I love Japanese paper but I often end up with lots of leftover paper scraps or pieces of unused origami paper. What can I make with origami paper that isn’t origami? How about this awesome Easter themed craft of hollow paper eggs!
The materials I used were:
•one hollow eggshell
• Nori Paste (a great slow-drying water soluble glue perfect for paper projects)
• Liquitex Gloss Acrylic Varnish OR Gloss Mod Podge (Mod podge not recommended for humid areas)
• origami paper
Below I use regular inexpensive origami paper, but for the best effect I recommend Japanese Yuzen origami paper or Chiyogami paper, it glues down more easily and has beautiful gold accents.
What’s the difference? The inexpensive origami paper is thinner, and is basically like a color photocopy of the real Yuzen and Chiyogami paper, which is silkscreened by hand with individual layers of paint, on a higher quality handmade “rice paper” (it’s actually made from the mulberry plant). Make sure to order the 5 7/8″x 5 7/8″ size.
Here are the directions and photos on how to make a decoupage Easter egg:
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- Here is my piece of paper, a brush for paste and the egg
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- Fold your paper over about 3/4″ in on both sides as a cutting guide
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- cut into your paper, about 1/4 inch strips
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- Cut your paper fringe into a “picket fence” – point all the ends
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- here’s your finished piece of paper
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- paste the center part of the paper with Nori Paste
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- put your egg on the pasted paper
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- smooth down the paste around the center
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- Open up the paper “petals” to make putting the glue on the fringe easier.
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- paste some of the fringe
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- stick down the fringe, overlapping each piece as you go.
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- keep on pasting!
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- Pasting the final strips
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- You can speed up drying with a blowdryer
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- Apply 3 layers of Mod Podge or Acrylic Gloss Varnish, drying between each layer
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- Varnished egg!
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Hi, Lived in Japan for several years have have made dozens of Washi eggs. Back in the States now. What glue can you use instead of Nori? Your blog steps to do the process excellent.
Hi Catheryn! I order Yasutomo Nori paste on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Fl8Dhc
I haven’t tried it but “YES!” paste might work too, I think they sell it at Michaels.