Easter Egg Dioramas

Well...you know me I'm a sucker for a diorama...I love Easter Egg ones especially. I always wanted one as a child..now I make my own and so do the kids.

They are not hard to do you just need to think ahead as the paper mache takes a few days to dry.

Materials Required:

Paper mache part:

balloons
paper towels
white school glue
toilet paper roll
scissors
wax paper

Decorating Part:

acrylic paint
paint brush
thin cardboard
scissors
glue or glue gun
glitter glue
any extra embellishments from around the house
ribbon





Take your balloons...just your regular round ones...and blow them up just a bit. They will be egg shaped. I found you only want them to be about 5-6 inches high.


Another good hint is don't use white ones...the white make it difficult to determine how many layers of paper mache you have done.


Mix your white glue with an equal amount of water in a recycled container.

Rip up some paper towels into strips and start paper maching. We use paper towel as it soaks up the glue mix really well (less mess) and it also gives us a white base for easier painting.

You want to put on several layers but leave some of the balloon exposed on one side. Place on wax paper and let dry. You will have to turn it to get all sides to dry...it will take a couple of days.




If you want your egg diorama to stand..like on a mantel...take a toilet paper roll and cut off a ring about 1-2 inches high.




Wrap this ring in some layers of paper mache as well.

Place on wax paper and let dry...don't attach to your egg right now.






When your egg has dried cut out the window by using scissors. Go thru the side where you left the balloon exposed.




Cut a good window shape. Now you could decorate your diorama this way......






or this way you decide.




Start painting the inside first. I'm using a sky blue as I'm setting my scene outdoors.



You can paint your ground as well.




While I'm waiting for the inside to dry I started on the outside. Decorate anyway you wish.




When the inside is dry you can add more details.






Add some glitter if you wish.








Figure out what characters you want to set in your scene. Draw them out and cut them out of thin cardboard. (a cereal box works great). Make sure to add a tab at the bottom...you will bend this back at the end and glue into your egg.

Paint, color and decorate your figures. I painted mine with acrylic, added some fine marker for details, and glued on a pompom for the tail.

I found a small basket and glued in some tiny pompoms for eggs.

I added some embellishments on the outside and then glued the rabbit and basket into place with the glue gun.

If you want them to hang poke a hole into the top and thread a ribbon thru....If you want it to stand paint your paper mached ring to match and then glue into place...check first to see where the egg sits the best before gluing.

That's it. Make a bunch...your kids will have lots of ideas...we're still working on ours...one is a house with little windows and everything.










see you next time

gail