It’s difficult to decorate our home full of four-legged creatures, four dogs and two cats at the current count. And while there is a definite division between cat sanctuaries and dog domains, they still find ways in which to collude against the humans to destroy our humble home.

Objects on the floor become tempting targets for our playful dogs, while items perched on counters and shelves serve as invitations for our mischievous cats to conduct their ongoing experiments on the laws of gravity.

Therefore, I have found it to be in everyone’s best interest to avoid anything fragile, breakable, delicate, or expensive.

That, in part, is why I decorate with trash. 🙂

Step 1 – Preparing the Cans

The number of cans required will depend on how many eggs you want to make. Each of the larger eggs will require three cans, while the smaller eggs can be made with just one can.

For this project, I used only the flattened portion of the can and saved the other three pieces for other craft projects. If you want to know how I break down my aluminum cans, watch the video below.

You want to be working with a flat piece of metal. In this video, I share three methods for flattening the cans.

Step 2 – Templates

Choose the size you want to make and download the templates below.

Step 3 – Preparing Egg Pieces

I used a glue stick to hold the templates in place and an ordinary pair of scissors to cut out the shapes.

Once the egg shapes were cut, I used a mouse pad and my embossing tool to draw the center line.

Then I removed the template and carefully folded the shape alone the embossed line. You don’t want to crease the fold so that it is flat; this might break the piece in half.

Step 4 – Assembling Eggs

To assemble the eggs, I applied mounting tape along the folded edge of one piece and then lined up the edges to attach a second piece.

I continued attaching pieces in this manner until all eight pieces were combined.

Before closing the shape with more tape, I used E6000 glue to attach a cord loop in the center of the egg.

To finish the assembly, I added another piece of mounting tape between each of the pieces to close the edges.

Step 5 – Finishing Edges

I made several eggs in different colors, and I tried a few different paints, but the tulip dimensional paints were my favorite to use.

I used the paint to draw a line along the edges of the metal to hide the exposed edges.

Step 6 – Tree and Base

I used an empty bottle for my tree base and painted the label with white acrylic paint.

Then, I used Mod Podge to decoupage an easter graphic on top of the label to make it more decorative.

The graphic transfer was printed on a napkin. To learn more about this type of graphic transfer, watch the video below.

Once the Mod Podge was dry, I added a tumbleweed “tree” that I had painted with white spray paint and decorated my tree with egg ornaments.

Happy Upcycling

Cindy

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