7 Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs
It was Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, and Valentines Day back to back! It went so fast that for all I know, it could have all been smashed within 2 weeks! Whew… Time to finally get a holiday break…. oh, wait…
Easter will be here before you know it! Sunday, April 1st! That’s right, April Fools and Easter are colliding! Beware!
One of everyone’s favorite crafts at Easter is decorating eggs. Who doesn’t love a good messy holiday craft?
I’m going to give you some fun alternatives from the newbie to the novice!
Getting started – egg prep
You can decorate eggs two different ways, hard boiled or empty…please don’t decorate raw eggs and let them spoil…I’ve seen it happen more than once, so I think a disclaimer is necessary at this point!
For hard boiled eggs, place in a pot and cover with water 2 inches above the eggs. Turn stove to high and let it reach a strong boil. Turn off, cover, and let sit for 12-13 minutes. Gently remove the eggs and run under cold water or dunk into an ice water bath to discontinue cooking.
For empty eggs, poke a hole on both ends of the egg with a seam ripper or toothpick. The hole will need to be about the size of four toothpick holes combined. Insert the toothpick and swirl around to break up the yolk. Gently blow through one hole and watch the yolk come out the other side.
1. Traditional Dye
I find that clear, disposable cups or rocks glasses work best so you can see the water level, the color, and it’ll be open enough to easily insert an egg…however, this can be very messy…but it’s craft time! Get messy!
Boil a pot of water and get out your measuring cup.
Put about 1 to 1 1/2 cups hot water into each container. (Enough to cover an egg)
Add 1 teaspoon of vinegar (this ensures that the color really seeps in and sticks quickly).
Add in your food coloring.
The darker and more vibrant you want, the more drops you’ll need.
You shouldn’t have to add more than 20 drops of coloring to each container (for the new fangled gel dyes, I usually do 2 generous squirts). Use all one color or mix and match to come up with bright turquoise, purple, magenta and more.
For traditional dye, use a whisk instead of a little wire or spoon for unsteady little hands.
2. Marble with Nail Polish
Get a disposable cup or container full of cold water.
Drip different nail polish colors on top.
Create patterns with a toothpick.
Slowly dip the eggs to pick up the pattern.
3. Crayon & Dye
Draw with a white crayon.
Dye like normal and see the designs magically appear.
4. Fabric or Tissue Paper (or feathers… or yarn)
Paint Mod Podge onto both sides of the fabric or paper.
Lay onto the egg as flat as possible.
Do a top coat of Mod Podge.
5. Glitter
Cover eggs with Mod Podge.
Roll in a glitter bath. (I prefer disposable bowls so you can roll them with minimal mess)
6. Marbled with Cream
This is my favorite!
Soak eggs in vinegar for 5 minutes in order for them to take on as much color as possible.
Throw out a thick coat of shaving cream and smooth (or cool whip if your play needs to be edible).
Drop food coloring and gently make designs by pushing into cream with a toothpick or spoon (don’t over mix).
Roll eggs in creamy design.
Let eggs sit in fridge for 30 minutes.
Rinse under cool water.
7. Silk Dye
For advanced egg decorators! This works best with empty eggs so you have to be very careful (hence the “advanced”).
Grab an old silk tie or silk scarf.
Cut the silk fabric large enough to wrap around the egg and be tied off.
Cut a light, plain colored fabric the same size.
Dunk silk fabric in water (wring out excess).
Wrap wet silk fabric around egg.
Wrap your dry, light colored fabric around the silk fabric.
Make tight and tie all loose ends with twine.
Place bundled up eggs in a gallon of boiling water.
Add 3/4 cup vinegar.
Boil for 30 minutes.
Unwrap and let dry.
CAUTION: Because eggs are hollow, they will be filled with hot water!
BONUS!
Hard boil eggs and let cool.
Roll to crackle the shells but DO NOT PEEL!!
Drop into glasses of water with food coloring.
(You’ll want to use water with food coloring so it’s taste safe and delicious. Don’t go with traditional egg dye or vinegar dye!)
Refrigerate overnight.
THEN peel off the shells for crackled deviled egg treats!
Fill with traditional egg filling or guacamole!
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I am super excited to dye eggs this year with my little girl. It will be so much fun. #triumphanttales
I had an egg decorating party with my mom friends to test out what ways would be the best to do with my one year old and the marbling in whipped cream is a definite winner! We’re going to try regular dye with a whisk but I have a feeling it’ll be everywhere!
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Oooh love these! The bonus eggs at the end look both amazing and delicious 😍🐣x
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Thank you! They are a fantastic surprise to pull out when you’re bringing snacks to a spring time party!
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These ideas are brilliant. We did attempt to dye some eggs last Easter and it didnt really go to plan. I can’t wait to try some of your ideas this year with my little girl. #TriumphantTales
The marbling with cream definitely wins for containing the mess and having the best result.
I hope it works out this year!
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I LOVE the crackle eggs…they look just like Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs that I make, except with COLORS!
We might need to try this for Easter 🙂
They’re so incredibly easy and are a huge conversation piece at Easter!
I love these! How fun. I haven’t tried all of them, but I LOVE silk-dyed eggs, and –yes– I blow them so I can keep them year to year. Pinning! 🙂 #wanderingwednesday
My mom had a set of silk dyed eggs when I was growing up and I have always wanted to make my own!
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These are gorgeous! Lovely ideas #fortheloveofBLOG
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Fun! I’m going to have to try the glitter eggs with my daughter this year.
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You can’t go wrong with glitter! The Mod Podge holds it on really well, so you don’t have to worry about having a house full of glitter!
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This is going on my Pinterest board! What a fun ways to color those Easter eggs 🙂
Fantastic! Thank you so much! I hope you get to try a few!
Fabulous ideas just in time for my children’s ‘egg rolling day’ at school next week. Thank you! #fortheloveofBLOG
How fun! That sounds like a blast!
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So many fun ideas! We’ve used the shaving cream one, we tried glitter one year, and one year we tried volcano dying using liquid watercolors, vinegar and baking soda. Last year we wrapped our eggs in bleeding tissue paper and then when the tissue dried it all fell off and we had the dye left on the egg. I just love that there are so many fun ways to dye eggs. We try a new way each year.
There are no shortage of ideas for arts and crafts!
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My adult children still like to decorate eggs! We might try that glitter one this year! Thanks for sharing your egg decorating at Merry Monday! I can’t wait to see what you link up next week! Roseann from This Autoimmune Life
I hope y’all have a glittery good time! I adore decorating eggs still!
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Tissue paper eggs- I never thought of that! I suck at crafts lol
So easy! Just painting on some glue, laying the paper down and painting over it! You don’t need any skills for it!
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Such fun and different ways to decorate for Easter! Love the new ideas!
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Thank you! I always hope to bring something new to the table for someone!
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Great ideas! Thanks for sharing. Will give them a try. 😊#thursdayteam
Please do! It’s a ton of fun!
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I love the marble effect! I think I might try this next year when Ben is a bit older and can help… right now I’m sure he’d just make mess! eek.
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I’m testing it out with my one year old using cool whip this year. The only messy part is the food coloring dying their hands a bit, but it’s taste safe and it’ll be a great reason for a bath!
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Omg these are so cool! I haven’t decorated an egg for year so may give this a try with the kids 🙂
I hope you give it a try! It’s a great family tradition to start!
These are such cute ideas!! I really love the silk ones!!
Thank you so much! They’re beautiful and they last!
How lovely
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This will be very helpful as I always struggle to decorate them successfully!#Thursdayteam
I think the trick to most of the dying is enough vinegar to soak into the shells. Hope you have some fun crafting time!
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I love all these ideas, the results are so beautiful! Thanks for sharing with #fortheloveofBLOG
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These look so much fun and so pretty to hang on an Easter tree. Will definitely be trying some of these with my boys this weekend! Thanks for sharing. #sharingthebloglove x
Easter trees! I wish more people had them! I had one as a kid and adored decorating it each year! Maybe I’ll have to go out and find one! Thank you for the reminder.
I hope you and your boys have a blast making a mess!
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These are fab great ideas Thank you for linking to #Thatfridaylinky please come back next week
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Really like the marbled hard boiled eggs. One year my mother did pickled eggs all different colours – they looked so good in the jar it was a shame to eat them. But my brothers managed it. #stayclassymama
They’re beautiful! Pickled eggs sound fantastic! What a fun tradition!
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I remember doing this with my Mum when I was little! I loved the marbled ones, they’re so pretty. Not sure I’m brave enough for the mess of glitter though! Thanks for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
The marbled ones are gorgeous and so easy! Hope you get to make a few this year!
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Hi, love these ideas do pretty. The glitter ones have to be my favourite #fabfridayposts
You can never do wrong with glitter!
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So many great ideas. I particularly like the bonus idea. They look so colourful. Thanks for joining #bloggerpinparty
Thank you! They are super colorful and are so easy to make!
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I love trying out new ways to decorate Easter eggs! It’s one of my favorite times of year. 🙂 #fabfridaypost
I love a good crafting holiday!
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Great ideas. v
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These look fab, great idea! #Sharingthebloglove
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Some really lovely ideas here. Thanks so much for sharing with #blogstravaganza
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Oh Wow! I love these techniques, escpially the last one. I haven’t seen anything like this before. They are so pretty and you are making me to wanting to give it a try too. I’m so pinning this! 🙂 Thank you xx
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I’m so glad! There are always fun new ways to have arts and crafts time!
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The dyed ones look brilliant – we have tried the nail varnish ones ourselves too. Great effects. #FabFridayPost
Thank you! It’s a ton of fun to mix it up and see how they turn out!
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These are great ideas. I will definitely be using some of these ideas with my girls. I would never have thought to use nail varnish, but it’s perfect. Thank you for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
Thank you! That one actually isn’t too messy and has a very unique effect!
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These are very cute! I love all the different effects. Thank you for sharing with #StayClassymama
I wanted to make sure there was a variety! Thank you for stopping by!
Ah my eldest has to do something like this for school. May nick these ideas. Thanks fir sharing with #bloggersbest x
How fun! I wish we got to do some fun egg decorating when I was in school!
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I love the marbling with nail polish idea and the edible eggs at the end! Fab ideas here, thanks for sharing! #BlogCrush
The nail polish really does turn out fancy and the eggs at the end are so easy and are a huge crowd pleaser!
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Oh wow! I adore these ideas and the final deviled eggs is just pure genius! I think this will be an excellent activitiy to keep the kids busy for an hour or two over the Easter hols. #blogcrush
The deviled eggs are so easy! The soaking actually makes the shells come off more easily than normal! I plan on doing red and green at Christmas, pink for Valentines, green for St. Patricks, there’s endless possibilities!
Egg decorating is a fabulous busy activity! What kid doesn’t love getting messy with arts and crafts?
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We love anything crafty here so I love this post. Definitely going to try these with Amelie. Thanks for linking this to #thursdayteam
Thank you! Please do! They’re all a ton of fun!
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