DIY Easter Egg Decoupage With Marimekko Napkins

Love decorating eggs for Easter, but want something a little different? Try these colourful decoupage Easter eggs made with Marimekko napkins. This easy craft turns ordinary eggshells into bright Scandinavian-style decorations using simple paper napkin decoupage and glue. They’re surprisingly easy to make and look gorgeous displayed in a bowl, wreath, or spring table setting.

Every year, I love to do a bit of Easter egg decorating. Last year, I made rustic upcycled denim eggs and the year before, no-sew patchwork fabric Easter eggs. This year, I decided to go with one of my favourite obsessions, Marimekko.

I've decoupaged lots of things with Marimekko napkins, from a garden bench to large Christmas wall art, and I even made some DIY Marimekko shoes. So why not some Marimekko Easter eggs?

How To Do Easter Egg Decoupage

I always use real eggs for my Easter egg decorating, as I often have scrambled eggs for breakfast, so they are readily available and cost me nothing. You can use craft eggs if you can't be faffed with blowing your eggs.

The only problem with using real eggs is that I struggle to get hold of white eggs. In the UK, all the eggs in the supermarket are brown. So, I had to paint my eggshells white for my Easter egg decorating.

I know in a lot of other countries, chicken eggs are white. I used to think that was because they were bleached white. That's what my dad told me. As it turns out, he was wrong! It's all to do with the breed of chickens.

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What You Need For Decoupage

• I used real eggs, which I blew (you can see how here), and then painted them white. If you can get white eggs to start with, paint is unnecessary. Or you can buy some white craft eggs.

• Marimekko Paper Napkins - I used the KAINO print. There are loads of wonderful Marimekko prints available as paper napkins on eBay. I used about two paper napkins to cover half a dozen eggs.

• Mod podge
• Foam brush

DIY Marimekko Eggs

Step 1: If your eggs aren't white, paint them white.

Step 2: Next, Marimekko paper napkins are three-ply. You will only be using the top printed ply, so carefully separate it from the rest of the paper napkin.

Step 3: Cut away small flowers and design elements from the napkins.

Step 4: Cover the egg with a 50/50 water-and-Mod Podge mixture, then carefully stick the paper napkin cutout to the egg.

Use a clean foam brush to push the napkin down onto the eggshell.

Step 5: Cover the eggs with bits of paper napkins until they are covered. Fill in any gaps with tiny pieces of paper napkins.

Step 6: Finally, cover the eggs completely with two coats of Mod Podge to act as a protective varnish. Let the first coat dry before adding the second.

I found that resting the eggs on a wire frame made this easier.

I habitually buy a pack of Marimekko paper napkins whenever I visit a Scandi shop. And now I have quite a collection, so I will decorate some more eggs with Marimekko, as I did with this spring egg box craft.

You'll find more detailed instructions for paper napkin decoupage here, along with more Easter crafts for adults.

Other egg crafts on Pillarboxblue include,

• Marimekko Easter egg wreath
• Real Egg Wreath
• Paper mache egg decoration