How to make these EASY and inexpensive DIY Easter Eggs with Mod Podge and paper! These black and white Easter eggs have a beautiful French handwriting script pattern. Gorgeous Spring and Easter decor for your mantels, tablescapes and display in bowls and vases too!
To celebrate Easter I made these easy and very inexpensive
DIY French Script Easter Eggs Using Mod Podge and paper!
You’ll want to make up a lot of these for your Spring and Easter tablescapes, mantels and to display in bowls and vases!
DIY French Script Easter Eggs Tutorial
Supplies
- Paper Mache Eggs
- Mod Podge
- Paint brush *
- Pages of this fun poem in French Script printed from your printer:
This poem tells the story of an industrious ant, a carefree cricket and the end of summer!
DIY Tutorial:
- After you have printed the poem, cut out each line of words into strips.
- With a paintbrush apply Mod Podge to back of paper strip and apply to egg.
- Press firmly to make sure all edges are glued on.
- Keep applying the paper strips until the egg is covered.
You’re done – Enjoy!
Here are my eggs all finished and placed on a bed of Reindeer Moss (I love this stuff – I used it to make my DIY Reindeer Moss Spheres).
My pretty script eggs are sitting in a Vintage Westmooreland Milk Glass bowl;
I love milk glass and the intricate design around the top of this bowl.
With my DIY Pottery Barn Knockoff Easter Rabbit
I hope you and your family will all enjoy the upcoming Easter holiday!
Heather Luckhurst is the publisher and chief editor of the Design and Lifestyle website 
Those are so cute! I did something similar this year with sheet music.
Love those! They’re beautiful. Especially in that pretty dish!
–Katie
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Beautiful eggs, Heather! Thanks for sharing the great font – I’m always looking for pretty script fonts.
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Gorgeous!!! I love how elegant they look. Thanks for sharing.
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Those are charming and I am sure not too hard to make. They are lovely grouped together in an arrangement.
Danielle
Okay, seriously, I love this project. This is something I could actually pull off without going crazy. Thanks for the great Easter tip. I’m actually thinking I could do this for fruit objects too. 🙂
Okay these are amazing!! I love them, they turned out great. The photography is amazing too!
Wow! They look so pretty!
I am featuring them tomorrow on my blog… thank you for partying with me!
Absolutely LOVE these eggs! I think the way you did it in strips, really worked well!! And I love the way you used a particular poem…so cool!
Happy Easter to you!
LOVE the eggs … love your style.
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These are so sweet! I just featured these on Crafty Thursdays at The Daily Citron, with proper credit to you, of course.
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Great eggs!! Using thin strips of book pages totally makes it work!
Shannon
Very nice! I love eggs like these that can really be displayed any time of year. Have a wonderful Easter and thanks for linking up to Share the Love Wednesday!
Mary
Those are very pretty!
Thanks for linking up to this week’s Catch a Glimpse Party. I will be featuring these tomorrow!
Very pretty and dainty.
I saw these earlier today at Amanda’s party and thought how cute! We love our French script don’t we? The French must think we’re nuts! lol! So nice to meet you and your blog. ~ KIM @ Sand & Sisal
The eggs are great…love the script.
These are beautiful! You displayed them so nicely too!
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Heather
Love this – the font is fabulous and of course nestled in your milk glass – pure Easter perfection!
Pinning this!
Kelly
Again, I’m loving the script! These are so pretty! Thanks for sharing on Show Off Saturday!
XO
I love how these turned out. I’m all into script this year, and this is a wonderful use of it. Thanks for the idea!
I love the look of the script eggs! I’m really loving the white eggs with green moss look for Easter/Spring.
These are beautiful! love them in the moss and white dish! great job!
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Thanks so much for linking up to Make the Scene Monday @ Alderberry Hill…you are being featured this evening!
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so beautiful Heather…xo
Absolutely sooo charming!
Love them!
Silvia
These are adorable!!!!!
XO
Kristin
Thanks Kristin – so glad you like them!
I am loving these Heather! So cool!
Leslie
House on the Way
I love these! I wonder if it would work on plastic eggs? I happen to have a bunch of them and am always looking for ways to decorate them! I am pinning.
I would love it if you would share this at the In and Out of the Kitchen Link party. It is live right now.
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LOVE THESE!!! xo
Those are so elegant looking, Heather! I love anything in French.
Heather, I can’t decide which I love more, the milk glass bowl or the eggs! Both are fabulous and I may have to try my hand at making some similar ones this year! Pinning your great project! 🙂
I love your French script eggs.
Heather, I am so excited to try these- they are just beautiful! Pinned:)
LOVE these!!
her, I am so excited to try these- they are just beautiful!
Thank you!! Have fun making them! 🙂
I love the egg in the glass dessert dish with a little ???. I don’t know what the nesting material is but I really like the effect.
Thanks Val! Glad you like it! 🙂
I love your idea; thanks for sharing! I’ve included your eggs in my Easter egg Round up!
http://www.thepaperycraftery.com/paper-craft/10-ways-to-decorate-easter-eggs-with-paper/
Thank you Meredith for including my Easter eggs – love your roundup – great ideas! 🙂
I love these! They are so elegant and would add such a chic touch to an Easter table! Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday this week!
So cute! I pinned them 🙂 xoxox
Thank you so much Jen! Happy Spring! xo Heather