Aqua Gumball Machine with Washi Tape Eggs

I admit it. I am a sucker for gumball machines. I am also a sucker for gumball machines that are not red! I think painting them adds so much extra spunk and is far less boring! Today I am bringing you my FREE tabletop gumball machine that I painted aqua! It has been sitting around waiting to be loved on, but I just couldn’t figure out exactly what I wanted to do with it. Finally, as I was messing with my Spring mantle, I had an idea!

You see, this machine started out red, as many {practically all} of them do.

With this, all I did was spray paint it a pretty aqua. You can see the process in a previous post where I re-did another gumball machine!

To go inside of it, I wanted something “springy” and NOT food! I wanted it to make a statement and be different, so I decided to do something a little out of the ordinary. I put eggs in it! They were plastic, paper machet and wooden. I had a little of all from Hobby Lobby, so I just mixed and matched!

To jazz them up, I got out my trusty washi tape that I had on hand and started wrapping! It didn’t take hardly any time, and they looked so cute! I loved the spring colors and the different designs.

When I finished taping them up, I simply placed them into my gumball machine and voila~ an instant spring statement piece!

I couldn’t be happier with the color and the fun little addition it brought to my fireplace. I will be showing the entire mantle and set up very soon, and I am so excited!

This was such a fun, easy and inexpensive way to add some Spring cheer to my living room! What fun ideas have you been working on to get yourself into the Spring spirit?

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