Faux concrete Easter eggs

Decorate your Easter eggs this year in an alternative way with the use of concrete look paste. Add a bit of colour to contrast the greyness of the concrete with bright colour flower lace or keep a more monochromatic touches with white lace and pearls.

 

Find all the materials and more inspiration in Buddly Crafts

 

Materials used

• Polystyrene Egg – 2pcs 8cm x 5cm
• Viva Decor Concrete Effect Paint – 250ml Grey
• Buddly Crafts 22mm (7/8″) Orchid Elastic Stretch Lace – 2m – White
• Buddly Crafts 18mm Flowers Shaped Cut Out Satin Ribbon 2m – Bright Pink
• Buddly Crafts 18mm Flowers Shaped Cut Out Satin Ribbon 2m – Yellow
• Buddly Crafts 22mm Swirls & Leaves Cut Out Satin Ribbon 2m – White
• Buddly Crafts Guipure Lace Antique White 1m – 45mm 5-Petal
• Buddly Crafts 5mm Flatback Resin Rhinestones – 500pcs – Crystal #R1
• Buddly Crafts 5mm Flatback Resin Rhinestones – 500pcs – Crystal #R1

 

Tools used

• Palette knife
• Hot glue
• Glue

 

Place the polystyrene eggs on bamboo skewers to easily work on them. Cover the polystyrene eggs with the Viva Decor Concrete Effect paste with a palette knife and let them dry well.

 

Sand the surface to smooth a bit it.

 

Use the sponge included in the box to darken the egg surface. Allow some drying time.

 

Cover with the sealer and a sponge and let them dry.

 

Wrap around the eggs ribbons, preferably a white one as a background layer to show the colour of the flower ribbon even better, and continue by adding rhinestones.