DIY gold dipped & newspaper eggs

Today I’m sharing an Easter project I did last year that received a lot of great response so I thought I’d share it again this year for any of you who might have missed it.

I have about a gazillion plastic colored eggs that I’ve horded collected from past year’s egg hunts and i thought they’d be perfect for a DIY. The good thing about having so many of these eggs to work with is that if I make a mistake, I have plenty more! And since I’m loving everything gold, and the gold dipped trend, I figured I’d try that same technique on these plastic eggs. They’re already split in half – making the dipped dyed look a little easier to achieve. Click here to see my gold dipped step stool I did for my kids bathroom. I paired the gold with something basic and simple like newspaper – black, white & gold – so classic and yet modern.

You could also use Easter wrapping paper or pastel tissue paper in place of the newspaper for a very different look – but the technique is still the same.

Here’s the step-by-step easy instructions to these pretty dipped dyed gold eggs:

1. Gather your materials: plastic Easter eggs, newspaper, decoupage glue, small paint brush, gold metallic spray paint & scissors.

2. tear off pieces of the newspaper into approximately 1/2″ pieces. I found that it was easier to decoupage the eggs with smaller newspaper pieces. I also only used pieces of newspaper that were black & white {no color printing} to keep that classic newspaper look.

3. Take apart the plastic eggs. Using a generous amount of the decoupage glue, attach the pieces of the newspaper to the outside surface of one half of the eggs with your paintbrush. If you’ve never decoupaged anything before, it’s a super easy and forgiving process. Spread a layer of glue under the paper you’re attaching then also paint the glue on top of the paper too. So it works like a glue and a protective coat or sealer. Be prepared though, it’s a messy job…

4. Continue to layer the small pieces of newspaper until you cover the entire outer surface of the egg halves. I used the scissors only to cut a straight edge for any pieces the lined up along the bottom of the egg halves. Normally, I would just wrap the newspaper around to the inside of the eggs, but since we are putting these eggs back together at the end, I didn’t want them to be too thick with newspaper that they didn’t fit together.

5. Fill in any areas with more newspaper and then let the decoupaged eggs dry.

6. Meanwhile, lay the opposite half of the eggs on a scrap piece of paper and spray a light coat of metallic gold on them. Add additional coats as needed. Let dry completely.

When the eggs are dry, put them together and arrange them in a basket, a bowl or however you want to display your oh-so-trendy eggs.

I got this ceramic egg crate at Anthropologie a few years ago. Find a similar one here. I love it! When it’s not Easter time, I use it as a jewelry holder.

I hope you enjoyed this simple DIY and have a wonderful weekend!