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Guest Post: 30 Easter Egg Decorating Ideas

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This guest post was written by Corinne Reidy for Webdesignschoolsguide.com.

Next to egg hunts and candy, coloring Easter eggs is a favorite Easter tradition for children and adults alike. Traditional Easter eggs are dyed in a rainbow of food coloring or hand painted, but the fun doesn’t end there. Easter eggs can also be sprinkled with glitter, made out of paper and bedazzled with jewels. No matter the design or type of egg, kids just love to be artsy and make messes with you by their side. Here are 30 easy and adorable Easter egg designs your kids will love:

Dip and Dye

These adorable designs and tutorials are a fun twist on the traditional dye job.

  1. Cracked Eggshell and Chick Design: Electrical tape and vinyl stencils are used to make the adorable chirping chicks and cracked eggshells.
  2. Eraser Decorating: Pencil erasers are the perfect tool for making polka dotted Easter eggs and other designs.
  3. Decal Dyed Eggs: Small stickers make for easy and adorable Easter egg decals your kids will love.
  4. Spring Menagerie Eggs: Create a menagerie of cute creatures and carrots with this lovely tutorial.
  5. Candy Dots: Kids can enjoy candy in more ways than one this Easter by gluing bite-sized pieces onto dyed eggs! This tutorial also shows you how to make a homemade frosting paste.
  6. Crayon Sketch Designs: It’s like magic to watch your white crayon designs pop after the dye dries in this activity.
  7. Natural Dyes: Dip your Easter eggs in these natural dyes made from blueberries, grape juice, curry powder, black tea and other household products.
  8. Rubber Band Eggs: Tightly wrapped rubber bands give eggs a cool tie-dye and stripy look.
  9. Egg Bunny: Your kids will be so hoppy to make this adorable Easter bunny egg from scratch.
  10. Marbled Eggs : A mixture of oil, vinegar and food coloring make these marbled eggs so beautiful and swirly.

Dye Alternatives

Try these designs for a no fuss, no muss alternative to dye.

  1. Melted Crayon Eggs: With Mom or Dad’s help, these just-boiled eggs will soften crayon wax to create colorful and swirly masterpieces.
  2. Decoupage Designs: If you feel like skipping the dye and paint this Easter, try these adorable decoupage eggs that use Easter-themed illustrations instead.
  3. Jeweled Eggs: These Faberge-inspired eggs are oh-so fun and fancy.
  4. Handpainted Eggs: If your child prefers solid colored eggs, check out this tutorial for beautiful matte and satin-finished Easter eggs.
  5. Tissue Paper Designs: Skip the mess of dyes and paints with these awesome tissue paper designs.
  6. Silk Eggs: Want to find a crafty use for your old silk scarves or ties? This awesome tutorial shows you how to turn a neat print into an elegant Easter egg design.
  7. Paraffin Easter Eggs: These paraffin Easter eggs are a nice alternative to dye and can even serve as a science lesson!
  8. Sponge Painted Eggs: Put that old dish sponge to good use as a textured Easter egg decorating tool.
  9. Bubble Packaging Design: The same bubble wrap you use to protect your fragile Easter eggs will work as a painting tool to create a fun, bubbly design.
  10. Thumbprint Designs: This design deserves two thumbs up for its simplicity and utter cuteness.

Artificial Eggs

Go chickenless with these artificial eggs that are just as crafty and cool.

  1. Eggimals: Make use of candy-free plastic eggs by turning them into sweet eggimals, err, animals.
  2. Glitter Eggs : These gorgeous glittery eggs look expensive but are oh-so cheap and simple to make.
  3. Needlefelted Easter Eggs: These adorable Easter eggs are the perfect project for you to teach your older children how to needlefelt.
  4. Swarovski Easter Eggs: These bedazzling plastic eggs are the perfect mother-daughter Easter project.
  5. Permanent Marker Eggs: Bold permanent markers really make these faux Easter eggs pop.
  6. Wooden Easter Eggs: This craft expert shows you how to decorate small wooden eggs to look like beautiful robin eggs.
  7. Paper Mache Eggs: Your kids will have a ball making and breaking open these jumbo paper mache eggs.
  8. Flower Pot Eggs: These adorable flower pot Easter eggs will keep blooming year after year.
  9. Plastic Egg Bunny: Pompoms, pipe cleaners and googly eyes make these plastic Easter bunnies a bundle of fun.
  10. Paper Easter Eggs: These paper Easter eggs are a fun alternative to real eggs and less messy than paint and dye.

Egg-celent Ideas for your Eggs this Easter

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Please egg-cuse my awful puns, but I couldn’t resist. They just come rolling out of me this time of year.

If you’re like me, coloring eggs is your favorite part of Easter. I remember when I was little I would force both of my parents to spend time with me in the kitchen while I drew on eggs with that weird white crayon and then colored them in the corresponding colored cups. Occasionally, I would would watch as my mom shrink wrapped those clear plastic designs around the eggs, less intrigued with the design and more intrigued with the fact that plastic shrinks in heat (still intrigued I should say).

My dad, old fashioned as he was, would always color eggs in onion skins and they would come out to be a rich brown color. At the time, I always thought that mine looked prettier. Now that I’ve grown up, a bit, I miss those dark brown eggs every Easter, but at the same time I want something Spring-y and colorful.

Leave it up to FaveCrafts to figure out the answer for me.

In the new Easter Eggs: Easter Egg Designs, Tips for Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs, Egg Recipes there are several adorable ideas for coloring eggs, including a couple ideas for dying eggs naturally. I was super excited when I found it.

This year, instead of having the same old brown eggs, I can add beautiful, delicate flower details to them. I love how these eggs turned out in the picture. Who knew you could pull off such professional looking eggs with onion skins and flowers? Mine, of course, will probably not turn out to be as well done, but I’m sure they will be pretty anyway.

Well, if they come out looking horribly, I can still make pretty solid colored eggs using blueberries and beets from the tutorial on How to Naturally Dye Easter Eggs. I ask myself, why have I never thought of this before? I guess when you learn something at a young age one way, thinking outside of the box becomes nearly impossible. Anyway, I’m really happy I found these projects because I can dye my Easter eggs the old fashioned way my dad used to and still get all the fun colors I love.

Oh, another wonderful point about the free Easter Eggs ebook: included are recipes for delicious meals to make with your hard boiled eggs after Easter is over. No need to let all your hard work go to waste. Thanks RecipeLion!

How do you normally color your eggs?

How To: Drain the Yolk from an Easter Egg

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It’s beginning to feel a lot more like spring lately. Decorative eggs, while closely associated with the Easter holiday, are a wonderful spring craft on their own. There’s just something special about an egg craft when we’re entering a season of rebirth and new beginnings.  Not to mention the fact that easter crafts and easter eggs are often associated with pastel colors. There’s nothing like shedding those dark, earthy winter colors in favor of light and fluffy pastel tones. It all goes together, you see!

Some of my favorite spring time crafts are Easter egg crafts, because the egg is like a blank canvas. Take out your creativity on your next white (or brown) egg. Surprise your guests on St. Patrick’s Day with shamrock-adorned eggs, or glittery green ones. Go all out for Easter brunch with Easter eggs that go above and beyond the typical dyed kinds – decorate with flower petals, fabric or even candy.

First thing’s first. If you want to use egg decorations for longer than a couple of weeks I recommend draining the yolk out of the center. This will help you avoid any rotten-smelling decorations when Easter rolls around.

Materials:

  • Raw egg
  • Safety Pin
  • Bowl

Steps:

  1. With your raw egg in one hand, carefully puncture one end with the safety pin. Be very careful.
  2. Move the pin around so that the hole becomes larger, and hopefully the yolk will break.
  3. Puncture the other end of the egg in the same way.
  4. Hold the egg over the bowl and allow the yolk to drain. This could take a while.
  5. To speed up the process, try blowing into one end (pointing down) to help the yolk move out faster.
  6. When you no longer feel yolk moving around inside, rinse off the outside and let dry.
  7. Repeat this process for as many eggs as you want to decorate.

Egg Decorating Ideas:

  • Dredge the egg shell in glue and cover it in glitter. This works best if the glitter is in a bowl so the egg can be fully submerged. Disco eggs!
  • Go into your backyard and pick up pretty findings from nature – leaves, flower petals, grass. Glue these bits to your eggs for a rustic look to your Easter basket.
  • In the same way that kids get excited about gingerbread houses at Christmas, Easter egg decorating can be just as fun. Glue gum drops and other decorative candies to your egg shells to make them absolutely scrumptious. The only difference with a gingerbread house and an egg is that you can’t eat this one!
  • Use scrap fabric to decorate your egg shells in different patterns. Use patches to make a quilt style egg, or make little clothes that are reminiscent of Humpty Dumpty.

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