Using hard boiled eggs, found foliage and tempera paint, your child can create a delicate garden print decoration on Easter eggs. This is a beautiful alternative to regular dyed Easter eggs. This project can alternatively be created with tempera paint onto white painted round rocks for a year-round nature or outdoor project.
What You Need:
- Hard boiled egg(s), or white, flat rocks
- Newspaper
- Tempera paint
- Small paintbrush
- Small foliage, leaves with veins are more interesting, dry and free from dirt
What You Do:
- Ask your child to go outside and look for some pretty leaves or foliage to use for the project. Clean them off and let them dry before continuing.
- Now, help your child gently paint the found foliage or leaves using a paintbrush.
- Test out the amount of paint needed by printing the foliage on newspaper. If you cannot see the details of the leaf, you may need to use less paint. Or, if you cannot see the edges of the leaf, you may need to use more paint for your print.
- Repaint, or adjust your paint and gently press the foliage onto the hard-boiled egg. Make sure all the edges are carefully pressed down on the eggshell, then slowly peel it away revealing a print of the leaf.
- Create prints all around the egg.
Add your beautifully decorated eggs to a basket, or hide them in the yard for the perfect Easter egg hunt!
By Ellen Dean
Ellen Dean has worked as an art educator in Thailand since 2005, working with both children and adults. She has also been a professional artist working in painting, sculpture and photography since 1996.
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