The idea for these mandala Easter eggs came from a pin on Pinterest. Looking for additional ideas for Easter eggs, a mandala on a painted rock caught my eye. Why not paint an eggshell the same way?
If you are not familiar with and don’t know what a mandala is, it is a complex abstract design that is usually circular in form and you have surely seen them many times. You can find a multitude of different designs on Pinterest and I pinned a ton of them!
Supplies Needed for Mandala Easter Eggs
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After a little research, I stumbled upon a set of tools for mandala painting. This set consists of 53 pieces, including a bag, stencils, paintbrushes, dotting tools, and stainless steel ball styluses.
- Blown out Eggshells
- Variety of Acrylic craft paints
- Colored pencils
- Clear acrylic spray paint
- Paper towels
Although you can use homemade dotting tools for the mandala, the tools are pretty inexpensive. The set I ordered was under twenty dollars.
A straight pin pushed into an eraser on the end of a pencil, a wooden skewer, a toothpick, a Q-tip with the cotton removed, and an old ballpoint pen, are just a few of the objects you can use for making dots.
If you don’t have a plastic painting tray, you can use water bottle caps or a plate. Using the water bottle caps makes cleanup really easy. Just toss it!
Our First Mandala Attempt
My granddaughter, Sophie, and I were excited to try this out as soon as I received the mandala tools. Sophie was happy to retrieve some rounded rocks from the yard. We washed the rocks, let them dry, and then began painting a base coat with black acrylic paint. When one side of the rock is dry, we flip it over and paint the other side.
I wanted to use one of the templates that came with the mandala kit, but they are a little bit too big for the rocks we chose. That didn’t stop me. Well…
Okay, keep in mind these are just stinking dots! How can you go wrong? Don’t laugh! I learned from this first attempt! Firstly, using a multitude of tiny dots might not be the best idea. Use big and small dots to make it more interesting. Maybe using the templates in the kit for these smaller projects is not the best idea.
Sophie went her own way and I think her rock painting is more successful than my attempt. She let me know that she is in agreement.
Meditative Process
The process of applying the dots is supposed to be calming and meditative.
Just before I began working on these eggs, this Nikola Tesla Ancient Frequency Healing Music came to my attention. Don’t you think it is perfect to listen to while working on these?
Cover The Holes In The Eggshells
My search for examples of mandalas led me to a post on painting rocks. In order to make the rock smoother, drywall mud or spackle was used to fill in some crevices. It dawned on me that using drywall mud to cover the holes on each end of the eggshells will work perfectly.
First, cover the hole with drywall mud. I use a toothpick to gently cover the holes in both ends. Set the egg down and allow the mud to completely dry.
Use an emery board or some fine-grit sandpaper to sand off the excess drywall mud. The emery board is handy and works nicely.
Basecoat The Eggshell
After filling the holes and sanding smooth, apply a basecoat of acrylic craft paint. I paint one side, allow it to dry, and then, paint the other side. Each of these eggs needed two coats to cover well.
Although black is the base coat I used, you can use whatever color you choose. As I was listening to the Tesla music and painting dots, it occurred to me that these colors are not really Easter colors! That’s okay. You can make these whatever colors you choose. I love the black, white, and gold combination on these!
Guidelines
You don’t have to, but you might like to add some guidelines with colored pencils. The white colored pencil shows up nicely on the black basecoat. I made these marks on one of the eggshells, but only marked one end. It occurred to me after painting the designs that marking from the top to the bottom of the eggshells is probably a good idea.
The design on one of the eggshells from end to end would have met up better if I had done this. Of course, I realized this after painting the whole thing! Lol!
Truthfully, I didn’t draw the lines on the second and third eggshells at all. Rest assured the next one I paint will have a few lines from top to bottom.
Use one of the acrylic rods to make the larger dots and the styluses for the smaller dots. As you work, wipe any leftover paint on your tool ends with a damp paper towel.
If you work on three eggshells at a time, you can allow one to dry and work on one of the others. This will keep you from smearing your work.
These look so pretty even if they aren’t perfect! You can do this! What colors will you use?
After you have the eggs finished, spray the eggshells with Clear acrylic spray paint.
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Those are beautiful works of art!
Thank you, Joanne! I think I still have some room for improvement, but they are still so pretty! Thanks for visiting!
How pretty! I like doing something different with the eggs, looks like you do too! Thanks so much for linking up with me at A Themed Linkup 48 for Crafts and DIY. Pinned!
Thank you and you’re right, Dee! I do like trying different ideas with the eggs. The mandala is such a simple thing and looks so pretty, even if your technique isn’t perfect! Thanks for visiting!