Want to celebrate the tradition of Easter egg dying, but does the smell of vinegar, big colorful messes, and the lack of time keep you from breaking out the eggs? Here are several easy Easter Egg Decorating Ideas, as featured on Good Morning Texas, to keep it fun for everyone.
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Growing up we loved decorating eggs. We’d put on one of grandpa’s old plaid workshirts, spread out the newspaper, and began the dipping, dying, and dripping rainbow-colored messes all over the floor.
It was lots of fun. But then again, all the hours of egg dying would then turn into the eggs we later would hunt out in the grass for Easter.
Nowadays, “Egg Hunts” don’t even involve dyed eggs, chocolate, nuts, or whatever else we are saying no to these days.
Now, I’m a big proponent of healthy eating, the tradition does kinda just fizzle out when there’s no point to all the work.
However, there is something to be said for the time spent together, around the table, doing something fun and creative, and making memories.
Our evolved tradition has turned into more of an opportunity to make whatever eggs you want to make. And if it doesn’t involve too much set up, can keep from dying our fingers or making a big mess for mom, that’s a tradition we can really get behind.
While I’ve seen some pretty impressive eggs that probably took more skill and more time than I have in a week to make one
Here are 10 Easy Egg Decorating Ideas that are fun, easy and pretty mostly mess free!
Watch the Easter Decorating segment from Good Morning Texas
1. Stick it with Temporary Tattoos
Pick a tat and put it on the egg just like you would the skin with a little wet cloth. Just make sure it’s a dry egg first so the tattoo can adhere to the egg. (DC Comics or DC Comics are a win for kids!)
2. Sharpies to the Rescue
A trip through Pinterest will show you that Sharpies make everything better. Put your monogram (or any other shape) by using a sticker and begin covering with dots. After you cover the egg in 1-2 colors, peel off the sticker and you’ll have the outline of your shape. (We used these ABCs for ours.)
3. Put Your Finger in It
I love handprint crafts and so do the kids. This one is the perfect combination of using those cute little fingertips to create bunnies, carrots or ducks with the stamp of a thumbprint.
4. Create with Crayons
One of my favorites, you don’t even need to wait for the eggs to cool. While still warm after boiling, you can decorate you egg using crayons. Smear the color with your finger immediately after applying the color for an all-over color. Then layer the next crayon over it for a 3-D effect.
5. Color it with Kool-Aid
Forget vinegar and dye, break out the Kool-Aid man! Using a packet of red, blue or orange Kool-Aid with 2/3 cup water. Then dip the eggs to make them your favorite color. Allow to dry on rack and then rinse to “set.”
6. Do it with Dots
I’m a big fan of polka dots, so using double-sided sticky dots all over an egg, you can roll it in glitter (or sand) to create a cool effect without the mess of trying to paint a golden egg!
7. Bedazzle it with Beads
This is my FAVORITE. These eggs look so impressive, but basically it’s jeweled dots already adhered to sticky tape. Peel them tape off and add it to the egg. Ta-daa! It’s an egg that a princess would love to have.
8. Share the Fun with Shave Cream
This one isn’t as clean as the others, but it’s so much fun! Take a pan, cover it in shaving cream (like the cheap stuff), and then add some food color. Using a dowel rod, swirl the colors together until you have a fun tie-dye effect. Then roll the egg in the cream to color. Allow it to dry for 10 minutes and then rinse for the color to develop. (Note: Consider gloves if you don’t want your fingers to get colored!)
9. Don it with Decoupage
Modge podge is the answer to everything and here it is plays a big role in making a napkin become the design on an egg. Add decoupage to egg. Then take a napkin (think a fun leftover party napkin or using this beautiful floral design), adhere the napkin to the egg and begin to smooth it out. Cut off the excess. Add another layer of Mod Podge to the outside of the egg to smooth out the design and let it dry.
10. Go with Glow
This one isn’t much of a decorating egg idea, but host a glow-in-the-dark Easter hunt by filling plastic eggs with glow-in-the-dark sticks (Dollar Tree is a great place to score these!)
Hope you have a hoppy Easter with these fun egg decorating ideas!
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I LOVE these ideas. So creative and fun.
I was going to make some Yoshi eggs with my boys this weekend. We are all about Mario in our house.
How fun! We haven’t decorated eggs yet, and the kids keep asking. I love all the different styles.
We need to decorate eggs yet so I am going to steal a few of these ideas and do this with the kids!
These are all great ideas. I would love to see how the crayon one turns out like. I just may have to try that with my youngest.
These are all amazing! I really like the initials on the eggs. Thanks so much!
These Easter eggs all look so adorable! I never would have thought to use temporary tattoos! What a neat idea!
This is fun and cute idea for Easter! I’m sure kids would love this one.
These are all such fun ideas! I really want to try the shaving cream one thins year, no splashing!
These are all great ideas! I will have to keep them in mind when we color eggs this weekend!
These are fantastic Easter egg decorating ideas. My kids used to love decorating eggs when they were younger.
I am going to try a few of these this weekend. My kids are so excited to make the eggs this year.
I’m going to have to try that with the shaving cream. It turns out so wild looking!
Coloring eggs is so much fun! Where do we start, they are all so pretty !
Hello baby girl from your Little Buck Oiler cheerleading coach. Saw your beautiful face on Good Morning Texas and was so happy. We were just looking at old pictures of those days. I will try some of your ideas, but wanted to say how happy and proud I am of you. Will be looking forward to more. Red Kisses ….. Cynthia
It will aloso be scenario testing where a bunch sit and
work by a state of affairs given to them, equivalent to electrical failure, hearth, bomb risk and so forth.
We like to dip in several different colors make a tie dye and then we decorate with stickers & sharpies.
I love all of these ideas. They turned out beautifully.