Easter Birds Nest and Mini Paper Eggs Tutorial

I am still working on our Easter shelf/mantel and one of the things I wanted to put on it was a birds nest.  I have been keeping my eye out for a nest at the stores but have not found one for free in my price range.  As I was taking something into our storage room I glanced down and saw this:

A nest shaped like a pumpkin! Wahoo! I found a nest!! I removed the stem and pulled the hole just a tiny bigger. It looked great.  Now I needed to find some mini eggs for it. I might have contemplated using some of these for a split milisecond...

but quickly aroused myself from that moment of lunacy. Cadbury Mini Eggs are not to be wasted so frivilously.

I needed a new idea so I came up with the following: Mini foil paper wrapped mod podge eggs.  Here is a little tutorial on how I made the mini eggs.

First, start with a small section of tin foil.

Roll the foil into a ball.  Roll the ball on a flat surface to smooth it out and give it an egg shape.

Gather your supplies-Mod Podge and paper. I used an page from an old book.

You don't need much paper since the eggs are so small. I used two strips, one ripped in half.

Using a foam brush, cover the egg with Mod Podge and put a layer of Mod Podge on the paper strip.

Wrap the paper around the middle of the egg. Proceed to wrap the two small sections around the ends.

I made a little drying rack for the eggs by breaking a toothpick into thirds and sticking it into a piece of Styrofoam.

Once dry, add them to your nest!

My Easter shelf is almost done. Two more things left to do and then I can show it off!

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