Crafts from eggshells - detailed instructions on how to create beautiful crafts with your own hands

• Materials and tools for crafts made from eggshells
• Eggshell mosaic
• Decoupage on eggshells

Easter is approaching, which means there will be a lot of colored eggs in every home. So, it's time to learn a new craft technique: eggshell crafts.

Eggshells are an excellent material for creativity. And we offer you two options for using it:

• eggshell mosaic (a simpler option, great for joint creativity with children)
• decoupage with eggshells (this way you can achieve the effect of craquelure - a surface cracked by age - without special varnish).

What is made from the shell of an egg?

The material is considered environmentally friendly, so it can be used in creative activities. The shell has a fairly hard surface, which allows you to make crafts from it such as:

• panels using the craquelure technique;
• semantic images;
• mosaic on any surfaces;
• decoration for vessels.

The technology of action is different in all cases. For example, preparing a wooden surface is very different from a plastic one. The finish may also vary. Only the material used as the basis remains similar.

Collection and preparation of material

First you need to collect eggshells for crafts. Moreover, this should be done gradually, saving the material after each cooking. It is important that it dries thoroughly and does not have a thin film inside.

The finished whole shell must be painted in different colors. There are a couple of convenient options for this. So, you can paint the shell with a brush dipped in paint, or dip it in a dye solution. After half an hour, the shell will become bright and rich.

After coloring the egg peel with dye, it must dry thoroughly. After a day, it is placed for storage in a linen bag. If creativity is needed, the shell is taken out for creative activities.

Decorating a vase or box

You will need a wooden object. First, it is processed using simple sandpaper to make the surface smooth. Next, a layer of primer is applied to the product. Then the object is coated with any color, taking into account that it will be noticeable between the mosaics. Thus, patterned contours remain on the surface of the product.

The next step is gluing the crushed shells. Remaining glue can be removed with a clean cloth. When the product dries, it is advisable to apply a varnish base to it. Finally, all that remains is to glue the decorative elements.

Creative manicure

During the creative process, tiny crumbs remain that can be used to decorate your nails in an unusual way. This manicure is suitable for bold fashionistas who prefer experiments. First you need to process your nails and give them the desired contours. The next step is applying clear varnish. Until it dries, you need to scatter the shells over the surface, creating a pattern.

It’s better to first determine what kind of design you want to see on your nails . Then you need to thoroughly crush the shell so that all the particles are approximately the same and very small. In addition to transparent, varnish of a rich color is suitable, then you will get a contrasting combination. Don't be upset if you didn't manage to get a beautiful manicure the first time. If unsuccessful, remove the cover and try again.

Decorative bottle

It’s not difficult to make a similar decoration for your home from eggshells. The first step is to prepare the bottle. It must be perfectly clean, so all remnants of paper and glue are removed from it.

You need to gradually glue pieces of napkins onto a dry and grease-free surface, then lay out a mosaic of shells on it and cover it with napkins again. Finally, a thin layer of primer is applied. The craft should dry well. If desired, the egg shell can be easily painted in any color.

Decorating a flower pot

In every home there is an empty flower pot. It’s easy to make a decorative item for your home from such an item using a simple eggshell.

In creative work, glue (on the glass surface) and shells are useful. Apply the adhesive composition to the container and carefully attach the small shell. After the glue has dried, the craft should be decorated with acrylic or decorated using the decoupage technique.

Mosaic

Small parts of the shell are glued onto the selected surface. The elements are placed so that the gaps are minimal. The surface is painted with acrylic and primed. Afterwards, the pictures are attached and the necessary elements are completed.

If you are interested in how to make a craft from a shell with your own hands, the instructions will help you understand the sequence of operations.

Broken shells are used as mosaics. You can make a beautiful panel yourself. The base must first be degreased and painted.

Afterwards the image is drawn with a pencil. The shell is painted with acrylic paints and then used as a mosaic. The elements are secured using PVA. Kids use regular plasticine instead of glue.

Technology for performing decoupage on shells

We will describe a master class on making a wooden box from eggshells.

1. Using sandpaper, sand the surface of the wooden product, then degrease it with alcohol.
2. We coat a small area of ​​the box with adhesive base and glue fragments of eggshells onto it. As we work, we move them apart a certain distance from each other.
3. We glue the entire surface of the box in this way and apply a layer of PVA glue on top.
4. Next, the craft must be painted white in several layers.
5. The next step is gluing the napkins to the decoupage.
6. In your work, you should use three-layer napkins, and specifically only their top layer with ornaments.
7. Apply PVA glue to the surface of the workpiece. On large or round objects, it is advisable to apply a napkin cut into several parts, and apply an adhesive base on top.
8. So the box is glued on each side. Then the craft is given time to dry and then varnished.

Egg painting

For work you will need the following tools and materials:

• Egg shells;
• PVA glue;
• Brush;
• Cardboard (or any other surface, everything will depend on what exactly you want to do);
• Tweezers;
• Wooden stick;
• Varnish;
• Acrylic paints;
• Napkin for decoupage.

Step-by-step instructions for doing the job:

1. First you need to make a template according to which the eggshells will be laid out. Draw it on a simple sheet of paper, or for those who don’t know how to do this, just take any drawing and print it out.
2. You need to glue a sheet with a pattern onto a sheet of cardboard.
3. Let's move on to applying the shell. We do it as follows: grease a small area of ​​the picture with glue and place the shell on it. If the size of the shell is very large, then take a stick and press it on it. Because of this, it will crack and crumble into several small fragments. The distance between the shells should be the same.
4. With this action we fill the entire drawing completely.
5. We put it out of the reach of children and wait for it to dry completely.
6. After the drawing is completely dry, decorate it with paints.
7. At the end of the work it is necessary to coat it with varnish.

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This concludes the master class.

Children's jewelry

Eggshells can be useful for creating crafts for a child's room. Thanks to their shape, the shell of the eggs is perfect for making fairy-tale animals. They will become children's favorite toys.

First you need to empty the egg of its internal contents. To do this, do not break its shell. Make a couple of small holes at each end using a pin.

Pour in the liquid white and yolk, and peel the shell and paint it any color. This eggshell craft is perfect for little kids.

Family Bunch

Good afternoon, today I decided to upload a selection of ideas for crafts made from eggshells. Here you will find the simplest and most interesting egg crafts suitable for children. They are easy for children to make with their own hands, if they get a little help from adults. The crafts presented below can be taken for a creative competition in kindergarten and school. You can create tabletop theaters from egg crafts (this will be discussed below). And of course decorate the festive table for the bright holiday of Easter. All this will be discussed in our article.

So let's see what eggshell crafts you can make.

Idea #1

Nest with birds.

We take wrapping paper and cut it into small narrow strips , crumple this paper cutting - and from such dry blades of grass we form a nest. Glue the beak and wings onto the eggshell. Draw the eyes.

This is the simplest egg craft available for young children. Unless, of course, you convince them in advance not to test the empty eggs for strength, not to press them with your finger or squeeze them with your palm.

And here’s a little trick for you (look at the photo below) . There are large and small eggs on sale. If you buy both sizes, you can paint the small ones yellow and leave the large ones white . And then insert yellow painted ones into large white shells and decorate them as yellow chicks hatching from white eggs.

You can develop this idea of ​​chicks and add a mother hen . We make chickens from eggs painted yellow - we place them in an egg cassette. We make a chicken from salt dough, dry it in the oven, and decorate it with gouache. And we sit the chickens from the eggs behind. We decorate the craft with green grass (cut green paper or green thread). Add watercolor-painted feathers from the pillow.

You can have roosters in a chicken family. With a paper comb and a fluffy tail. Strips of paper for the tail are cut with scissors and twisted around a cylindrical object (bottle, hairspray can).

QUESTION: What glue is used to glue paper to eggshells?

ANSWER: PVA glue will do (stationery or construction glue, it doesn’t matter, the composition is the same, only the second one is 2 times cheaper).

DOUBLE SIDED duct tape is also suitable - this holds the paper on the shell best.

You can use pieces of cardboard egg cassettes. We cut out a cell from a cassette box and play with its shape in order to bring it closer to something similar to a bird.

A chicken craft made from eggs can be decorated with PLASTICINE parts. Sculpt the scallop, beak and paws. If you make cockerels, you can also fashion a tail from plasticine (from a thin, lightweight plasticine plate). And the cockerels can be placed on high legs (make holes in the bottom of the shell and insert cocktail tubes) - or without holes, simply attach the tubes to plasticine.

Another great idea is to buy small QUAIL EGGS in the store. They are just the right size for baby chicks. You need to paint the quail shells yellow. And plant these small eggs inside large chicken shells. The result is a chicken family - a rooster, a hen and babies that have just hatched from the eggshell.

Idea No. 2

BIRDS from eggs.

And other birds can also be made from eggshells - TOUCANS, PARROTS, PEACOCKS, PENGUINS, BUFFINS, TITMS.

These are the owls you get if you paint their shells into different painting zones. And decorate the borders between zones with beads (for beauty and contrast). And if you don’t have the strength to tinker with beads (we’re not Faberge), then you can decorate the boundaries of the zone with DOTS WITH a simple THICK MARKER, stick them and that’s it - we’ll get the same bead effect only cheaper and faster.

Then add eye stickers and stick the wings behind (everything is attached perfectly to double-sided tape).

Or the owl egg craft design can be more simple. It looks quite beautiful if the owl’s wings have a patterned color (cut from a piece of wallpaper or gift wrapping). It’s also beautiful when the eyes are shaped like a flower with petals. Legs for an owl from eggs can be fashioned from plasticine or cut out of thick cardboard or thick felt.

Crafts from eggs.

Idea No. 3

TABLE THEATER.

If you take cardboard rolls and insert an egg into the top socket of the roll. Then we will get a blank for a character in a tabletop theater. You can take a ready-made roll of toilet paper and wrap it in colored paper. And then decorate our character

Depending on the color and design of the egg and paper roll, we will get a GREEN frog, a SPOTTED cow, a BROWN dog, a YELLOW chicken, etc. (see photo of egg crafts below).

You can make any characters out of eggs. Try to make them resemble mussel personalities and play small TV shows in the tabletop theater.

Instead of cardboard rolls, you can use ready-made plastic egg cups (as in the photo of crafts below).

You can find small plastic cups on sale and use them as the basis for theatrical crafts.

Eggshells for egg crafts can be painted with GOUACHA and then covered with nail polish or sprayed with hairspray - this will make the color BRIGHTER and the surface of the egg will become shiny and smooth like plastic.

You can make crafts with Christmas themes from eggs (as in the photo below).

You can act out your favorite fairy tales by preparing special decorations for your character. In such an interesting environment, your children will play with their crafts with great delight.

You can make a tropical island and populate it with animals from hot countries. Make one character every evening... your child will be intrigued by which animal will be next, and will look forward to creative gatherings with colored paper, a hardworking mom and a gambling dad.

But I liked the idea below, where a double-leaf egg cassette turns into an island zone and a sea zone. And from eggs we make crafts - characters inhabiting the earth’s firmament and the depths of the sea (photo below). A very original and long-lasting egg craft for children.

Idea No. 4. Crafts from eggs

with fluffy wire.

And here’s another idea that fluffy wire can be an additional visual medium for making crafts from eggshells. Fluffy wire is good for making tails for mice, cats and pigs. The wire brushes can be the tentacles of a crab, or the eyes on the legs of a snail or the same crab.

Here are some more springs that are used as the feet and ears of hares.

Idea No. 5

HARNES made from shells.

And here is a cheerful family of white rabbits. White bunnies with pink ears are the cutest egg craft. Regular markers help to draw the face, and the ears are made of paper.

You can depict a bunny by placing the egg on its side - stick it on a cardboard backing, and stick a muzzle on the front - a nose made of plasticine or a decorative pom-pom.

The stand for such an egg craft can be short pieces of plastic tubes (or strips of paper twisted into a tight tube) - the legs are attached to hot glue or plasticine, or double-sided tape (the left craft in the photo below).

A low ring made of cardboard can serve as a stand for the hare (right photo below).

Parts for the eggshell hare can be cut out of colored felt. The result is a bright, elegant craft for children.

Idea No. 6

Shell animals

Crafts for children made from eggs most often depict animals - forest or domestic. Here are some cute eggshell pigs. It is better to make piglets from dark eggs from speckled hens.

But we make a cow from a white shell and draw spots on it with a black marker.

Crafts made from eggs - PENGUIN and PANDA - look beautiful in black and white colors.

I also like tricks with bug-eyed crafts. Bulging eyes on egg crafts look good not only on frogs, but also on cockerels and bunnies.

Crafts from broken shells.

If your shells are damaged, then this is not a reason for tears - this is the first step to a new egg craft idea.

These are the kind of original crafts you can come up with for children from shells with a damaged barrel.

Podkli from eggs.

FOR BOYS.

All boys will love the divers theme.

You can make a pot-bellied submarine craft from eggs. And make several enemy boats that will lie at different depths of your underwater world, made from a TV box.

You can make a sea out of blue cellophane and throw a toothy shark into it.

You can also build a flying saucer out of a basin and populate it with little green men. Cute aliens with three eyes will be your boys' favorite toys for a long time.

And girls will love playing town made of eggs. Little Kinder Surprise dolls will stroll along the streets of such a cozy town and have picnics in cozy gardens in the backyard.

And girls also like cats. If we make Kitty’s head with a white egg and put it on a roll of cardboard (like the aliens from the photo above), then we will get a favorite toy for your daughter.

You can ALSO make a neat hole in the egg, pour liquid wax from a candle into it and insert a stick - this way we’ll get a theatrical craft on a stick. And it will be possible to act out puppet-egg theater performances behind a screen, holding a character on a stick (photo below). Kids really like this craft for children; they enjoy playing with such toys on sticks.

And thanks to the hardened wax inside the shell, such a craft will be even stronger and more durable.

SPRING CRAFTS from eggs.

The spring season is rich in Easter egg crafts. Therefore, egg shells have become a holiday decor item during the Easter season.

You can use your wits yourself and come up with your own spring crafts from eggs. In the meantime, I will show you the ones I managed to find.

Here are shell vases for miniature bouquets of spring flowers - crocuses, coltsfoot, snowdrops, primroses.

You can insert a cocktail straw into an egg shell. And wrap the egg in crepe paper. And we get a tulip on a stem. Add juicy green leaves and form a spring craft - a bouquet of eggs.

You can put skirts made of petals on egg shells (photo below) and also decorate a spring bouquet of eggs. This egg craft is suitable for children 5 years old . We fold a sheet of paper into a triangle as for cutting out a snowflake - but instead of snowflake patterns, we draw 2 oval petals (with a heart) on it and give it to the child. He cuts out the petals and cuts the center corner of the folded triangle along a rounded line. We unfold it and get a petal circle with a hole for putting on the egg.

Skirts with petals can be cut out of felt - this material is lighter than cardboard and bright in color.

You can make a series of cacti from eggs. An excellent craft made from eggs, accessible for children - simply paint the eggs with green gouache and draw the needles with white paint.

Here are some ideas for crafts made from empty egg shells.

Good luck with your creativity.

Olga Klishevskaya, especially for the “Family Kuchka” website.

Homemade candlestick

This original homemade thing will become natural in every home. Recycled egg shells can be used as the base for mini candle holders.

It's not difficult to make such a thing. You just need to light the candle. Carefully pour the liquid wax into the shell. To obtain a beautiful shape, you need to divide the egg shell into two equal parts. It would be great if they were painted in a bright color.

Tulips from the shell

This type of craft can be done not only by adults, but also by children. In the latter case, it is recommended to purchase egg cartons made of polystyrene foam or cardboard.

The shell halves must be painted with dye and allowed to dry. Moreover, you should dip the entire shell into the dye so that its inside is also colored.

After the paint has dried, you need to make a small hole at the bottom and insert a tube into it. Place homemade tulips in a vase; they will become an original decoration in a child’s room.

Shell carving

Looking at the work of the craftsmen who carve this fragile material, it is difficult to believe that all this can be repeated independently, at home. To do this you need quite a bit of patience and some tools and improvised means:

• Egg.
• Clear acrylic polish or nail polish.
• Template and a simple pencil.
• An electric cutter, a small drill or an electric manicure set.
• A scalpel or a small but sharp knife.
• Soft cloth or sponge.
• Magnifier.

First, prepare the egg shell and dry it thoroughly. Then coat one half of the shell with varnish. When it's dry, cover the other half in the same way and let dry. Place the workpiece on a soft cloth. Transfer the selected design to the workpiece.

It is better to start carving with small parts. To do this, first drill holes in them and then cut them along the inner contour. For beginners, it is better not to take small drawings.

It is better to choose wider partitions. Next, the remaining elements are cut out. Reinforce the finished carving with varnish and, after drying, place it on a beautiful stand.

Frame

Small shells can be used to decorate a regular photo frame, giving it a unique appearance. The shell particles are glued to a store-bought glass frame, or to a homemade one made from thick cardboard.

If you liked the ideas for making crafts from natural materials, go for it! Everything will definitely work out!

Mosaic cockerel

The next craft is more difficult. For it you will need to get plasticine, a jar of yogurt, colored cardboard and multi-colored Easter egg shells.

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• The yogurt jar will be our base. We place it with the hole facing down and cover it tightly with a layer of plasticine, giving it a more rounded shape.
• After this, we take the shells from Easter eggs, the more colors you have, the more elegant the cockerel will turn out, and we begin to glue pieces of the shell to the plasticine base, laying out a mosaic.
• Using mosaics we form a lighter “belly”, darker and multi-colored plumage.
• In the end, we make the eyes with two large beads, and the beak can either be sculpted from plasticine or cut out of cardboard.
• We cut out feathers for the tail from multi-colored cardboard - there should be four or five of them, and from red cardboard we cut out the comb and beard.
• Our mosaic Easter cockerel is ready!

Photos of crafts made from eggshells