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DIY MARBLE EASTER EGGS

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What You'll Need

– alcohol ink markers or alcohol ink – white plastic eggs –  I got my eggs at target. Couldn’t find the exact brand on amazon. Here’s the only plastic white eggs I found on amazon. – Rubbing alcohol – spray bottle – testors gold or brass – small paint brushes – paper towel – cheap heat gun

Step 1

Make sure your egg surface if prepped and free of any paint. Grab a marker and start by scribbling a line going down. They don’t have to be scribbles in fact you can try make draw it out to look like marble since markers somewhat stain the surface sometimes. Just keep in mind most of the color will come off anyway so this doesn’t have to be perfect. This project is all about experimenting.

Step 2

Next I added a few lines of my pale pink color.

Step 3

Now the best part.  I had some rubbing alcohol in my spray bottle and sprayed the whole egg. Make sure the whole egg is wet otherwise this won’t work to create that pretty marble.

Step 4

Then use a heat gun or blow dryer and blow the color around as you turn the egg in your hand until it’s completely dry. AND BA BAM You should have a beautiful effect.

Step 5

Sometimes you might need to repeat the first 2 steps even though you’re already finished the first layer. You’ll kind of get the hang of spraying just enough rubbing alcohol so it doesn’t wash off most of the color.  It took me a few tries.

Step 6

It’s also good to remember it takes more time to build up color with markers. I have gotten amazing results with the liquid inks from just the first try because they deposit more color at a time.

Step 7

This step is totally optional. Honestly I love a little bit of gold detailing. I simply used a fine tip brush and dipped it into gold testors paint to outline some of the marbling. It’s ok not to follow the lines exactly but I learned thin lines along the marbling looks the best.

Step 8

This step is totally optional. Honestly I love a little bit of gold detailing. I simply used a fine tip brush and dipped it into gold testors paint to outline some of the marbling. It’s ok not to follow the lines exactly but I learned thin lines along the marbling looks the best.

Step 9

The best part about these DIY marble easter eggs is no two eggs will ever turn out the same. That’s why this is such a fun craft for kids and adults.

Step 10

Let’s start of with an egg that already has steps 1 and 2 done.

Step 11

Simply dip a fine tip brush into some of that leftover alcohol ink and draw lines on the egg. If the ink on your plastic has dried out you can re wet it by adding some rubbing alcohol.

Step 12

Don’t use a fan to dry this. Because you’re using such a small amount of alcohol it will dry fairly fast.

Step 13

Every time you add a line the ink will separate from each create a beautiful marbling effect. Isn’t that amazing! You can also do this by applying a line of rubbing alcohol. That’s it! Isn’t that fun??

Step 14

I can’t get enough of this marbling. I was a bit heavy with the gold on this one. I tell you what a little goes a long way with the gold.

You can experiment with different colors! I think these would look gorgeous in a baby glue and warm gray or even yellow and lavender.

Here’s how that egg turned out. I love how elegant the marbling looks on this one. I really tried to go easy on the gold detailing with this one. Isn’t she gorgeous?

Tilted Brush Stroke

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