Easter is on its way and I am very much looking forward to it. I’m ready for the bright colors, the pastels, and anything with spring green. And I am helping it along with the bright tones of these Salt Dough Easter Egg Ornaments.
EASY DIY SALT DOUGH EASTER EGGS
Salt dough lends itself to all sorts of shape making. Once baked to thoroughly dry, the dough is hard and can last for years. The dough is also paintable which makes it all the more fun.
I love the tradition of an Easter Tree — a branch on which to hang eggs, bunnies and colorful bits. Part of this batch of Salt Dough Easter Eggs will hang on our tree but I hope to hang some outside too. You see, if a spray paint or clear spray paint sealer is used, these ornaments can hung outside and inside alike.
I think seeing bright bits of color amidst the early spring landscape would be lovely, don’t you? Let’s get started.
Salt Dough Easter Eggs – Supply List
– batch or two of salt dough (see below)
– rolling pin
– ruler, to measure dough thickness
– egg shape cutter
– spatula
– straw, for making holes
– parchment-paper covered baking sheets
– spray or acrylic paint
– paint pens, optional
– clear coat sealer, optional
– twine, ribbon
Recipe for Salt Dough Easter Eggs
Mix up your favorite salt dough recipe. For this project, I used the following recipe:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
Stir together all three ingredients until a dough forms. Kneading the dough a couple times can help make it smoother.
Roll it out (I rolled mine to 1/4 inch thick) and cut out desired shapes.
Place the salt dough Easter eggs on the parchment-covered baking sheets. Remember to make a hole so you can hang the ornaments — a straw works perfectly!
Bake at 250F for 2 hours.
Directions for Salt Dough Easter Eggs
Once the shapes are adequately baked, dried and then thoroughly cooled, it’s painting time. I like using spray paint because it’s faster and easier but acrylics work just as well.
Allow the paint to thoroughly dry. Use paint pens to add polka dots or lines of decorations to the eggs. Optional: To further protect the color and design, add a clear coat sealer.
Loop twine or ribbon through the holes and hang.
Hooray! Your Salt Dough Easter Eggs are finished. It’s feeling more spring like already!
P.S. — Adorable Painted Egg Cartons.
Credits: Photos by Amy Christie for Design Mom.
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good idea but why did mine burn within an hour
Made these with my little brother for “Art Class” during home schooling. He has autism and LOVED making them. After painting and coating them, we hung them up around the house and a few around town! So much fun. Mine kinda bubbled up a little, but nothing paint can’t fix. So much fun.
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This is great – please add a Pinterest button so I can pin it! I know it’s possible to do without a button but that’s beyond my current skillset :-)
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Thank you! I’ve been reading everything trying to find out how many this makes! I have 5 grands every Monday and don’t beef too come up short💞
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The recipe worked great in my case. For those who use C instead of F, baking the eggs at 120 C for 2 hours gave excellent results. If you do not want to have air pockets building up, you may try to make the dough thinner: 1/4 inch thickness did not do the trick for me, so I made them thinner. Once painted and thoroughly dried, they came out pretty sturdy.
Thanks for such a cute idea! My grandmother always had an Easter tree, and now I know just how to pass the tradition along to my son! Will be making these today!
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Hi there! These are so cute. How many eggs did you get out of one batch?
Wow, these look fabulous! Thanks.
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This is such a cool and pretty DIY for easter. Totally sharing this one. <3
I love making DIY stuff and this one seems to be great to make indeed and love what you do gal!
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