Acrylic Paint Poured Easter Eggs
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We love the new paint pour technique that is so trendy right now, and wanted to find a unique new surface for acrylic paint pouring. We decided to go with the season and make paint poured Easter eggs.
We grabbed the usual acrylic paint pouring supplies: Floetrol, disposable cups, acrylic paint, and stir sticks. To keep things extra fun, we decided to go with bright neon paint colors.
We decided to use fake plastic eggs, but wooden eggs would work too.
After pouring the paint into some small cups, we added equal parts of Floetrol.
We stirred the paint well, and added tiny amounts of water to the thicker ones, until it was a nice pouring consistency. I wish I could tell you exact amounts but you really have to just go by look. A lot of people describe the proper consistency as that of melted ice cream. It should run off your stir stick easily, but should not be watery.
Before pouring could begin, we needed an easy way to hold the eggs and make it easier to let dry. Our plastic eggs had a little hole on the bottom, so we shoved a cotton swab in the hole to make a handle. Perfect!
Next, we poured the paint mixtures into a new cup, one at a time, creating layers of color.
Then we poured it onto the egg, twirling the egg around as we went, to ensure even coverage.
We continued turning the egg to allow the paint to flow until the entire surface was covered. Every egg will turn out completely different, but they will all have fun, swirled designs!
We painted some wooden egg cups to coordinate with our eggs to show them off!
3 comments so far:
My question is, after I paint them, where do I put the to dry?
Kathyautry, you can stick the end of the cotton swab into a chunk of Styrofoam to prop up the eggs until the paint is dry.
I've been pouring on eggs a couple years now and I buy floral stems on Amazon. Usually the longer ones are cheaper so I buy those and cut them into 3 pieces. So if it's a 50 pack I end up with 150 wires to hold my eggs up in a piece of foam. I wish I could show a picture. I have one I took yesterday that shows my eggs drying on the wires once they are completely dry, I mix epoxy and dip ithe eggs and place it back in the foam to cure. Now that I've practiced it's getting easier lol