Vintage-Style Paper Maché Easter Eggs to Fill Yourself

These vintage Easter Eggsare full of delightful detail which tells a little story - this makes these gifts so much more fascinating to a young child.  With their detailed drawing and vibrant, rich colours they are a fascinating addition to the Easter celebrations.  

They are produced by Decorative Things, a New York firm which specialises not only in vintage Easter Eggs, but other attractive and unusual 'decorative things'!

These eggs also remind us of Spring - after all, originally the egg was a pagan symbol of springtime renewal, so chicks, rabbits and flowers are, like Easter, a sign of new life.

Another good reason for buying a paper maché Easter egg is that often the chocolate used in conventional Easter eggs is not ethically sourced.  According to The Foodie Bugle "In the dangerous cacao bean plantations of West Africa over 284 000 children, many of whom never go to school, are enslaved in hazardous and often life-shortening work in order to satisfy the West's insatiable appetite for cheap and tasteless confectionery chocolate."

The Foodie Bugle also gives a list of ethical chocolate companies - after all, what would Easter be like without chocolate!

These paper maché Easter Eggs are similar in concept to those Russian 'Babushka'  dolls - remember how they fit inside one another?   These eggs are the same.

Children always find this kind of intriguing idea fascinating and never get tired of fitting the eggs inside one another, then taking them apart again.  

Also, not too get too serious, but it does give them an idea of size and measurement as well as encouraging dexterity.

But best of all they are fun!

Here's a group of Easter eggs that are beautifully painted.  They are made from a mixture of wood and paper maché and each egg is a mere 3 inches in size.

These would make sweet individual gifts, or are great for hiding so that they can be hunted down on Easter morning. They also look great as a table decoration, all together in a basket.

Again, the botanical patterns on these hand-painted eggs keep to the spirit of Easter - the plants are all depictions of those found in the Kashmir area where this craft is carried out.

Why should the children have all the fun?  Here's a grown-up version of the simple, colourful paper maché Easter egg.

Again, this is a paper maché, beautifully painted Easter egg with a smaller egg inside.  The painted Indian leaves create a stunning effect, still maintaining the idea of new growth and springtime renewal.

An up-market version of the humble Easter egg - this would make an ideal Easter gift for someone you care about.  And that small, inner Easter egg is just the right size to take a very attractive present - a ring for instance?

You can buy plain paper maché Easter eggs - which don't open - and then the children can paint  and decorate them in time for the celebrations.  They would look great covered with decoupage pictures too.

These make lovely personal Easter decorations and can be hung up in the window or placed all together in a bowl to make a great visual impact!

HAPPY EASTER - JOYOUS SPRING !