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polar bear easter egg

20
March

polar bear on a glacier Easter egg

Today, I am sharing another DIY Easter egg design.  And, even though you may not be interested in making a polar bear designed Easter egg, you can use the technique I used here to create a design of your own.

I started with an emptied-out egg.  The first thing I needed to do was to make a polar bear template to use on the egg.  I used a mailing label to draw a simplistic design of a polar bear.  Why a mailing label?  Because, I would next adhere the sticker shape I created to the egg.  Since I was dyeing the egg to contrast in color from the white polar bear, the shape of the sticker would resist the dye – leaving a white polar bear shape on the egg.

preparing egg and template for polar bear egg

removed sticker on polar bear egg

Removing polar bear shaped sticker after dyeing the egg.

After the egg was dyed, I splattered it with white paint, using the same technique I used on my constellation designed eggs.  I really glopped the paint on, because I wanted to give a suggestion of a heavy snowfall!

When the paint was dried, I used a pair of tweezers to carefully pull the sticker off the egg.  As you can see, it didn’t keep the spot perfectly white – some dye did get under the sticker.  The effect is almost like a batik.  Wax can be used in place of the sticker (like that used for Ukrainian Easter eggs) to eliminate any dye from getting through, but I really like the effect when some dye makes it under the sticker.

Finally, I used a thin, black, permanent marker to outline the polar bear shape and gave him a nose and some eyes.

plesureinsimplethings blog easter egg

Pretty easy, right?  This same technique can be used in so many ways.  I created the polar bear for a friend, but I may continue the theme by creating a penguin next!  Are you wondering what has me thinking of such cold weather friends for Easter instead of bunnies and chicks?  Must be that New England March snow!

I hope I have inspired you to create some new Easter eggs designs!

Thanks for stopping by and remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

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