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Home » arts and craft » Faux Blue Bird Eggs and Nest

Faux Blue Bird Eggs and Nest

February 24, 2020 Brittany Bailey 18 Comments

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Can you think of anything more spring-like than a nest full of blue eggs? Today I want to show you how to make Faux Blue Speckled Bird Eggs and a Nest!

Faux Blue Bird Eggs and Nest

Spring has arrived in North Carolina and I want to dance and sing and tiptoe through the tulips. Now that Valentine’s Day has come and gone, it is the perfect time to start decorating for Easter! A nest of Blue Speckled Bird Eggs makes a beautiful centerpiece! Mother Robin sure does create beautiful blue eggs, but we’d never think of disturbing those precious eggs.

Instead, I’ll show you how to turn regular chicken eggs…

…into a beautiful nest of blue speckled eggs to decorate for Easter or Spring.

Materials:

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  • Eggs (5-6)
  • Egg Carton
  • Rubber Gloves
  • Bowl
  • Old Toothbrush
  • Acrylic Paint: (at least have White, Black and Robin’s Egg Blue)
  • Paint brush
  • Paper Bag
  • Paper Plate
  • Pasta Maker, Paper Shredder or Scissors
  • Plastic Drop Cloth
  • Hammer
  • Nail

Instructions:

It’s time to get messy. Put down a drop cloth or tarp to cover your work area (and beyond.) First, I’ll show you a magic trick! Learn how to remove the white and yolk out of eggs without breaking the shell. Rest an egg inside the empty carton. Gently tap a nail into the top of your egg.

Turn the egg upside down and put another hole into the other side. Typically you’ll need one hole slightly larger.

Faux Robin's Egg Spring Nest | Pretty Handy Girl

Pucker up and blow through the smaller hole until the egg white and yolk drain out the larger bottom hole. (Of course, you’ll probably want to save the eggs for omelets or scrambled eggs.)

Once you have emptied your eggs, clean them off. Then close your egg carton and flip it upside down to create a raised support for your eggs.

Faux Robin's Egg Spring Nest | Pretty Handy Girl

Gather your blue, black, and white acrylic paints. Paint the egg a robin’s egg blue color and allow them to dry.

Put on rubber gloves. Pour a small amount of black acrylic paint onto a paper plate. Add a little water to create a runny consistency. Dip the toothbrush into the paint mixture. Aim the toothbrush at the eggs and stroke your finger along the bristles to spatter black dots all over the eggs.

Allow the black speckles to dry and repeat the process using the white paint.

While the eggs are drying, pull out your pasta maker. (Am I the only one who never uses my pasta maker for making pasta?) Cut the paper bag into sections wide enough to fit into the pasta maker.

Feed the paper bag through the pasta maker to shred it. (You can shred the bag with a paper shredder or scissors if you don’t have a pasta maker.) Arrange the shreds into a nest form in a bowl, urn, or basket.

Set your faux blue bird eggs into the nest and admire your beautiful Spring décor!

This centerpiece can be left out until you are tired of looking at it. Then store the eggs in the carton and bring them out again next year.

 

Have a great week! I hope the weather is warming up where you are!

 

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Comments

  1. Peter says

    May 21, 2016 at 1:18 pm

    Really awesome idea!
    I am totally impressed about your tricks and tips. Waiting more in future..

    Reply
  2. Easter Lover says

    August 16, 2015 at 8:08 pm

    Wow! Such a simple and easy idea, can’t wait until next easter to do these!

    Reply
  3. Paula says

    March 30, 2015 at 4:34 pm

    I love these eggs! I have been looking for some great bluebird eggs and these are a beautiful solution. Thanks so much for your creativity 🙂

    Reply
  4. Charlotte Farley says

    March 25, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    I never thought of a pasta maker. I think it is because I don’t make my own pasta and cooking is not my cup of tea. I could use our paper shredder.

    Reply
  5. Awesome! says

    March 22, 2015 at 11:55 pm

    My partner is also a handy-woman. In fact she does all the little fixes around the house. I get teased by my friends but I think they are just jealous 🙂

    Reply
  6. pete vasquez says

    March 22, 2015 at 2:06 am

    I love and enjoy reading the tutorials, very precise and explained thoroughly, thank-you.

    Reply
  7. Colleen Taylor says

    March 18, 2015 at 11:15 pm

    This is so pretty & I’m happy your spring is here. Yes, I have a pasta maker too but never thought of using it to cut paper. What a great idea on it all.

    Reply
  8. Karen says

    March 18, 2015 at 1:09 am

    What color and brand are the robins egg blue paint? So beautiful. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Brittany Bailey says

      March 19, 2015 at 3:22 pm

      Karen, I wish I knew. It was an oops paint from Valspar.

      Reply
  9. TJ says

    March 17, 2015 at 8:48 pm

    There is a much easier way to blow out eggs! I put a piece of tape over one end of the egg and drill a small hole with a new bit. Hold the egg with the hole over the bowl, not towards the ceiling. Use a syringe and needle (16 or 18 gauge from the local farm store) to blow air into the hole. The egg will be squeezed out the hole into the bowl. Much easier than using your mouth! I wrote a blog post about how I do it back in 2011 🙂

    Reply
    • Brittany Bailey says

      March 19, 2015 at 3:23 pm

      I’ll have to try that method next time! Thanks.

      Reply
  10. Debbie says

    March 17, 2015 at 1:11 pm

    So cute! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  11. Alyssa says

    March 17, 2015 at 11:39 am

    Super cute! I love the look of that!

    Reply
  12. Jordan says

    March 17, 2015 at 9:46 am

    This is a gorgeous diy! I had no idea you could use a pasta maker for paper like that. I’ll have to try it out. How long do the eggshells last like that, or are they safe if all the yolk is cleaned out?

    Reply
    • Brittany Bailey says

      March 19, 2015 at 3:23 pm

      Jordan, yes, it dries out and you can keep it forever.

      Reply

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