Easter Crafts and Decorating Ideas to Try With Your Easter Eggs
Trying to #win at Easter egg decorating this spring? Read on! 🐣 🎨
Whether your style is traditional or trendy, there's a perfect Easter egg craft idea for every kind of adult and kid. Read on! 🐣 🎨
Pineapple Easter Egg Craft
We're completely obsessed with this pineapple Easter egg DIY idea. It's as simple as it looks! Just paint your eggs yellow and glue on the cute stem. Follow the full instructions for these perfect pineapple Easter eggs on the blog Studio DIY!.
Shop the supplies:
1. FolkArt Yellow Craft Paint, $1.37, amazon.com
2. Green Cardstock, $9.84, amazon.com
3. Hot Glue Gun, $12.89, amazon.com
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Floral Wreath Crowned Easter Eggs
Just about Coachella-ready, your sweet Easter eggies will look electric wearing natural floral wreaths. All you need is a bit of wire and some baby's breath. For the full tutorial, visit the Flax and Twine blog.
Shop the supplies:
1. Artificial Baby's Breath, $10.99, amazon.com
2. 28-Inch Gauge Wire, $7.39, amazon.com
3. DecoArt Black Paint Marker, $7.21, amazon.com
Whipped Cream Easter Egg Craft
Kids and adults alike have a blast crafting these Easter eggs. The secret ingredient that makes them look so cool? Whipped cream! Simply drop your food dye into a big bowl of yummy whipped cream and dip your eggs to watch magic unfold right before your eyes. Check out the Only Deco Love blog for the full step-by-step.
Shop the supplies:
1. Food Dye Set, $15.56, amazon.com
2. Whipped Cream, $3.99, jet.com
Magical Unicorn Easter Egg
Who said Easter couldn't be both whimsical and enchanting? All you have to do is dye your hard-boiled eggs, create the unicorn crowns with pipe cleaners (which keep the golden horns stable), and add on those cute ears. For a full tutorial and printable directions, follow Marianela's instructions on her blog, Love Vividly. We're clearly obsessed with these.
Shop the supplies:
1. Tinsel Pipe Cleaners, $7.92, amazon.com
2. Gold and Glittery Cardstock, $11.59 for 10 pieces, amazon.com
3. Red Food Coloring, $2.98, amazon.com
Sprinkle Easter Egg Craft
It's so easy and fun to craft these festive Easter eggs! All you need is a fine paintbrush and some colored paint. Simply dip your brush and paint on those sprinkles! For the full tutorial, visit the Let's Mingle blog.
Shop the supplies:
1. Thin Paint Brush, $9.99, amazon.com
2. Acrylic Paint Set, $18.07, amazon.com
Floral Watercolor Easter Eggs
Kids and adults will feel so talented creating these beautiful little works of art. Simply layer drops of food coloring onto each egg to create the floral watercolor effect. Then, add some details with black Sharpie. Check out how to make these beautiful floral Easter eggs on the blog Dream a Little Bigger.
Shop the supplies:
1. Liquid Food Coloring, $9.97, amazon.com
2. Medicine Cups, $7.99, amazon.com
3. Black Sharpie, $4.27, amazon.com
Western Cactus Easter Egg Craft
How presh are these prickly Easter eggs? Sitting in miniature pots filled with desert-like stones, cactus Easter eggs make the perfect place markers for guests at the table. Just write each guest's name on their pot. Plus, kids will hunt around like crazy for their Easter eggs not realizing they're in the most obvious spot! (More time for adults to enjoy their prickly pear margaritas.) 😉 Follow the step-by-step tutorial by Delia of Delia Creates.
Shop the supplies:
1. Small Rocks, $2.99, michaels.com
2. Miniature Clay Pots, $7.99, amazon.com
3. Pink Tissue, $5.07, amazon.com
Dragon Easter Egg
Speaking of enchanting Easter eggs, try crafting dragon eggs this year. These blinged-out fantasy eggs are made with clay to last — and you'll want them to last.
First, wrap the clay around an aluminum foil ball to mold the right egg shape. Then, simply decorate with gems, treasures, and stones until you feel like a fire-breathing baby dragon could hatch!
To take your egg to the next level, embellish with watercolor paint. For the full tutorial, visit the instructions on Adventure in a Box.
Shop the supplies:
1. Craft Clay, $9.89, amazon.com
2. Assorted Craft Gems, $7.99, amazon.com
3. Watercolor Paint, $10.99, amazon.com
Yummy Donut Easter Egg Craft
Topped with classic rainbow jimmies and frosting — OK, a painted version — these yummy Easter eggs look too cute to eat! Enjoy these eggies on Easter morning for breakfast. Just take your organic hard-boiled eggs and paint your donut around the top of each egg. Use puffy paint to add the sprinkles. For full instructions and printable egg stands and tags, visit Brite & Bubbly.
Shop the supplies:
1. Podge Pink Folkart Paint, $1.49, joann.com
2. Licorice Folkart Paint, $1.49, joann.com
3. Puffy Paint, $10.59, amazon.com
Carrot Easter Eggs
These guys look like they were just pulled from the dirt! These spunky carrot Easter eggs are so much fun to create, and it's so easy, too. Just paint your eggs orange and attach the festive felt stems. Master the full tutorial to craft these carrot Easter eggs on the blog A Night Owl.
Shop the supplies:
1. Orange Chalk Paint, $6.99, amazon.com
2. Green Felt, $13.15, amazon.com
3. Hot Glue Gun, $12.89, amazon.com
Under the Sea Mermaid Easter Egg Craft
Ready to be a mermaid? Slip into your tail and get ready to craft! These nautical eggs will last for eternity. Similar to the dragon eggs, wrap clay around an aluminum foil ball to mold the right egg shape, then press in shells and ocean-themed treasures! For the full tutorial, visit the instructions on Adventure in a Box.
Shop the supplies:
1. Craft Clay, $9.89, amazon.com
2. Tiny Sea Shells, $9.15, amazon.com
3. Watercolor Paint, $10.99, amazon.com
Outer Space Galaxy Easter Egg
Board the spaceship: These trippy eggs will keep Easter Sunday guests in orbit around them. Though it looks like only true space masters and artists could pull off this look, the galaxy paint job is actually quite easy to eggsecute.
First, paint your Easter eggs black (you daredevil, you!) and then use a paintbrush to swipe on the other colors. Add speckles of black and white, and dab on touches of metallic gold. To get your alien vibe on this Easter, follow the full instructions at Dream a Little Bigger.
Shop the supplies:
1. Folkart Paint, $1.49 each, joann.com
2. Metallic Gold Paint, $1.99, amazon.com
3. Paintbrush Set, $5.98, amazon.com
Marbled Indigo Easter Egg Craft
Splash your white hard-boiled eggs with some indigo for a regal effect. The secret? Nail polish — which means you can push your painting skills (or lack thereof) to the side. Add drops of indigo polish to a disposable container filled with room-temperature water. Simply dip in your faux or white hard-boiled eggs and let them dry. Make sure you read up on the full instructions at Alice & Lois.
Shop the supplies:
1. Faux Eggs, $8.60, amazon.com
2. Disposable Containers, $4.99, target.com
3. Mysterious Midnight Blue Nail Polish, $18.00, sephora.com
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