{"id":3092,"date":"2011-04-08T22:26:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T20:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/zaparents-blog\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2022-06-09T21:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:39:26","slug":"craft-of-week-eggshell-mosaic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/activities-and-outings\/crafts-for-festivals\/craft-of-week-eggshell-mosaic\/","title":{"rendered":"Craft of week: Eggshell Mosaic"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the spirit of Easter and \u2018easter eggs\u2019 this is a great activity to do using recycled egg shells to create a lovely mosaic. Mosaics are so popular right now but can be an expensive activity. This is a less expensive take on doing a mosaic type picture.<\/p>\n

You will need<\/h2>\n

Clean broken eggshells
\nFood Colouring
\nVinegar
\nPaper towel
\nCraft Glue
\nPlastic containers
\nPaintbrush
\nPaper for picture (can be any colour)<\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/h2>\n

Mix your different colours using a drop of food colouring, fill with warm water and a dash of vinegar to set colour,<\/p>\n

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Step 2:<\/h2>\n

Put some broken eggshells into the food colouring and let soak for about 10 minutes.
\nThen take out and dry on paper towel.<\/p>\n

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Step 3:<\/h2>\n

Once you have your colourful eggshells all dry you are ready to start your artwork. Decide what picture you want to make. Then dip your paintbrush into some glue and do the outline of the picture in glue and then you can start sticking the eggshells onto the glue.<\/p>\n

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At the end you will have a beautiful artwork!<\/p>\n

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