DIY Cement Eggs
These amazing little DIY Cement Eggs have been an Easter decor game changer for me! I’ve never really been a big pastel or bright color person, so I’ve always struggled with Easter decor. But I’m in love with the industrial farmhouse vibe of these cement Easter eggs!
Getting started with your DIY Cement Eggs
This is a pretty simple DIY project, and you may have everything you need just sitting around the house. All you need is a bag of cement mix, plastic easter eggs, duct tape, and some sand paper.
Ok so for these DIY cement eggs, you can go a couple different ways. I wanted a more natural or rough look to mine so I opted for a lower grade concrete mix. If you prefer a smoother finish for your cement Easter eggs, you’ll want to shop around your hardware store for a finer or cleaner finish concrete mix. It’s totally up to your preference.
Having said that, I still wanted to refine my mix a little. Because I was working with a small concrete project, I didn’t want the larger stones in a traditional concrete mix. So I sifted out the larger rocks.
The Secret Sauce
The mixing instructions on the back of your cement bag can be a little confusing because they’re assuming you will be mixing large portions at once. But for the purposes of these DIY Cement Eggs, you will want to size it down some. So here is the secret formula I used.
I scooped five cups of cement mix into the sifter. Once sifted, I added one cup of water. But concrete mix can be a tricky thing….you need the right consistency for your cement Easter eggs to turn out right.
So here’s the best advice I can give you. You want your mix to be like brownie batter. It can be pressed smooth but it will not smooth or settle out on it’s own. Does that make sense? Cause it’s the best description I could come up with haha!!
If it’s too wet, you’ll have a goopy mess. Too dry and it will crumble during later steps. While your working through the steps of your DIY Cement Eggs, if the cement gets a little dry you can always add a smidge more water to get it back to the brownie batter status.
Forming Your DIY Cement Eggs
Once you have your mix all set, you can start putting it into the plastic eggs. I used a spoon and pressed a little in at a time. You want to make sure you fill the whole egg and don’t leave any air pockets. So work slowly a little at a time.
When both sides of your egg are full, put a little extra on one side so the two halves form together. Then press the halves together. For this part, I had some paper towel handy to wipe the outside of the eggs.
As you press the halves together, you should get a small amount of moisture that presses out. Too much water means your mix isn’t dry enough or you over loaded your egg. Not enough moisture means your mix might be too dry or that there’s not enough mix for your halves to blend together.
Seal Up Those DIY Cement Eggs
This next step could almost be considered part of the previous step because it has to happen almost simultaneously. I would suggest doing the previous step and this step on one cement Easter egg at t time, and then starting on the next one.
As soon as you get your DIY Cement Eggs together, wipe them dry with the paper towel and wrap with duct tape. I tore my tape down the middle so it wasn’t such a wide piece to maneuver. Continue with the remaining eggs until you are satisfied with the number of eggs you have or you run out of concrete mix!
Wait For It…..(and by it I mean your DIY Cement Eggs)
So you survived the egg stuffing process and are still plugging along with this DIY Cement Egg project. Then the next thing up for you to do is….wait. Yep, just wait. And honestly this is the hardest part.
If you open your eggs preemptively the two halves won’t seal together. Having said that though, I did remove my DIY Cement Eggs before they were 100% dry. I waited two full days and then cracked the seal!
Concrete doesn’t dry real fast when it’s covered in plastic. So once I was sure I wouldn’t cause damage, to them, I removed the plastic egg shells to help them dry faster.
DIY Cement Eggs – FINAL STEP!
After I removed the plastic covers, I let them sit another day or two to fully dry out. The picture above is what they looked like afterward. You could stop here with your DIY Cement Eggs. But I was hoping for a rougher look and I wanted to expose some of the smaller rocks hidden in the concrete mix.
The next thing I did was run over my Cement Easter Eggs with some sand paper. It smoothed out the plastic egg seam and brought out some of the pebbles. After rinsing them off, it ended up giving the DIY Cement Eggs a speckled look that I LOVED!
That’s it! That’s all there is to it!
DIY Cement Eggs – ENJOY!!!
Hopefully, you’re as excited for Easter as I am now! These little Cement Easter Eggs were so fun and easy to make. They will definitely brighten up my Easter.
If you wanted to be even more creative, you could get fancy with some paint. I thought about adding some gold details to mine, but I loved them too much to make changes. It’s totally up to how you want them.
Design Ideas for Your DIY Cement Eggs
If you want a little decor design inspiration, I threw my eggs into a couple different settings while I was messing around with them!
Layering is my favorite design tool. Sticking with my natural and earthy vibes, I put my DIY Cement Eggs into small woven baskets and nested those in faux mossy rocks (from dollar tree!) layered in a white table tray.
For some fun DIY Trays, check out my previous post HERE.
Design Inspo 2
Sticking with nearly the same color scheme, I went more industrial than farmhouse with these black iron candle holders and fern branches.
I got an amazing fern from Hobby Lobby that have black spine accents, and I LOVE them. You may remember them being framed in my Gallery Wall post. If you missed that one, you should definitely check it out HERE.
All I did for this design was layer the ferns over each other starting from the outside working in so the top fern covered the stem of the one beneath it.
Once I was happy with how the fern were laying (through the candle holders), I randomly placed my DIY Cement Eggs through them.
While helping me place the eggs, my little ones were very curious about the origins of the eggs. And after much discussion, decided there were some serious Jurassic World vibes with this set up and opted for a dino back story.
Thanks for Stopping By!
I had so much fun working on these DIY Cement Eggs for you guys! Coming up with an Easter theme post idea was definitely a challenge for me, but I’m loving the end result. Hopefully you will too!! Thanks for following along and checking out this post!
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