DIY Leaf and Foil Chalk Paint® Eggs

After posting this adorable picture on our Facebook, we had a few requests on a Leaf and Foil Tutorial... so here is a blog post made just to show you how to use leaf and foil to decorate your easter eggs! You could do this for any holiday with different items to foil.... here we go!

Step 1. Gather your supplies

1. Chalk Paint® (in your choice of colors)
2. Artisan Enhancements Leaf and Foil Size
3. Artisan Enhancements Clear Topcoat
4. Foil (I used gold but there are many different colors)
5. Glass bowls (for holding paint or eggs)
6. A variety of brushes
7. Eggs (you can use any kind but we used paper mache eggs from Hobby Lobby)

Step 2. Paint your eggs

You are going to get messy so I recommend you wear an apron.

I got creative and found a few things that will hold the eggs while they dry. Here I used a paint can opener and the finger holes of scissors.

Let the eggs dry about 20 minutes before moving on. What a perfect time for a snack!

Now gather up your painted eggs and get ready to foil!

Step 3. Start the leaf and foil process. We carry Artisan Enhancements products so we used their line of Leaf and Foil Size and foils. First, I cut the foil into sheets of about 3 inches wide. It's best to cut the foil before beginning to paint on the size as it gets very sticky. I cut 7 sheets for the 7 eggs I was foiling. Next, paint your egg with the size (the sticky liquid) 

Warning: The size is very sticky so use rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer to clean your hands.

Step 4: Roll your egg into the foil. Make sure you are putting the egg onto the correct side of the foil. The non-shiny side is the side you want sticking to your egg. 

After rolling the egg into the foil I crumple up the foil in my hand and let the egg dry (the size set) for about 3-5 minutes. You can always do a few of these at a time and let them sit. The longer you let them sit the more will be stuck onto the egg. 

Step 5. Peel off your foil and set to dry

The size will still be pretty sticky so set it somewhere that it will peel off easily.

Step 6. Continue foiling the rest of your eggs by following steps 3-5.

Step 7. (Optional) Sometimes the stickiness of the size doesn't go away fast enough to make the eggs available for decoration without sticking to anything else. In this case, use Artisan Enhancement's Clear Topcoat Sealer or Annie Sloan's Clear Soft Wax to take the stickiness away. I used Topcoat on some eggs and Wax on others.

Step 8. Decorate! We mixed our foiled eggs with plain painted eggs to give our Easter Basket a variety. 

The colors used on these eggs are all 

Annie Sloan's Decorative Chalk Paint®:

Antibes Green

Paloma

Antoinette

Paris Grey

Louis Blue

Versailles

Cream

Arles

Barcelona Orange

Emperor's Silk

Henrietta

Scandinavian Pink

English Yellow

Provence

French Linen

Old Violet

Coco

Florence

Primer Red

Emile

Chateau Grey

Greek Blue

Napoleonic Blue

Aubusson Blue

Duck Egg

Happy Painting! Show us your pictures of your completed Easter project on our Facebook! 

xoxo