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“Get cracking and recycle eggshells into mosaic marvels”.

Miycreations Project article and photographs
by Madeleine M Langlois

Miy Easter project; Egg Shell Confetti Bowl

Hands-on time: about 2 hours for a glass bowl (and 45 minutes for a small
frame).
Total time: depending on the medium used, add drying time.
Skill: Easy. Children, teacher & classroom friendly...super easy!
Cost estimate: about $2 of material per project.
(cost of the bowl not included, can vary)

Materials & tools:
- Newspapers
- Eggshells, dyed or natural
- Ice-cube or muffin tray
- A glass bowl, vase, or plate.
- A flat paint brush
- Glass paint like Gallery Glass paint in clear or Rainbow paint in Raindrop.
(Mod-Podge medium, white glue or any wall repair compound like Redi-patch
by Elmer’s can also be used.)

*For this project any of these mediums can be used to apply eggshells to a
surface. Use what you have on hand. All mentioned mediums are available at
craft stores.
- X-acto knife, and varnish (optional)

(materials are available at arts, crafts stores)

Materials & tools:
- Newspapers
- Eggshells, dyed or natural
- Ice-cube or muffin tray
- A glass bowl, vase, or plate.
- A flat paint brush
- Glass paint like Gallery Glass paint in clear or Rainbow paint in Raindrop.
(Mod-Podge medium, white glue or any wall repair compound like Redi-patch
by Elmer’s can also be used.)
*For this project any of these mediums can be used to apply eggshells to a
surface. Use what you have on hand. All mentioned mediums are available at
craft stores.
- X-acto knife, and varnish (optional)

(materials are available at arts, crafts stores)

After Easter, don’t throw away your died Easter egg shells. Here’s a creative
way to reuse and recycle your Easter eggshells to make and create colorful
confetti mosaic style decorations. Make a snazzy impact by transforming plain
glass bowls, plates or vases into interesting decorative pieces. Get cracking
with a just a few eggshells and basic mediums such as clear glass paint or
standard white glue. This is a fun project to do with the kids, an ideal project
for teachers to do with groups of children in a classroom.

Cover your work area with newspapers. Make sure the eggshells are rinsed
and completely dried. Depending on how many colors you want your project
to include, separate each eggshell color in sections of an ice-cube or muffin
tray.

You can either pre-crack the eggshells in desired sizes with your fingers, or
place bigger eggshell pieces directly onto your project and crack them as you
press them firmly into place.

With a paintbrush apply clear glass paint medium (or other medium of your
choice mentioned in the tolls) to the exterior of the glass project, working on
one section at a time. Place eggshell pieces onto the medium in a specific
pattern (or randomly) using assorted colors by pressing them firmly into place.
It truly is like making a mosaic creation. If your pieces are tiny you can use an
X-acto knife to move them into place. Repeat until the whole project is
covered. Wait two hours than with your palms go over your project and press
over the entire item surface, securing all pieces. Doing this step will also let
the air out from under some of the eggshell pieces to avoid bubbles.

The glass medium requires at lease 24 hours for drying. Let it stand until
completely dry. No varnish is required if you used a glass paint medium, if you
used white glue or Mod-Podge you can add a varnish top coat if desired.

Cleaning, simply wipe with a damp cloth occasionally. Do not put in the
dishwasher. These are decorative yet useable items.

Tips: You can use standard food coloring, or colored tissue paper to dye the
eggshells. Painted, waxed or marbleized eggshells can also be used to create
unique eggshell mosaics.

Variations: To create eggshell mosaic frames,
(on a pre-painted wooden frame) simply apply
Mod-podge or any medium of your choice.
Once dry. you can apply an antiquing medium
or colored glaze with a cloth (wipe it on, and
wipe it off) to give the frame an extra aged look.
For an interesting vibrant look, simply sponge on
assorted colors of acrylic paints. Once dry, apply
varnish top coat. Exceptional frames to put pictures
you will capture over the holiday week-end.

These multi-colored frames and other eggshell mosaic projects such as
lampshades, mirror borders and boxes make great décor accents for children’
s bedrooms.

Children can create mosaic works of art directly onto colored construction
paper using white glue to make flowers, animals or geometric collages with
recycle eggshells. They can even combine colored pieces of tissue paper left-
over from their Easter projects.

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