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For Easter, make a colored concrete egg

Sometimes, we imagine creative project, anticipate details and experimenting it, everything is fine. We figure we can be proud of result. And then, sometimes, experience is less positive. It was case this weekend. Basic idea worked but would be worth being improved. I wanted to make pastel shades Easter eggs to place into a foliage decor for the weekend to come. Result is – how to say – flashy? Heavy-handed pigments give a colored result and mortar isn’t prefectly adapted. I’ll try again !

But since molding method worked, I thought that you would however like to see this little DIY, wich at least prove that an egg shell can be of use as mould for concrete. I used some masonry mortar, as the one I used to make my garden concrete step but I will reattempt with some cement.

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How to make colored concrete egg for Easter ?

Material

• empty egg shell opened at bottom
• oil
• cement
• pigments
• disposable container & plastic knife
• protection gloves

 

 

Detailed explanation

• don’t forget to put disposable gloves to protect hands
• and also protect your worktop, pigments aren’t forgiving
• in a plastic container, mix cement and pigments
• then top up with some water and blend to obtain a creamy consistency
• pour a bit of oil into the egg and turn it to line shell of oil, unmoulding will be easier
• pour colored cement in the egg shell
• 3 days later, Easter concrete egg is ready to be unmold, just break the shell

 

 

I did this DIY with Virgile, it’s an easy Easter activity for children.

Of course, cracking shells was his job.

 

Even if result isn’t as hoped, Virgile is delighted of his creation and we installed its Easter colored eggs with foliages centre of our dining table. Finally, the most important is that my little boy enjoy is creation, isn’t it ?

This post was written by Daphne