Easter Decoration Trio
Posted by DecoArt on Mar 19th 2019
Easter is just around the corner so welcome it with this 3-piece decoration made with Americana® Multi-Surface Acrylics.
SUPPLIES
- sandpaper
- hot glue gun
- sheet of clear vinyl
- Styrofoam cone
- dried Spanish moss
- slanted roof wooden birdhouse
- papier mâché egg
- stencils
- wooden candlestick
- embellishment
- paintbrushes
- Cricut machine
- glass container
INSTRUCTIONS
- Paint the large candlestick; the main portion and desired detail of the birdhouse; and a few eggs of each size using Shrimp. Let dry completely.
- Paint the birdhouse roof and a few eggs of each size using Soft Jade. Paint another few eggs of each size using Cactus. Let all dry completely.
- Paint the birdhouse perch, the small candlestick, and a few eggs of each size using Chick.
- Apply the vinyl stencil, cut with a Cricut machine, to the birdhouse. Or find stencils to embellish. (See photo.)
- Paint the open areas of the stencils on the birdhouse using Cotton Ball. Let dry completely.
- Use a dry-brushing technique to distress the large candlestick using Cotton Ball.
- Remove the stencils from the birdhouse and distress lightly using a piece of sandpaper.
- Apply an ample amount of hot glue to the top of the small candlestick. Position in the center of the bottom of the birdhouse and apply pressure until secure.
- Attach Spanish moss to the Styrofoam cone using a glue gun.
- Start positioning and gluing painted eggs in place, distributing egg colors and sizes as evenly as possible. (Reserve a few eggs to place in the glass container and at the bottom of the birdhouse display.)
- Continue until the desired look is achieved.
- Attach wire and any other embellishments. Stick the wire into the Styrofoam cone and twist to the desired position. End the wire by sticking it back into the cone.
- Place the wire around birdhouse. Place some Spanish moss and the reserved eggs in the glass container.
