in advance if my question gets answered.
Brandy Gunter
I love the photo!!! So excited to be able to attend something live for the first time.
A Shera
The photo is fierce
Deb McGrath
I so wish I could watch this as it was happening. Unfortunately, I work weekends. I think I will get to see some of it as I'm getting ready ( I work nights), but I wouldn't get a chance to try to make it before Easter. This is one of those times I wish we had a place to post members "follow-along-crafts" to see what they have done. Christine is an amazing artist and teacher, I bet she inspires some incredible eggs (art) to be produced! :)
miz vitko
Maybe it's ok to spray paint just the outside, which doesn't touch the candy inside. But yeah, ventilation needed for those paints. I wonder if the paints people use for painting models for stuff like Warhammer would work. I think they come in little bottles?
Linda Chandler
What an eggstrordinary idea! {Sorry, bad pun. I couldn't help myself.}
Kris
Shopping trip to the craft store! Looking forward to tomorrow's craft along!
Sarah Kane
Going to see if I can scrounge up these supplies or something similar in work today. I work in a craft store but our Easter stock has been ravaged π
Mononoke Adams
Very excited for this craft along. Thank you, Christine!
Camilla Brasher
This is a fabulous photo! Can't wait for spooky eggs!
Leslie Langenegger
Can't wait to see how you "spookify" some eggs! Bet they'll look great on a black tree for Halloween. See everyone on Saturday afternoon.
Riona O'Faoladh
I love this idea! I also love that it's animal-friendly and a keepsake, and most of all that they're going to be a bit spooky!!!
Rexington Funk
This sounds super fun! Can't wait!
Amanda Upchurch
Good idea! Everyday should be Halloween!!π§ββοΈπΈπ
Amanda Upchurch
LOVE IT! I am going to hit up Hobbit Lobby tuh-day!π°ππ£πΈπ§ββοΈπ§ββοΈπ§ββοΈ
Kitty Lang
canβt wait to watch !
Amanda Upchurch
That's what she said... π
NightshadeButterfly
This past Halloween, Target had plastic egg jack-o-lanterns. Possibly you could decorate the eggs as spiders, jack-o-lanterns, and ghosts?
Sara Matano
This sounds like so much fun! My sister and I might actually change around weekend plans to join :)
Vicky
You look wonderful
Ren Manley
I wonder how the paint will work out on these too! Plastic is a finicky mistress. Word of warning, i would make sure to wait a WHILE before putting any candy in the eggs. The fumes will totally permeate and make it all the candy taste like sugary spray paint.
Deborah Wiltshire Whaley
Fabulous photo!
Deborah Wiltshire Whaley
Oh what fun ~ on my way for supplies now!
Karysa HorrorHoneysKitchen
I literally cannot wait to see your spooky eggs.
Kareem
Ok if it doesn't bond to the plastic, it'll just flake off into your food eventually i guess. All spray paints need ventilation. They all have nasty fumes. Plastic itself is kinda bad idk
miz vitko
Kareem, judging from what I read about using Krylon paint spray, it's got some nasty fumes and should only be used outdoors. I'm sure it would stick well, but I wonder if you want to use it for what is going to be a decorative food container?
Kareem
Can get a matte plastic spray primer. I used it to refinish my daughters plastic castles. krylon spray
Kareem
Make sure you get the paint that bonds to plastic!
HannaBird
Yayy sounds awesome. You look amazing π Happy Easter from Ireland xxx
Jackie Antes
Im happy i could give you a pointer, iv had my fare share of disappointing plastic projectsπ. I hope this pans out but i know youll make it work either way, i cant wait to tune in Saturday.
Danielle Gutierrez
I'll be on a Camping Trip, but hopefully I'll have reception and I can watch !! ππ€π¦ππ€π¦ππ€
Samantha Graham
I work Saturday so I'll have to watch it Sunday! I look forward to seeing the results of your experiment!
Christine McConnell
This is a FANTASTIC suggestion!! I canβt thank you enough for sharing this idea and saving me from a catastrophe! β₯οΈπ€β₯οΈ
Briana Carney
So excited!!! Love the photo! βΊοΈ
Paranormal Kativity
Such a cool idea! Love the photo too!
Robots Bath Water
Omg I love this idea AND I love that photo! π€π§Ή My easter decor is super witchcraft oriented.
Carla Perea Seminaro
Looking forward to it!!! π€
Tim van den Berg
Love it, but maybe a small question: How are you hovering above the broom? You do not appear to be sitting on it ;) XD
Racheal Jones
Easter bunnies!!!
Rez NYC
Iβll be watching, my eggs will probably look like painted turds if I even tried. Haha looking forward to it!
Rez NYC
Happy Easter Christine!
Liana Palumbo
So exciting. It's after midnight here in South Australia and I got all excited when I saw the patreon notification come up π
Jackie Antes
Smooth plastic eggs wont take a coat of spray paint and a water/vinegar soke well without peeling, id skuff up the exterior with a magic eraser quite extensively to help fix that and it'll give it a matt texture.
Honey Do
Love it! My nine year old loves your art. I hope she grows up like you. Lol
Kelly Lucero
Yay! I love experiments!
