How to Make Wood Easter Egg Ornaments

 Carolyn J. Braden • 3 Minute Read 

How to Make Wood Easter Egg Ornaments

After making my personalized faux Faberge egg in 2024, I decided to use the leftover eggs to craft some easy ornaments for a driftwood ornament tree I created. These egg ornaments can be made in an hour or less and make for a great craft for all ages. Read on to learn how to make wood Easter egg ornaments.

My blooming resin flower egg ornament

Kintsugi Inspiration

I made several different varieties of wood egg ornaments. One is full of rhinestones, one is blooming with tiny flowers, and one is gold leafed. The gold leafed one happens to be my favorite as it is modeled after the Japanese art form called Kintsugi.

My finished wood Easter egg ornaments

How My Gold Leafed Ornament Came to Be

Kintsugi is a process in repairing broken pottery by filling in the cracks with gold and lacquer. The idea is that you can enjoy the beauty of “brokenness” in a new way. My gold leafed egg had obvious “cracks” because gold leafing is hard to get perfect. No matter what I did, I could still see white parts of the egg. Instead of getting upset, I decided to fill in the white areas with gold and purple rhinestones and pearls and I LOVE IT.

Seeing the Beauty in the Cracks

We all must see the beauty in our “cracks”. An egg is a great representation of this, as we all start as a perfect little egg, then may have little cracks form from living life. From our major life events that leave traumas ( larger “cracks”) to our wrinkles (more “cracks”), we all have some cracks in our lives that can be repaired (via therapy…I’m currently in EMDR therapy for some life events I’ve experienced), wrinkle cream can soften our lines, talking to good friends help healing, and more.

Evil eyes are symbols of protection

You can even buy a Kintsugi kit to repair broken things in your house that still have meaning to you personally so you can continue to enjoy the item. I first learned about this technique in the Sweet Magnolias show, which is a heartwarming little show based on a book that can help you forget about your life cracks for a bit or perhaps see them in a new way.  

See my faux Faberge egg in my 1-minute tutorial below or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden:

Now for the project. Here’s what you’ll need to make my wood Easter egg ornaments. All supplies for each are in my supply list, so pick and choose your décor depending on which one you want to create.

Note: I bought most of my items on Amazon, Walmart and TEMU. If you shop TEMU, use my code afe55197 for 30% off (new app users only) or use this link to shop TEMU.

• Wood Egg (I got this set on Amazon)

• Brass eye hooks (We have a set from Amazon)

• Flatback Pearls and Rhinestone sets (I got my set on TEMU, but you can get a similar set on Amazon.com)

• Resin evil eyes (Temu or Amazon)

• Gold leafing kit (Amazon)

• Sponge craft brush (Amazon)

• Gloss finish spray acrylic sealer (I used it to seal the gold leaf, Amazon)

• Mini resin flower set (Temu or Amazon for the small and here’s some larger resin flowers on Amazon that I mixed in too)

• Wax Pencil or rhinestone picker tool

• Liquid Fusion Glue

• Wax paper

• Ribbons/cording of your choice or ornament hangers

• Optional: pointed cotton swabs (Amazon)

Wood egg ornament supplies

Evil Eye and Flower Egg Tutorial:  

Screw the eye hook into the egg. It took a bit of pressure, but after a few seconds, I got it going well and screwed it all the way into the egg. I used a small pair of jewelry pliers to help get it in all the way.

See how to create the evil eye ornament in the 1-minute video below or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden:

Adding the eye hook for hanging

Add a thin patch of Liquid Fusion glue to the egg.

Adding the resin flowers

Add small rhinestones and evil eyes (or just add the flowers, depending on which ornament you are making) to the glue areas using the wax pencil to grab them.

Cleaning up glue with a pointed cotton swab

Use a pointed cotton swab or a toothpick to clean up any oozy glue.

The glue will slightly dry as you add more and more rhinestones and pearls. As it dries, you should be able to carefully flip the egg onto the other side and cradle it with one hand as you complete the entire thing. If holding it is too difficult while the glue is wet, you can place wax paper onto the old towel, allow it to dry some, then finish adding the rest of the pearls and rhinestones, evil eyes or flowers.  

Adding the resin evil eyes

I added the flowers only to the top portion of the egg on that ornament, but I applied details all over the evil eye egg ornament, placing the rhinestones and resin charms very close together to fill in all the negative space. 

Allow to dry for about 24 hours. I set mine on the wax paper and towel to make sure it didn’t stick to anything.

The eggs on display in my home

Allow to dry and give as a gift or display in your home on a tree, place in an egg cup, or in a mini faux nest.

See my 1-minute tutorial of my blooming egg ornament tutorial in the video above or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden.

The gold leaf is my favorite egg

See my 1-minute video tutorial of the gold leaf ornament project in my video below or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden:

Gold Leaf Egg Tutorial:  

Screw the eye hook into the egg. It took a bit of pressure, but after a few seconds, I got it going well and screwed it all the way into the egg using my jewelry pliers.  

The gold leafing

Add a thin layer of the metal leaf adhesive to the egg. While it’s still wet, lay the gold leafing over the adhesive. I used the sponge brush to apply the adhesive and to help me lay the leafing flat. I used about 2 sheets of the leafing.

Adding the leafing

When it was dry, I set it outside on wax paper and sprayed it with the acrylic sealer spray to make it not so sticky. I let it dry overnight on a piece of wax paper. One spot got a bit dark from laying on the wax paper, but it wiped away and was not noticeable after adding the rhinestones. Next time, I’d hang it to dry.

What I used to seal the gold leafing

Add some Liquid Fusion glue to the white areas left on the egg (the “cracks”) and used the wax pencil to grab rhinestones and pearls to apply them to the glue.

Adding the rhinestones and pearls

Use a pointed cotton swab or a toothpick to clean up any oozy glue.

The glue will slightly dry as you add more and more rhinestones and pearls. As it dries, you should be able to carefully flip the egg onto the other side and cradle it with one hand as you complete the entire thing. If holding it is too difficult while the glue is wet, you can place wax paper onto the old towel, allow it to dry some, then finish adding the rest of the pearls and rhinestones where you want them.

Allow to dry for about 24 hours. I set mine on the wax paper and towel to make sure it didn’t stick to anything.

The completed gold leafed ornament

Allow to dry and give as a gift or display in your home on a tree, place in an egg cup, or in a mini faux nest.

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Carolyn J. Braden is the owner of Carolyn’s Blooming Creations is a regular contributor and editor for CBC. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Ways To Help You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.