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Easter is coming soon. And this year I decided to be original, to cook beautiful golden eggs, decorating them with potal.

WHAT is potal?

potal- the thinnest sheet imitating gilding. It is used in decoupage, decorating furniture, interior items that need to be given a "golden" color.

Potal are sheets of alloys or metals (for example, copper and zinc) designed to imitate gold. After applying to the product, they are painted with a transparent yellow varnish.
It is often used for finishing furniture, stucco, interior items. Potal is also used instead of gilding. This allows significant savings. Unlike gold leaf, which is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, gold leaf can only be used for indoor finishing works with a special protective layer against darkening. The main drawback of sweatshirts is noticeable seams on complex ornaments. Although it is only a specialist who can distinguish gold leaf from imitation.

I found out about potali a year ago. It was just before Easter. Seeing how the girl decorates her eggs, I also wanted to decorate the eggs with gold. But we don’t have art stores, so I started looking on the Internet. Found on aliexpress and ordered only this year. Here is a link to the seller. The goods received in a month. But, I repeat, if you live in a big city, then potal can be easily found in shops for creativity, or for artists.

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MY PACKAGE

I received the standard package. It has a stack of sheets. Between two sheets of parchment, the treasured leaf sweated. The whole stack reminded me block of note paper(I thought it would be bigger).

Size 8*8.5 cm

Color - gold (and in general there are both silver and bronze)

Price - 162 rubles.

Quantity - 100 sheets

Potali characteristics - very fragile, easily cut with any thin object. Crumbles in hands.

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HOW TO DECORATE EGGS WITH POTAL

For decoration you need:

Two brushes (taken from children for drawing)

Gloves (so that the potal does not stick to the hands, although it is very easy to wash)

Half a fresh egg white (serves as glue)

How to coat eggs with sweat

1. Cut the leaf into squares with a knife. Arbitrarily.

2. Cover the boiled eggs with protein, brushing a small area of \u200b\u200bthe shell with a brush (approximately 2.5 cm * 2.5 cm).

3. With a second brush dipped in water, take a piece of potali and glue it to the egg.

4. Smooth the potal over the surface of the egg.

So we decorate half of all boiled eggs, leave to dry for half a day so that the potal does not stick to our hands (I worked without gloves). After decorating the second part of the egg.

It’s not scary if something has moved away somewhere, a piece has fallen behind, etc. On the “defective” area, you need to apply protein again and glue a piece of sweat. It lays down perfectly on the surface and smoothes.

I had a test before Easter, in some places it was uneven, in some places it was torn off. I think I just need experience, I'll learn by the holiday. In general, I liked the effect. Very beautiful golden eggs came out.

Treat your family and friends for Easter with these incomparably decorated eggs.

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Hello dear friends! As I wrote in a recent article, Easter is coming inexorably. Every year it shifts quite significantly, but in any case, you should not miss it anyway.

How to prepare for this holiday? You can do it, bake delicious themed dishes and invite relatives and friends to visit.

But why surprise them? Of course, the main symbol of Easter - colored eggs. But how do you color the eggs? And what?

I decided to dig on this topic on the Internet, see what different sources offer. I was surprised to find that there are quite a lot of coloring methods, but often, as they say, the authors of articles “pour from empty to empty” - the same method is sprayed into several to get the desired volume. At the same time, attention is paid mainly to the classic color options (which we will definitely take a look at).

But I want something new, fresh, unusual! So, I present to you thirty workshops and ideas for coloring and decorating eggs with the most different ways ranging from classic to the most extravagant.

How to dry eggs?

Before starting master classes, you need to decide where and how you will store the unfinished results of creativity? After all, it is very easy to lubricate the drawing, if you just put the testicle on a flat surface. There are several options:

Use egg storage containers. In them, the pattern is less smeared.
Take foam rubber and toothpicks. Insert the toothpicks into the foam at a distance that allows you to place your creation inside.
Purchase special stands. You can also build them yourself. For example, make a cardboard ring in which you will put the egg after coloring.

I myself am still just getting ready for the total Easter coloring. While I tried a couple of ways, I will share my research further.

natural ways

In the meantime, keep a very valuable tablet, which depicts most of the most simple options decorating eggs with the most natural dyes at home. All of them need vinegar - add one tablespoon to a saucepan of water.

Presented here:

Coffee. You can also use tea, as it is much more affordable and you don’t have to grind anything. It turns out a beautiful brown shade.
Beet. My favorite color is pink or crimson, it all depends on the soaking time. It is recommended to soak for 8 hours.
Carrot. Bright festive color will give you carrots, from which you will need to squeeze the juice, and then boil the eggs in the resulting solution.
Spinach. A somewhat unexpected way for our latitudes, isn't it?) You will need spinach if you want to get a delicate green color.
Cabbage. To obtain blue color eggs, take a couple of heads of red cabbage, finely chop and mix with 500 ml of water. Leave the eggs here for 8 hours, covered with a film on top.
Turmeric. But she will give a sunny yellow. Grind the turmeric beforehand (you should get 2-3 tablespoons) and cook until boiling, then cool and place the eggs there.

All the main nuances are presented on this wonderful hand-drawn instruction, which I have already stocked up in my hamster bins for a long time. A very useful thing during Easter

They completely forgot about the onion peel! But she is the most classic dye. There is nowhere more classic. For her, take the onion peel in the desired volume (for the brightest shade, peel from four onions is recommended for one glass of water). Boil the water for about half an hour, and then lower the eggs into it for a few minutes.

Advice: for a beautiful flower-grass pattern, place the eggs in nylon "bags", putting blades of grass, flowers, etc. there. The output will be an interesting drawing.

It is not necessary to make exactly plant-like traces. You can wrap eggs with threads, glue paper patterns.

Food colorings

In general, when buying any food coloring, it should have instructions on it that allow you to correctly turn the coloring procedure. If this does not happen, then:

Add vinegar to water, bring to a boil. Leave for half an hour.
Then the eggs can be boiled in this solution (for a short time) or lowered into the already cooled solution.

However, there are some tricks that will allow you to stand out from the background of others. For example, if you stick round stickers in the form of a polka dot pattern before painting, you will end up with an unusual and very stylish egg.

Or maybe you want a wealth of colors? Then feel free to take gold leaf (it’s not that expensive, by the way, if you know right places;)). First paint, and then wrap the egg with a piece of gold foil and lightly rub with a brush. It turns out an interesting marble effect.

I wonder where you can buy gold leaf cheaply? There you are link on a comprehensive Aliexpress (the seller is verified and one of the most advantageous offers). Here you can buy a lot of precious leaves for a small amount).

Advice. If you want to achieve a beautiful marble effect, then you can do this: paint the egg in a light color, and then dip it in water with dark color, which will include vegetable oil(in small drops, about two teaspoons per 500 milliliters).

minions

A favorite of kids and adults alike, they are super easy to make with yellow and blue dye, plus lots of little toy eyes and a felt tip pen. To do this, the egg needs to be dipped in the dye only halfway, dried. On the yellow part, glue the eyes and draw funny faces. The child is happy

Drawing with a permanent marker

One of the fastest ideas. All you need is a permanent marker (one or more) and your imagination. Dots, lines, numbers, mysterious patterns - you will get minimalistic, but very stylish eggs. True, it seems to me that it is not worth leaving such for a long time so that they can be eaten. Still a marker...

Metallic markers are also on sale now - a perfect accessory for Easter. The drawing is more delicate than when using ordinary colors.

Simplicity and cuteness

You will never be white chicken eggs did not remind funny Hello Kitty? Try to make one like in the photo. Little girls will be especially delighted - they will like the cute design. For extra decoration, use small flowers, bows, buttons, and whatever you have on hand.

We use paints

How without them? You can use watercolor or acrylic paints. In the second case, you can not be afraid of moisture getting on the surface - this is not scary for acrylic dyes. They do not have a strong smell, they do not penetrate deep into.

Feeling reluctant to mess around with lengthy painting? Then take a pimply film and paint over it properly. It remains only to roll the egg on the surface of the film and you will get a speckled egg

We turn to less traditional methods of coloring.

With the help of fabric

For me, these methods have become a kind of discovery. For example, an option appeared where to put old ties. For this, however, they must be made of real silk.

The method is as follows: take a tie, wrap it tightly with a cloth and over it with threads (you can use cotton cloth). Take a little more vinegar than before (about three tablespoons). Boil the eggs for 10 minutes after boiling, cool and very carefully separate the tissue. Incredible beauty comes out

Here is an option with a silk handkerchief and fabric. In general, do not throw away silk shreds - they can come in handy in the most unexpected situations.

On the topic of fabric and onion decoration: take lace and wrap the eggs tightly with it. The recipe is the same, but the patterns are amazing!

Thread decor

You can wrap your creations with threads not only to form beautiful patterns, but also use them as a full-fledged decorative element. To do this, take PVA and coat the surface as the thread advances, which is laid out in a spiral.

Groats in a move

Why does an egg need to be dyed? After all, you can just glue it with grains! Take anything - rice, peas, buckwheat, sesame and more. You can completely roll the product in one type of grain, or you can pour it in stripes, as in the photo.

confectionery topping

Again, it is necessary to properly coat the surface with glue (you can take PVA) and pour sprinkles on top of it. Balls, stars, and just long strips of sweet material will come in handy.

dragon eggs

Yes, not the most Easter idea, but it also has a place to be. For them, you will need round sequins and glue. You can go the other way - take an artificial foam egg and a lot of buttons. It remains only to stick them in circles to get the effect of scales.

I recommend using options with rhinestones, "scales" and other things either for an empty shell or for artificial fake eggs, since it will be a pity to scrape off all these decorations later.

Advice. How to blow an egg out of the shell? There are two ways:
Pierce the egg on both sides with an awl. Take a saucer and just blow out the contents of the egg. Blow carefully so as not to damage the shell.
Pierce the egg on one side. Take the syringe and use it to extract the contents.

Pieces of glass and rhinestones

To decorate eggs, both artificial and natural, square pieces of glass or rhinestones will help you. Looks very impressive and festive

Compromise option

A great idea for those who do not want to mess around for a long time, but still want to decorate. And not artificial eggs, but the most natural ones. For each instance, you will need several small rhinestones, which you can glue in any order. PVA is useful for gluing.

quilling

It seems to me that this method is also suitable for an ordinary Easter egg, it will only be a pity to spoil it. Or you can take an artificial form, as in a master class.

And here is perhaps the most exotic way of all - coloring ... with nail polish.

Paint eggshells with nail polish

My friends, just the shell without content, if you don't want to get poisoned. I decided to experiment on the eggs with the contents and realized that even after a short laying they are saturated with the smell of varnish so much that they are edible in best case only the yolk remains.

However, if you just want to get a beautiful shell or surface, then take note. Incredibly easy way.

Prepare nail polish (preferably several colors), a container of water (not used for cooking), and the shell itself. Pour the varnish over the surface of the water, drawing the patterns that you want to see later. Take only fresh, undiluted varnishes that have not expired, otherwise you will get not a thin beautiful layer, but thick lines and cakes.

The coverage area should be approximately equal to the surface area of the egg, to again get a beautiful effect.

Gently lower the egg into the pan, submerging it completely in the water. It will immediately be covered with an interesting pattern.

This is what I “painted” for the second egg. First dripped with pink varnish, and then green. As a result, green "dispersed" pink.

I took the eggs not white, but brown, so the result was not very bright.

At the same time, I painted a plastic jar of honey. I didn’t take into account some features, so in some places there were lacquer cakes: _D In general, this method of coloring is suitable not only for the shell - here you can use small decorative jars and dip your nails (although then you have to rub your fingers, but the result is worth it :) )

But what others get by diluting more varnishes and using as a basis White color eggs. As soon as people do not fantasize!

other methods

Suddenly I remembered that I had not told about all the options known to me. What else can be used to color eggs for Easter:

Zelenka. It is better to use it like this: wrap the eggs with gauze, in which you put rice, leaves, pieces of paper, and so on. Tie tightly. Now put them in a pot with cold water and cook until boiling, then a few more minutes.
paper decorations. These are all kinds of hare ears, eyes, man-made coasters. The decoration options here are almost endless.
sequins. Coat the surface with PVA glue or paste, and then generously sprinkle it with sparkles, shaking off excess.
thermal stickers. Before Easter, they are sold in almost all stores. All that is needed is to put a sticker on the already boiled egg and quickly lower it into boiling water. I must say, it doesn’t always turn out well - you have to experiment with stickers from different manufacturers.
Pencils + watercolor. Draw an image on the surface with a pencil. Dilute the watercolor in water (the thicker the better) and lower the product there. Didn't like the effect? Wash off the paint and try again.

Finally, I have prepared for you an interesting video with a very in a simple way decor, in which it is very easy to get the effect of "cosmic" coloring:

Well, how do you like painting? And I'm sure I forgot something. Maybe you can tell in the comments? I would be very grateful, as well as other readers who have looked at the blog. In the future, I will definitely share my painting results with you, do not miss

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Sincerely, Anastasia Skoreva

Every hostess strives to ensure that her festive table for Easter looks amazing. Especially if guests are coming. On the festive table, the main dishes are, of course, colored eggs.

Eggs can be dyed with onion skins, or you can use special paint. But this is all trite. And it would be better if you decide to beautifully decorate Easter eggs with your own hands.

How to paint eggs for Easter in an original way?

Let's look at a few examples of how to color eggs unusually for Easter.

Decoupage technique

To decorate eggs for the Easter holidays using this technique, you can use napkins with floral drawings, church motifs, various patterns. And you can combine one, the other and the third together.

So let's get started.

For Easter decoupage, it is recommended to use white eggs, as the picture on them looks brighter. If the drawings on Easter eggs are in a "cartoon" style, the kids will be delighted. To make the egg shine - you need to grease it with vegetable oil.

Decorating eggs with jewelry

To decorate Easter eggs with jewelry, you should take:

glue;
needles or toothpicks;
small beads or beads.

Apply each piece of decor with tweezers to the egg, which must first be smeared with glue.

Decorating Easter eggs with gold leaf

It is very beautiful, it will give luxury, grace, it will give richness to any egg that is decorated in this way. Gold leaf is a thin foil that has particles of gold of various shades, perhaps it is dark gold, antique gold, or there are silver shades - as you like. This is a thin foil with elements of real gold, which is used to decorate any hard surfaces.

The technique is very simple: grease with glue and carefully place pieces of gold leaf all over the egg with tweezers. It turns out a beautiful effect and, most importantly, such an ornament is made very quickly.

Are you used to using the same Easter egg decorating technique year after year? This year, try experimenting: instead of the usual onion peel, use a thin foil - designer leaf. With it, you will make a breathtaking decoration for Easter! In addition, such fabulous do-it-yourself golden eggs can be used for their intended purpose - to treat household members with them. This decor is absolutely harmless, therefore it does not affect the properties of the eggs.

Golden Easter eggs, photo

Materials and tools for decorating Easter eggs:

Garlic - 3-5 cloves
spadeweed
Fine brush
Wide blush brush
Potal golden color (1-1.5 leaves for each egg).

Master class on decorating golden eggs for Easter:

1. We will immediately reveal to you the secret of working with potal. These thin sheets of foil, literally crumbling in the hands, are usually used in tandem with a special adhesive. Thus, the designer can cover the furniture with artificial gilding: first, in certain places, you need to apply glue, then cover with a gold leaf and with a whisk “sweep away” the excess gold that could not stick. The same principle is used for decorating eggs, but instead of glue, we use sticky garlic juice. In order to get this substance, you just need to skip the garlic cloves through the garlic and put the resulting porridge in a small container. Photo 2.

2. Boil the eggs, fill them with cold water, so that later the shell lags well behind the protein. Then wipe each egg with a paper towel. If the surface of the egg is already dry, dip a thin brush into the garlic porridge and cover the shell with shiny juice. You can apply broken lines or dots, or you can cover the entire surface of the egg with juice (all the same, the potal will not stick completely, but will create a marble pattern). Photo 3.

3. We cover the surface smeared with juice with a leaf and press this foil. We hold for half a minute. Photo 4.

4. After that, you can remove excess sweat with your fingers, literally erasing this material from the shell. In some places, the potal has managed to stick, so a spotted ornament is obtained. Photo 5.

5. The last stage of work involves the use of a wide brush. With its help, we “sweep away” the remaining crumbs. You need to make sure that the surface of the egg is smooth. Photo 6.

Tip: after staining with gold leaf, do not put such eggs in the refrigerator: there the surface will become damp, and the gold leaf will begin to separate, remaining on your fingers.

Hello dear friends! As I wrote in a recent article - Easter is coming inexorably. Every year it shifts quite significantly, but in any case, you should not miss it anyway.

How to prepare for this holiday? You can make interesting gifts, bake delicious themed dishes and invite relatives and friends to visit.

But why surprise them? Of course, the main symbol of Easter is painted eggs. But how do you color the eggs? And what?

But I want something new, fresh, unusual! So, I present to you thirty workshops and ideas for coloring and decorating eggs in a variety of ways, from the classic to the most extravagant.

Use egg storage containers. In them, the pattern is less smeared.
Take foam rubber and toothpicks. Insert the toothpicks into the foam at a distance that allows you to place your creation inside.
Purchase special stands. You can also build them yourself. For example, make a cardboard ring in which you will put the egg after coloring.

natural ways
Food colorings
Markers
Paints
Fabric and thread
other methods

How to paint eggs with your own hands for Easter: master classes

I myself am still just getting ready for the total Easter coloring. While I tried a couple of ways, I will share my research further.

natural ways

In the meantime, keep a very valuable tablet that shows most of the easiest options for decorating eggs with the most natural dyes at home. All of them need vinegar - add one tablespoon to a saucepan of water.

Presented here:

Coffee. You can also use tea, as it is much more affordable and you don’t have to grind anything. It turns out a beautiful brown shade.
Beet. My favorite color is pink or crimson, it all depends on the soaking time. It is recommended to soak for 8 hours.
Carrot. Bright festive color will give you carrots, from which you will need to squeeze the juice, and then boil the eggs in the resulting solution.
Spinach. A somewhat unexpected way for our latitudes, isn't it?) You will need spinach if you want to get a delicate green color.
Cabbage. To get the blue color of the eggs, take a couple of heads of red cabbage, finely chop and mix with 500 ml of water. Leave the eggs here for 8 hours, covered with a film on top.
Turmeric. But she will give a sunny yellow. Grind the turmeric beforehand (you should get 2-3 tablespoons) and cook until boiling, then cool and place the eggs there.

All the main nuances are presented on this wonderful hand-drawn instruction, which I have already stocked up in my hamster bins for a long time. A very useful thing during Easter

Advice: for a beautiful flower-grass pattern, place the eggs in nylon "bags", putting blades of grass, flowers, etc. there. The output will be an interesting drawing.

It is not necessary to make exactly plant-like traces. You can wrap eggs with threads, glue paper patterns.

Food colorings

In general, when buying any food coloring, it should have instructions on it that allow you to correctly turn the coloring procedure. If this does not happen, then:

Add vinegar to water, bring to a boil. Leave for half an hour.
Then the eggs can be boiled in this solution (for a short time) or lowered into the already cooled solution.

Or maybe you want a wealth of colors? Then feel free to take gold leaf (it's not that expensive, by the way, if you know the right places;)). First paint, and then wrap the egg with a piece of gold foil and lightly rub with a brush. It turns out an interesting marble effect.

Advice. If you want to achieve a beautiful marble effect, then you can do this: paint the egg in a light color, and then dip it in water with a dark color, which will contain vegetable oil (small drops, about two teaspoons per 500 milliliters).

minions

Drawing with a permanent marker

Metallic markers are also on sale now - the right accessory for Easter. The drawing is more delicate than when using ordinary colors.

Simplicity and cuteness

Do white chicken eggs ever remind you of a funny Hello Kitty? Try to make one like in the photo. Little girls will be especially delighted - they will like the cute design. For extra decoration, use small flowers, bows, buttons, and whatever you have on hand.

We use paints

How without them? You can use watercolors or acrylics. In the second case, you can not be afraid of moisture getting on the surface - acrylic dyes are not afraid of this. They do not have a strong smell, they do not penetrate deep into.

Feeling reluctant to mess around with lengthy painting? Then take a pimply film and paint over it properly. It remains only to roll the egg on the surface of the film and you will get a speckled egg

We turn to less traditional methods of coloring.

With the help of fabric

For me, these methods have become a kind of discovery. For example, an option appeared where to put old ties. For this, however, they must be made of real silk.

Here is an option with a silk handkerchief and fabric. In general, do not throw away silk shreds - they can come in handy in the most unexpected situations.

On the topic of fabric and onion decoration: take lace and wrap the eggs tightly with it. The recipe is the same, but the patterns are amazing!

Thread decor

Groats in a move

Why does an egg need to be dyed? After all, you can just glue it with grains! Take anything - rice, peas, buckwheat, sesame and much more. You can completely roll the product in one type of grain, or you can pour it in stripes, as in the photo.

confectionery topping

Again, it is necessary to properly coat the surface with glue (you can take PVA) and pour sprinkles on top of it. Balls, stars, and just long strips of sweet material will come in handy.

dragon eggs

I recommend using options with rhinestones, "scales" and other things either for an empty shell or for artificial fake eggs, since it will be a pity to scrape off all these decorations later.

Advice. How to blow an egg out of the shell? There are two ways:
Pierce the egg on both sides with an awl. Take a saucer and just blow out the contents of the egg. Blow carefully so as not to damage the shell.
Pierce the egg on one side. Take the syringe and use it to extract the contents.

Pieces of glass and rhinestones

To decorate eggs, both artificial and natural, square pieces of glass or rhinestones will help you. Looks very impressive and festive

Compromise option

quilling

It seems to me that this method is also suitable for an ordinary Easter egg, it will only be a pity to spoil it. Or you can take an artificial form, as in a master class.

And now, perhaps, the most exotic way of all - coloring ... with nail polish.

Paint eggshells with nail polish

My friends, just the shell without content, if you don't want to get poisoned. I decided to experiment on eggs with contents and realized that even after a short laying they are saturated with the smell of varnish so that only the yolk remains edible at best.

However, if you just want to get a beautiful shell or surface, then take note. Incredibly easy way.

The coverage area should be approximately equal to the surface area of the egg, to again get a beautiful effect.

Gently lower the egg into the pan, submerging it completely in the water. It will immediately be covered with an interesting pattern.

This is what I “painted” for the second egg. First dripped with pink varnish, and then green. As a result, green "dispersed" pink.

I took the eggs not white, but brown, so the result was not very bright.

But what others get by diluting more varnishes and using the white color of the egg as a basis. As soon as people do not fantasize!

other methods

Suddenly I remembered that I had not told about all the options known to me. What else can be used to color eggs for Easter:

Zelenka. It is better to use it like this: wrap the eggs with gauze, in which you put rice, leaves, pieces of paper, and so on. Tie tightly. Now place them in a pot of cold water and cook until boiling, then a few more minutes.
paper decorations. These are all kinds of hare ears, eyes, man-made coasters. The decoration options here are almost endless.
sequins. Coat the surface with PVA glue or paste, and then generously sprinkle it with sparkles, shaking off excess.
thermal stickers. Before Easter, they are sold in almost all stores. All that is needed is to put a sticker on the already boiled egg and quickly lower it into boiling water. I must say, it does not always work out well - you have to experiment with stickers from different manufacturers.
Pencils + watercolor. Draw an image on the surface with a pencil. Dilute the watercolor in water (the thicker the better) and lower the product there. Didn't like the effect? Wash off the paint and try again.

Finally, I have prepared for you an interesting video with a very simple decor method, in which it is very easy to get the effect of "cosmic" coloring:

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