While painting a set of emoji eggs, I left a small patch unpainted where my fingers held the shell. When I set the egg down to dry, that little unpainted patch looked exactly like a retro bouffant hairstyle. The idea stuck, so I turned the eggs into playful, retro-inspired bouffant characters. I asked the one and only Bouffants & Broken Hearts to design a fun hairspray-print backdrop, which also works great as wrapping paper or a photo background. Below are simple steps to make these sassy eggs and how to use the printable paper.
Supplies:
Eggs (blown-out real eggs or paper mache eggs are best; hard-boiled eggs can be used but may not be suitable to eat afterward)
Acrylic or craft paint and paintbrushes
Paint markers and/or permanent markers for details
How to make bouffant eggs:
1. Paint the bottom third of the egg a skin tone and allow it to dry. Then paint the remaining top portion the hair color of your choice.
2. Extend the hair color down both sides of the egg, leaving a rectangular area of skin tone in the center to form the face. Let everything dry thoroughly.
3. Use paint markers or permanent markers to draw facial features and accessories. Try sunglasses, cat-eye lashes, bold lips, bows, or a retro bathing cap. For sunglasses, draw two overlapping circles that cross the hairline, fill them in, and connect with a small line between the lenses. For lashes, draw a small curved line and add short, fanned strokes that cross into the hairline. For a bathing cap, repeat petal-shaped silhouettes across the top.
A printable hairspray backdrop is available to use as wrapping paper, envelope liners, or a photo backdrop for your eggs. I printed mine at 11×17 inches, but the file can be printed up to 18×24 inches.
Photos by Studio DIY / Printable illustration by Bouffants & Broken Hearts
I’m tempted to try pink hair and purple cat-eye sunglasses next — wouldn’t that be fabulous?
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