How to Make Dragon Eggs
The materials are very simple and can be found in most dollar stores. The eggs are only found around Easter.
Basic items:
- Plastic eggs
- Styrofoam bowls, the kind you use for picnics or BBQs, some are round and some may be square with rounded corners
- Small plastic containers you would use in your lunch for fruit, nuts or sauces
- Felt sheets of various colors
Decorations
- Rocks, beads, sea shells, fake plants, little pieces of felt, etc
- Acrylic paint
- Varnish
Tools
- Exacto knife
- Scissors
- Paint brushes of various sizes
- Hot glue gun
- Tooth picks and popsicle sticks can always be useful for something
Making the Eggs
Paint the eggs in whatever color you want. Keep in mind that pearl/metallic finish paints don’t cover as well and you should start with a base coat of matte finish in the same color.
If you want nuances, use two of three colors in the same palette. For the water egg, I used turquoise and two shades of blue and for the earth egg, I used gold and two shades of green. You get the idea.
The raised part of the egg is lines of hot glue that I painted afterwards in a contrasting color.
Finish with one or two coats of varnish to get the finish you want.
Making the Base
Be careful, they don’t call it hot glue for nothing. Don’t burn your fingers.
Turn the styrofoam bowl upside down, measure and cut a hole in the bottom, slightly smaller than the rim of the plastic container so it will rest on the bowl and not go all the way through. Glue in place.
Next, you take a sheet of felt and measure it so you have enough to cover the bowl and leave a little extra around the edges. It’s always better to cut away excess later than not have enough to cover everything. Glue in place.
Start with the edges of the hole, then one side at a time. When you get to the corners you will have to trim the excess as you go along to match the shape of the bowl. Keep the scraps, they may come handy later.
Next you cut star shaped slits in the felt over the plastic container. This will make small flaps that you glue inside the container. This will create a cushion layer between the base and the egg, or whatever you decide to put on display.
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Now comes the decorating. This is where you let your imagination run wild.
I was making elemental bases for the dragon eggs: fire, earth, water and air, so for fire, I used dark brown base, then I used red felt with orange and yellow paint to imitate flowing lava and I glued black beads for lava rocks. I used pebbles and fake leaves for earth, sea shells and coral colored rocks on a sandy colored background for water and cotton balls for clouds on a sky blue background for air.
If you’re not sure of the look you want it’s always a good idea to do research on the net. It’s not about copying the pictures but letting them inspire you.