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25.02.2024 - 10:31 / thespruce.com / Sophia Beams
If you're ready to redecorate for the spring season, there's nothing like some cheerfully hand-decorated napkin-print spring candles. And for those who are celebrating and decorating for Easter this year, you can even use printed napkins to decorate your eggs.
Fans of Fabergé eggs (and anyone who admires the Easter fans who hand-paint baskets of eggs for the holiday) will appreciate this super-simple method of decorating eggs. Not only is it faster than dying them, it’s also a lot less messy—and it gives that polished, professional look to your eggs that will make your guests wonder if they’re real or not.
All you’ll need to complete the DIY is a few printed napkins of your choice (about one napkin per egg), some Modge Podge or craft glue, and, of course, a basket full of white eggs.
To get started, separate the printed side of the napkin from the blank side by unfolding it completely and peeling apart the two layers from the corner. Then, cover an egg in a light layer of craft glue. You can then gently adhere a section of the printed napkin onto the egg, tamping it down with more glue. Be sure to work slowly to avoid wrinkles.
Because of the shape of the egg and the delicacy of paper napkins, it’s best to tear off small sections of napkin and collage them together over each egg. Working in smaller sections will help prevent the napkin from ripping or wrinkling as it covers the egg, and it will also make it easier to smooth down each section of napkin as you apply it without creating any additional wrinkles.
Working in small sections also means that it’s good to choose napkin prints that work even when they’re not perfectly aligned. A collage of grid patterns might look a little wonky, for example, but floral or
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