Better Homes and Gardens Australia

EGGS EVERLASTING

1 EGG PATTERNS

Decorate wood eggs with playful patterns made from vinyl tape (think electrical tape and similar). Use various widths of tape to create stripes, and craft punches for dot and flower stencils. Firmly press shapes onto eggs. Paint with a slightly dry brush to give designs a crisp edge. Remove tape with tweezers.

Instructions on page 156

2 BASKET OF GOODIES

A basic half-peck basket blooms with a bouquet of sola wood flowers. Watered down craft paint colours the flower petals, accents on the basket and the wood eggs. The colour wash is more forgiving than undiluted paint – no clumps or visible brushstrokes – and allows the wood

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