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Get ready to impress your guests this Easter with beautiful flower pressed Easter eggs. Create unique and stunning decorations for a fun spring DIY.
We love the beautiful nature look of pressed flowers and wanted to see if they would work on Easter eggs! We’ve made flower eggs on cardstock but there’s something about them being on an actual egg shape that makes them even more delightful for a spring craft.
We’re happy to share that yes! This is in fact possible! Learn how to make these gorgeous flower pressed eggs. You’ll be surprised at how easy this spring DIY is with minimal supplies!
How do you make flower pressed eggs?
The method is very simple to decoupage. Simply use Mod Podge to adhere your pressed flowers onto white wooden eggs? You will need to let the eggs fully dry before handling.
What is Mod Podge?
Mod Podge type of crafting glue that is commonly used for decoupage projects. It is a water-based sealer, glue, and finish that can be used to adhere paper, fabric, and other porous materials to a variety of surfaces. Mod Podge comes in glossy, matte, and satin finishes and can be used in many creative projects like adhering to wood.
We used matte finish for our eggs but you can use gloss if you want a shiny finish. A nice thing about Mod Podget is that it dries “clear.” it’s not 100% translucent but if adhering on a white item like our eggs, you will not see any residue at all when the flowers are dried.
What is decoupage?
Decoupage is a decorative technique that involves layering cut-out paper or fabric pieces onto a surface, such as wood or glass, and then sealing them in place with a clear varnish or glue. This creates a textured and visually appealing design on the object. In our case we used Mod Podge and pressed flowers on eggs.
Where can you get pressed flowers?
You get pressed flowers the old-fashioned way by pressing fresh flowers between books or using a flower press. However, that takes a lot of time and many varieties of flowers.
You can also buy pressed flowers online as we did. This is an affordable way to get vibrant shades and varieties of pressed flowers for a fraction of the time and cost to press fresh ones.
Can I use fresh eggs?
We used white wooden eggs because they will last almost forever, and can be added to Easter baskets and other decorative areas without the fear of breaking.
However, since fresh eggs are porous, you can blow them out and continue with the same decorating steps Just keep in mind they will be very fragile!
Flower Pressed Easter Eggs – Materials:
- Pressed flowers
- White wooden eggs
- Mod Podge (we used matte but you can use other finishes)
- A small paint brush
- Disposable gloves (helpful but optional)
- Newspaper or a tablecloth to catch glue drips
Watch the video in this post to watch the process.
DIY Flower Pressed Easter Eggs
Materials
- Pressed flowers
- White wooden eggs
- Mod Podge (we used matte but you can use other finishes)
- A small paint brush
- Disposable gloves (helpful but optional)
- Newspaper or a tablecloth to catch glue drips
Instructions
- Lay newspaper or an old tablecloth to catch any drips from the glue down on your table.
- Use your paint brush to layer a thin coating of Mod Podge to your egg area where you want to add a flower.
- Carefuly remove a pressed flower from the backing (be gentle they are delicate!) and place over the Mod Podge area. Brush on more Mod Podge over the flower to firmly adhere.
- Continue around the egg.
Tips: Wear disposable gloves so you don't have sticky fingers from the glue.
To get your flowers drying faster use a blow dryer on low fan to dry the Mod Podge area.
Watch the video in this post to watch the process.
Takeaway
Flower pressed Easter eggs make beautiful nature decorations for your spring easter table this year or Easter basket.
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