Part two of my baby girl’s Easter basket consists of solid wood eggs etched with a hand-drawn design using a wood burning pen. This was actually really easy to do!
I purchased the eggs through Amazon, but you can also find them at most craft stores. I wanted to make sure that mine were solid wood, made in the USA and free from harmful varnishes. I knew my daughter would be eager to stick them right in her mouth!
I drew designs on each of the eggs with a pencil. Then, I used my wood-burning pen to burn the designs into the eggs (the pen I used only had one tip but most come with several different points). Many people like to paint the designs next but I chose to leave mine as is. I just love the burnt lines on the light wood! Using a wood burning pen is super easy – you just draw with it! If you press harder and hold it longer, you get a deeper, darker line.
Here are the results of my efforts:
More Easter crafts and ideas:
- For more on how to create a natural, eco-friendly Easter basket, see this post.
- For more Easter and spring craft ideas, see One Part Sunshine’s Pinterest board.
- Want to create a blackberry-dyed playsilk to line baby’s Easter basket? See this tutorial.
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