The countdown to Easter has begun, and we’re super excited to start planning how we’re going to decorate our eggs this year. Paint them, glitter them, decoupage them, or dip dye them—there are so many inventive ways to make eggs pretty and eye-catching for the hunting festivities that it’s hard to settle on one idea. To keep things easy for you, we’ve rounded up 15 of our favorite tutorials. They’re all so fun & easy, you’re probably going to want to do them all. Luckily, there’s plenty of time to plan your egg decorating party!
DIY Fruity French Easter Eggs
Tutorial available from the Alison Show
Use Martha Stewart paints and Martha Stewart stencil film to create these colorful fruity eggs. The stencils are a free download available on the Alison Show blog. These would look super cute as a table topper for Easter brunch!
DIY Watercolor Letter Easter Eggs
Tutorial available from Oh Happy Day
If you’re hosting Easter this year, consider using these fun watercolor letter eggs as placeholders for guests. Not only are they pretty, but they’re also super easy to make!
DIY Decoupage Easter Eggs
Tutorial available from Mark Addison
These modern eggs are glitzy and glamorous—something grown ups and kids alike will love. Apply sequence in all kinds of sparkling colors with Mod Podge. Super fun and super easy!
DIY Love Easter Eggs
Tutorial available from the Sweetest Occasion
If you’re planning to dye your eggs the old-fashioned way, here’s how to add a little flare with loveable shapes.
DIY Thumbprint Painted Easter Eggs
Tutorial available from Spoonful
If you have kids, you know that thumbprints can make great art, so why not apply them to Easter eggs? Kids will have a blast turning them into funny characters too.
DIY Mod Podge Easter Eggs
Tutorial available from Creative Connections For Kids
Here’s a great project for the preschool crowd. A little Mod Podge and tissue paper can turn your eggs into brightly colored treasures that will be easy to spot in the grass (a good thing for those wee ones).
DIY Glitter Easter Eggs
Tutorial available from Martha Stewart
Brighten things up this year by bypassing the pastels and going straight for Martha Stewart neon glitter. A fun way to make the day even brighter!
DIY Floral Easter Eggs With Printable Decals
Tutorial available from How About Orange
If you’re short on time, but still want to do something unique, use the free printable decal that’s part of this tutorial to make picture perfect eggs.
DIY Pantone Easter Eggs
Tutorial available from How About Orange
This one is for the design-loving egg dyers out there. Pick your favorite Pantone swatches and create a customized Easter palette. Even without the Pantone numbers, this would be a stylish spin on the dying process.
DIY (CMYK) Dot Eggs 10
Tutorial available from Martha Stewart
Also a nod to the printing process—Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and “Key” black—create a spectrum on press and make a fun design on an Easter egg.
DIY Sprinkle Easter Eggs
Tutorial available from Studio DIY
These pretty sprinkles look yummy, but they’re for decoration only (any eggs that are decorated with glue or paints aren’t for eating), but they last so much longer! If you don’t want to use fresh eggs, you can use Styrofoam versions. A bunch of them in a basket would make for a gorgeous centerpiece.
DIY Confetti Egg Game
Tutorial available from Oh Happy Day
Turn your egg hunt into a glitter party! Blow out real eggs and insert glitter (or fruity pebbles), then smash them on one another.
DIY Neon Dip-Dyed Eggs
Tutorial available from Oh Joy!
The neon patterns on these eggs bring the art of dying to a whole new level. Picture perfect creations for baskets filled with other colorful goodies.
DIY Glitter Block Easter Eggs
Tutorial available from the Growing Home
Kids will be convinced they’ve found treasure when stumbling on one of these in the grass. You can blow the eggs out to use them as a decoration—an easy peasy process once you get the hang of it.
DIY Easter Egg Mix & Match Sculptures
Tutorial available from Mr. Printables
Why stick to one technique when you can treat each egg as if it were its own masterpiece? You can even combine them into sculptures as shown in this tutorial. Kids are going to love these!
Happy Easter!