Tin Foil Easter Eggs

Easter is just one week away! Are you decorating your house for this spring holiday? It would probably be a joyous and uplifting thing to do.

We’ve had a few warm, sunny days recently and it sure does feel more and more like spring every day. In our yard, my pansies are waking up, and I noticed some hostas poking their fingers up out of the ground. Sadly, there are no tulips in our yard anymore, as the deer that roam our neighborhood eat the young shoots as soon as they appear; I had to give up on them finally.

But it is feeling more and more like spring outdoors, so let’s make it feel spring-like inside. I found this super, easy craft on Pinterest recently, and I want to share it with you now. We are going to make tin foil Easter eggs. This craft is based on the folk-art form known as Mexican tin art. It comes from a site called I Heart Crafty Things. Here is the link to their website if you’d like to check it out:

https://iheartcraftythings.com/tin-foil-easter-egg-art.html

This would be a great craft to do with your children or grand-kids, whomever you are social distancing with. Just four supplies needed, ones I hope you have on hand: cardboard, tin foil, scissors, and permanent markers.

For the cardboard, I didn’t want to cut up an actual cardboard box, so I went to my recycle bin and found an empty Triscuit box. I frequently use box board, such as this, for crafting, making patterns, etc.

Use whatever permanent markers you have on hand, such as Sharpies or the Crayola brand that I used. Permanent markers will work better than washable markers which may smear and wipe off too easily.

Let’s get started!

1. Cut out an egg shape from your cardboard.

2. Tear off a piece of tin foil from your roll. Lay your egg on top of it and then fold the tin foil all over the edges of the egg, so the front of the egg is completely covered in the foil. Press it as flat as you can on the back, making it easier to draw on the front. It doesn’t really matter whether you use the shiny or dull side of the tin foil. Both will work just fine. I used the dull side only because I thought it would photograph better.

3. Leaving the lid on the marker, use it to draw lines and designs all over the tin foil egg. This step isn’t absolutely necessary, but it does add some extra texture to the egg.

4. When you are finished drawing designs, use all of your markers to trace over the designs and add any more details that you’d like.

5. If you decide to skip step 3, just go ahead and make designs and color your egg any way you’d like. Press firmly with the markers to get some of that texture in the foil. It’s a balancing act, don’t press too hard or the foil can rip. (I speak from experience!)

My Finished Egg

That was easy, wasn’t it? And fun, I hope. Depending on how much foil and cardboard you have to play around with, why stop at one? Get busy and make a whole cartoon full of eggs.

I had fun crafting with you today. Thanks for visiting. Stay home and stay safe!