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Friday, March 30, 2012

Mr. & Mrs. Egghead - Decorating Plastic Eggs

On the agenda for the weekend is to dye Easter eggs with my preschooler. But before we tackle real eggs, I thought it might be fun to decorate some plastic ones. I saw a feature in Disney’s Family Fun magazine of plastic eggs sporting a variety of hats and thought I’d follow suit.

May I introduce Mr. and Mrs. Egghead? These two are obviously Southerners, maybe Texans, given their headgear.


I made Mr. Egghead’s cowboy hat using a paper egg carton, a small piece of cardstock and a bit of twine. I made Mrs. Egghead’s Easter bonnet from a cupcake wrapper, felt trim and small paper flowers.


The couple is sporting border stickers from Echo Park’s This and That collection. I thought the red triangle border sticker looked a bit like a bandana and suited our cowboy. I used a scallop border sticker for Mrs. Egghead to mimic a dress collar. I also used stickers and paper from This and That to build the house. The roof and door are Cosmo Cricket.


They’re just about ready for Easter, I’d say. Have you decorated eggs yet this year? If so, feel free to link them in the comments here or on the Paper Issues blog. Our current theme is Candy Shop. We’d love to see your projects. Paper Issues also has a great giveaway on its blog.  Saturday is the last day to enter.

27 comments:

  1. These are sooooooo cute!! I love them! what a fun idea!

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  2. Total cuteness! I can almost hear them saying, "Happy Easter, y'all!" :)

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  3. Oh my gosh, how adorable!
    Love the little cupcake wrapper bonnet. To stinkin' cute!

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  4. Izzy, Your eggs are so cute and fun!! I might have to try this out! Thank you for sharing your creation and idea! Have a great day and a fun weekend! ~hl

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  5. Adorable! Love the hat and bonnet!

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  6. omg. they're hysterically adorable, love them!!

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  7. Oh my gosh- these are SO SO cute! I love their little hats and faces! So adorable!

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  8. Could not be CUTER!!! LOOOOOVE sooooooo much!

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  9. so stinkin' cute!!!!!!!!!!

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  10. Cute eggs and what a good idea! Last year my daughter and I used silk ties and hankies to tye dye eggs and they looked awesome!

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  11. These are adorable!! I just showed my kids and now they want to make some!

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  12. Aww these eggsare soo cute and funny Izzy!!

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  13. OMYGOSH!!! These are just tooooooooooooooo cute cute cute!! I love them!!

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  14. Stop.The Cuteness. You rock...and you are up on PI. <3

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  15. You are amazing!!!
    I absolutely adore their hats.. how brilliant they are.
    love it!!!

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  16. How cute! I miss my Family Fun magazine. I subscribed about a year go to some high school boy doing a fundraiser (or so he claimed). I hope he enjoyed my money! :-(

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  17. How gorgeous! these are sooo cute and fun! Love them!

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  18. Goodness! These are adorable! What a fun project! I lovelovelove the happy colours!

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