Complete the looking with a basket full of "marbleized" papier-machè eggs.

SUPPLIES

• water container
• palette or plastic plate
• paper towels
• tracing paper
• transfer paper
• toothpicks
• #12 flat brush
• stylus
• palette knife
• small squeegee
• shaving cream
• baking sheet
• papier-mâche eggs
• wooden basket
• Easter basket filler

INSTRUCTIONS

NOTES:

Let dry completely between painting steps.

1. Start with a plain basket and papier-mâchè eggs.

2. Use a #12 flat brush to mix Cotton Ball 1:1 with each of these colors separately: Lavender Fields, Pink Cadillac, Orange Sherbet, Coastal Waters, Chick, and Melonball. Rinse brush between colors and at the end.

3. For pink eggs: spray shaving cream onto the baking sheet and smooth it with the squeegee.

4. Pour out three contrasting colors. ( I used Chick, Iris, and Flamingo.)

5. Use a toothpick to swirl the colors to look marbled. (Don't swirl too much; you do not want them to become muddy.)

6. Roll the egg across the paint, making sure you cover the egg completely.

7. Immediately use a palette knife to scrape off shaving cream, leaving just the paint on the eggs. Wash and dry the baking sheet and palette knife.
8. On blue eggs, I used Peach Silk, Deep Turquoise, and Chick.

9. Pour out the three colors and lightly swirl with a toothpick.

10. Roll eggs around and make sure they are fully covered. Scrap off the shaving cream with a palette knife, leaving paint on the egg. Wash and dry cookie sheet and palette knife.

11. For purple eggs, I used Iris, Coastal Waters, and Battleship. Spray the shaving cream onto the baking sheet and smooth it out with a squeegee.

12. Pour out the three colors and lightly swirl with a toothpick.

13. Roll an egg around in the shaving cream and then immediately scrape off with a palette knife, leaving just the paint on the egg. Wash and dry the baking sheet and palette knife.

14. Repeat the marbling steps (3-7) on the yellow egg using: Poppy, Soft Jade, and Overcast.

15. Roll the egg in shaving cream and immediately scrape off with a palette knife. Wash and dry the baking sheet and palette knife.

16. Repeat the marbling steps (3-7) on the green egg using: Deep Turquoise, Muted Gold, and Overcast. Wash and dry the baking sheet and palette knife.

17. Repeat the marbling steps (3-7) on the orange egg using: Peach Silk, Shrimp, and Soft Jade. Wash and dry the baking sheet and palette knife.

18. Once all eggs are marbled, let them dry off to the side.

19. Use a 3/4" flat brush and Chick to paint the center section of the basket. Rinse brush.

20. Use the same brush and Melonball to paint the top rim, bottom rim, and rim around the frame. Rinse brush.

21. Use the same brush and Coastal Waters to paint the inside frame and handle. Rinse brush.

22. Freehand draw a name on the front of the basket, or print a name on the computer then use a stylus and transfer paper to transfer the name to the frame of the basket.
23. Use a #1 round brush and Iris to paint on the name. Rinse brush. Use a #1 liner brush and Eggplant to paint shading behind the name. Rinse brush.

24. Once dry, fill with the basket with Easter grass and add the eggs. (If you do not have Easter grass, you can run green cardstock through a paper shredder.)

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