One of the best parts about celebrating Easter with the kids is decorating eggs. It builds up excitement for the egg hunt, and it's a tradition that encourages families to spend some quality time together the day before the holiday. If you're looking for some cute and easy
Easter egg decorating ideas for kids, you've come to the right place!
We've put together a fun list of egg decorating ideas that will make your Easter eggs stand out. Whether you're using real eggs, plastic eggs, wooden eggs, or paper mache eggs, you'll find some lovely decorating tips here.
From natural egg dyes using foods in your kitchen and pantry to confetti-dipped eggs that look like a party in your basket, you'll love all the unique ways to make your eggs look extra special.
Scan this list with the kids to see which egg decorating ideas you'd like to try! Don't forget to pin this list so you'll have lots of ideas ready for next year, too.
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Easter Egg Decorating Ideas for Kids from Messy Little Monster
We have so much fun trying out different ways to dye and decorate eggs around here.
Dying Eggs with Shaving Cream and Food Colouring
Our tutorial on
Dying Eggs with Shaving Cream will show you, step by step, how to dye eggs using shaving cream and food colouring for beautiful, brightly coloured eggs. The colours are so striking! Note that you'll need to let the eggs sit in the shaving cream mixture for about 10-15 minutes each, so bear this in mind if you need to dye lots of eggs.
Natural Easter Egg Dye
If you like to focus on more natural activities in your home, you're going to love our tutorial on
Natural Easter Egg Dye. We used blueberries, beets, spinach, red cabbage, and grape juice to create lovely natural colours that look just beautiful.
Oil and Water Dyed Easter Eggs
The thing I love most about the
Oil and Water Dyed Easter Eggs is that you never know what kind of pattern the oil is going to create on the eggs, so each one is unique. The colours are bright and vivid, and the speckled look is darling.
Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs
If you love decorating eggs as much as we do, you have to check out our tutorial on how to
Tie Dye Easter Eggs. It gives the eggs a totally different look than your traditional dyeing methods, so your eggs are sure to be a big hit at the egg hunt.
Chick Easter Eggs
Although wooden eggs are used for these
Easter Chick Eggs you can use any egg you like and adapt accordingly. The bright colours are so fun, and the kids will love gluing some feathers to their eggs to turn them into cute little chicks.
More Creative Easter Egg Decorating Ideas for Kids
And here are some of the super cool ways to decorate eggs that we've found around the web. Aren't they great?
Galaxy Eggs
These
Galaxy Eggs by Little Bins for Little Hands are made with oil, vinegar, and food colouring. The eggs are double-dipped for the cool marbled, splotchy look.
Marble Easter Eggs with Nail Polish
This technique to
Marble Easter Eggs with Nail Polish by The Soccer Mom Blog is so simple! You probably have lots of colours of nail polish at home that you don't exactly love on your nails that would look great on Easter eggs. Solid colours, pastels, glittery colours... try them all!
Silk Tie Easter Eggs
Look at the pretty patterns on these
Silk Tie Easter Eggs from Natural Beach Living. During the dyeing process, the pattern on the tie is transferred to the eggs to make creative patterns with ease.
Leaf Print Botanical Eggs
Nature lovers—this one's for you! Use small leaves and flowers to create these
Botanical Eggs by Nurture Store using natural dyeing methods, like the ones we posted above. Aren't they pretty and perfect for spring?
Shabby Chic Easter Eggs
You'll love putting out these
Shabby Chic Easter Eggs by Fireflies and Mudpies year after year. Kids can cut short pieces of fabric tape, layering them on the plastic or wooden eggs to create some beautiful decor for our Easter table.
Pokemon Easter Eggs
Boys (and girls) will love making these
Pokemon Eggs by Simple Everyday Mom. Use the printable templates to make Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Jigglypuff, Squirtle, and Charmander.
Thumbprint Easter Eggs
Although you can make these
Thumbprint Easter Eggs by Childhood101 with real eggs, you'll definitely want to make a few with craft eggs so you can put them out year after year.
Eric Carle Easter Eggs
Do your kids love the Eric Carle books, like The Very Hungry Caterpillar? The colors are so bright and vivid! These
Eric Carle Eggs from Red Ted Art are inspired by his artwork. They're easy to make by layering tissue paper on your eggs.
Disney Easter Eggs
Use the printable templates from Simple Everyday Mom to create these adorable
Disney Easter Eggs. You can use hardboiled eggs, blown-out eggs, or even plastic/craft eggs for this project. Templates are included for Olaf, Mike Wazowski, Stitch, Buzz Lightyear, Miguel Rivera, and Vanelope Von Schweetz.
Wax Resist Eggs
Making
Wax Resist Eggs like these from Rainy Day Mum is great because kids of all ages can get in on the fun. It's as simple as using a white wax crayon to draw designs on the egg, so even your toddler can color a bit on their eggs. After they're dyed, the bright colors pop against the wax resist portions of the egg.
Confetti Dipped Easter Eggs
These
Confetti-Dipped Easter Eggs from Studio DIY will look like a party in your basket! After painting or dyeing your eggs, you'll apply Mod Podge and dip them in confetti. While foil confetti was used here, you can use any confetti you'd like.
Whale Easter Eggs
You can make these adorable
Whale Easter Eggs from Artsy Craftsy Mom with plastic eggs or real eggs. If using real eggs, you'll need to either paint or dye them blue first and then follow the rest of the instructions to complete the whale.
Rice-Dyed Easter Eggs
Learn
How to Dye Easter Eggs with Rice from The Inspiration Edit. This technique lightly covers the eggs in speckles, which are so pretty. It's also a clever way to avoid a mess, since you'll be dyeing the eggs in bags.
Painting Easter Eggs
Another terrific option for toddlers is this
Painting Easter Eggs activity by Rainy Day Mum. It's as easy as it sounds—paint a design on the eggs! It's a low-mess idea for any age, though, especially if you don't want to fuss with egg dyes.
Stenciled Easter Eggs
After dyeing your eggs using your favourite method, use stencils to turn them into lovely
Stenciled Easter Eggs like these from Design Improvised. Adhesive stencils make this project basically foolproof, even for preschoolers.
Frog Easter Eggs
Much like the whale eggs above, this
Frog Easter Egg from Artsy Craftsy Mom is great for real or fake eggs. It will be so fun hiding this little guy in the grass to see if anyone can find him!
Feather Easter Eggs
These
Feather Easter Eggs from Frugal Mom-Eh look so pretty and rustic, thanks to using craft feathers with natural colors. You could also replicate this idea with brightly colored feathers, too.
Mod Podge Glitter Eggs
Kids who like all things sparkly will love making these
Mod Podge Glitter Eggs from Mod Podge Rocks. These eggs require working in steps, so allow yourself plenty of drying time between painting the eggs and then coating them with Mod Podge and glitter.
What's your favourite way to decorate Easter eggs with the kids?
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