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My daughter and I decorated some Easter eggs over the weekend. But we didn’t use dyes of any kind, or real eggs of any kind. What we did use was faux craft eggs, origami paper and Mod Podge. Our Easter egg crafting session was a lot of fun!
I am sharing my Easter egg craft as part of today’s Pinterest Challenge blog hop. The blog hop is hosted by Erlene of My Pinterventures. The blog hop challenges its participants to not just pin projects and recipes on Pinterest, but to complete them!
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I got my idea for decoupaged Easter eggs from Hip2Save. Their beautiful decoupaged Easter eggs are decorated with paper napkins. I wanted to tweak the idea with my own spin. I recently received the Japanese Origami Kit for Kids: 92 Colorful Folding Papers and 12 Original Origami Projects for Hours of Creative Fun! 
Besides all the beautiful origami paper, the book has fun origami projects that can be done with your kids.
Decoupaging craft Easter eggs is an enjoyable way to make beautifully decorated Easter eggs. A plus is that these don’t have to be refrigerated like real Easter eggs do.
Supplies for Origami Paper Decoupaged Easter Eggs
How to Decoupage Easter Eggs
The technique of decoupaging Easter eggs is really quite simple. We simply cut up bits of the origami paper. We then applied some Mod Podge to craft Easter eggs with small artistic paint brushes. We pressed the bits of origami paper to the eggs and then painted an extra layer of Mod Podge on top to seal the paper to the eggs.
I decoupaged my first craft Easter egg with a teapot design origami paper. I basically covered the egg with cut outs of various Japanese teapots. Decoupaging all those teapot cutouts took a little more time than I expected. But it was nice getting some quality time in with my daughter!
The beauty of Mod Podge is that it looks a bit messy while you are using it, but it dries clear.
I really like my daughter’s approach to decoupaging the craft Easter eggs – like how she decorated the below Easter egg with curvy strips of origami paper and Japanese maneki-neko, or beckoning cats.
I also like the 3D approach she took for another Easter egg that she decoupaged.
Decoupaging the Easter eggs with my daughter was a fun project! I love that we can keep our Easter eggs once the holiday is over and remember our fun day together. Maybe I’ll be able to fit in some time decoupaging more eggs with both my daughters this week!
I found the perfect place to display our decoupaged Easter eggs — a ceramic berry box given to me by my friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom. Thanks, Carrie!
If you like this project, be sure to pin it for later!
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Erlene – My Pinterventures • Jenny – Cookies Coffee and Crafts
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Erin – The DIY Nuts • Roseann – This Autoimmune Life
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Lydia – Lydia’s Flexitarian Kitchen • Terrie – Decorate and More with Tip
Emily – Domestic Deadline • Marci – Stone Cottage Adeventures
Now, let’s see what the other hosts have created ??
Laura this is such a cute idea. I am going to go look for things to do this to my eggs. My adult daughter and myself love to a craft on holidays. This will be the one we do Sunday. Thanks for sharing.
Your eggs are so cute. What a fun idea and I love projects that use pretty paper.
These are sweet, a fun way to use origami paper.
I do love a lucky cat, and have one in my office that waves when the sun shines!
That’s fun that you have a lucky cat, Julie!
I would have never thought to decorate eggs with origami paper! Very cool!
Decoupage is probably my favorite way to spend time in my craft room. Looks like you received a fun kit to use for your pretty Easter Eggs too!
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I have some leftover origami paper that I’m not sure if we’ll ever use. What a cute craft idea. Aut would love this. The panda egg is so cute.
Carrie
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These are cute and very festive!
That sounds like a lot of fun. I’m decorating Easter eggs with my boys today… real eggs though. Pinned.
Those look fun!
What a fun project! My grown children still like to decorate eggs for Easter!