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diy constellation easter eggs

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March

Astrological sign Easter eggs by pleasure in simple things blog

I love dyeing Easter eggs.  Each year I like to come up with a new egg decorating idea.  And, I love creating a themed series of decorated eggs!  Remember the picnic theme, for example?  (Click here to see.)  This year I decided to create a series of Easter eggs depicting the astrological constellations.

I started by creating a backdrop for my star formations!  I added purple and a little bit of black paste food coloring to a ½ cup of boiling water with a teaspoon of white vinegar.  I used this to dye my eggs.  Once the eggs were dry, I used an old kindergarten technique to splatter white paint onto each egg.  This simply involves loading a stiff brush or toothbrush with paint and splattering it onto the eggs using a finger or popsicle stick flicked against the bristles of the brush.  (Something I first used when creating leaf prints in kindergarten art class!)

collage with markerNow that a night sky is created on the eggs, I can go ahead and create the individual star formations.  For this, I am using little stick-on crystals from the craft store.  I created a graphic for myself to use as reference for the placement of the stars for each constellation.  I decided to use a thin white marker to add some definition to the star arrangement – even though this wouldn’t happen in the actual sky!  I included a graphic here for you to use as reference when creating your own eggs designs.

Star formations of astrological constellations

These eggs are easy to create and I think they are really cool looking.  Have fun with it!  Create an egg with your own sign, the signs of each family member, or all twelve signs!

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I made mine on emptied out eggs so that I can display them for Easter each year.

I hope I have inspired you to create some astrological sign designed Easter eggs!

Thank you for stopping by!

Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

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