Marbling Eggs With Nail Polish

My favorite way was water marbling with nail polish.

Marbling eggs with nail polish.

Wait 10 mins for the nail polish to try and then pat the water droplets with a paper towel. The nail polish will be stuck on the face of the box. They looked complicated but were actually really easy. We ve already started planning which pastel nail polish we ll be wearing for easter but our collection will decorate more than nails this spring this year we re making easy marbled easter eggs.

Quickly dip the egg in and watch the nail polish adhere to the egg. Until i had babies i pretty much always had pretty fingernails. Because once you start you ll want keep dipping. To marble some eggs with nail polish here s what you need.

A lot of them. Metallic thumb tack eggs paper n stitch 6. Using only nail polish a bucket of water paper towels and a wooden skewer you can turn a dozen ceramic eggs into gorgeous works of art. For marbling subsequent eggs use a toothpick to clear off all remaining nail polish from the water s surface before adding new nail polish for another egg.

When i sat down to brainstorm ideas to decorate my upcoming easter table i thought about how the vivid shades of some of my favorite spring nail polish colors would be the perfect medium for marbling easter eggs. Remove the tape and voilà it s that easy. Swirl around with a cocktail stick to combine the colours a little. In this video i have shown you guys how to make marbled eggs using nail polish.

I couldn t stop playing around with different color combinations and dipping just about everything in sight into the swirly waters. My essie polishes worked fine this time i think because i wasn t trying to make a specific design. Add your varnish to the water use at least two colours. The options are endless.

I used this nail polish marbling technique on glass jars metal bowls wooden gift tags and papier maché boxes. Some egg belu april 4 2013 at 9 34 pm reply. Use the stirring stick to collect the rest of the nail polish and to clean up the water for the next color. Tip the first colour you use will spread out the furthest and be the dominant colour.

We used three colors for each marbling. Drawing inspiration from design mom s marbling with nail polish 5. Marble to your heart s content and set your eggs out on display. But be warned making this craft is rather addictive.

Please don t eat these eggs if you are using nail polish. Nail polish in all kinds of fun shades.