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Chipped of broken china? Don't throw it out! Use those discarded pieces to create charming egg accents for Easter of year-round. Plain plastic Easter eggs become anything but ordinary when decorated with broken china shards or even colorful marbles, plus a little glue and grout Grout

A binding or structural agent used in construction and engineering applications. Grout is typically a mixture of hydraulic cement and water, with or without fine aggregate; however, chemical grouts are also produced.
. The same simple technique can also be used to create one-of-a-kind furniture pieces that look great with any decor.

FOR GLASS MARBLE EGGS, YOU WILL NEED:

Plastic Easter eggs of different sizes

Flat glass marbles of different colors

Quick Grip All-Purpose Permanent Adhesive

Grout

Thick rubber work gloves

Paper towels

Sponge

Ribbons, gold cording, or other accents

Glue the flat marbles to the egg with the Quick Grip adhesive, and allow Lo dry for 24 hours Adv. 1. for 24 hours - without stopping; "she worked around the clock"
around the clock, round the clock
. Wearing rubber work gloves, apply grout between the marbles with your fingers. Remove excess grout with wet paper towels. Allow grout to dry for 24 hours, then clean the marbles with a damp sponge. Add ribbons and bows, tiny gold cording, and vintage jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion.

The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring.
 for added glamour.

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FOR CHINA SHARD EGGS, YOU WILL NEED:

Plastic Easter eggs of different sizes

Broken china of all sizes (available already broken in bags at craft stores, or break your own damaged china into small pieces with a mallet mallet,
n a hammering instrument.

mallet, hard,
n a small hammer with a leather-, rubber-, fiber-, or metal-faced head; used to supply force or to supplement hand force for the compaction of foil or amalgam and to seat cast
 or tile cutter on a towel while wearing safety glasses)

AcrylPro Ceramic Tile Adhesive

Grout (available in many colors; choose a color appropriate for your china)

Thick rubber work gloves

Paper towels

Sponge

Affix affix v. 1) to attach something to real estate in a permanent way, including planting trees and shrubs, constructing a building, or adding to existing improvements.  china pieces to the outsides of the plastic eggs, using ceramic tile adhesive; allow to set and dry for 24 hours. Wearing rubber gloves rubber gloves rubber nplgants mpl en caoutchouc , apply grout between the shards with your fingers. Remove excess grout with wet paper towels. Allow the grout to dry for 24 hours then clean the china pieces with a damp sponge.

Note: You can use the same materials to decorate small rabies rabies (rā`bēz, ră`–) or hydrophobia (hī'drəfō`bēə), acute viral infection of the central nervous system in dogs, foxes, raccoons, skunks, bats, and other animals, and in  or other furniture.
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Author:Roper, Patty
Publication:Mississippi Magazine
Date:Mar 1, 2004
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