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    Home » Recipes » Holiday » Easter » Easter Egg Decorating: Ideas You Would Never Think to Try

    LAST UPDATED: July 25, 2019 • FIRST PUBLISHED: April 4, 2019 By Toni Dash 29 Comments

    Easter Egg Decorating: Ideas You Would Never Think to Try

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    Easter Egg Decorating can be a lot more exciting than traditional fizzing dye pellets in vinegar. This collection of ideas will take your Easter celebrations up a notch!

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    With Easter coming quickly, I love to think of new ways for Easter egg decorating.

    Don’t get me wrong; I love those brightly colored dissolving die tabs and the overpowering smell of vinegar as the eggs soak too.

    I just decided a few years ago that I wanted to broaden my Easter egg decorating repertoire!

    Here are some favorite ideas for adults and kids to try this year!

    The Best Hard-Boiled Eggs

    A starting point for Easter egg decorating is usually making hard-boiled eggs. 

    I began making hard boiled eggs in the Instant Pot and love it. It’s fast to make a large batch quickly for Easter egg decorating.

    Halved Instant Pot hard boiled egg recipe with blue knife
    How to Make Perfect Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs
    This three part method of cooking hard boiled eggs in the Instant Pot is a proven success!  The cooking time is based on altitude and is rounded to a the nearest minute.
    Check out this recipe

    Need a conventional recipe?

    We have that too….

    hard boiled eggs in a white bowl
    Hard Boiled Eggs
    This easy method makes great hard-boiled eggs every time.
    Check out this recipe

    peeled hard boiled egg made in an Instant Pot

    Are Dyed Hard-Boiled Easter Eggs Safe to Eat?

    It depends on a few things.

    How Long the Eggs Have Been Without Refrigeration

    The American Egg Board says hard boiled eggs are safe to eat for up to two hours without refrigeration.

    So, if you set up your egg hunt the night before, use those beauties for Easter Brunch décor not for egg salad sandwiches.

    How They are Dyed

    When a food safe dye has been used, AND the eggs have not been left out of the fridge for over 2 hours, you should be safe to eat them.

    If they Are Cracked

    If you spot any dye on the egg itself, throw it out. A crack in the egg’s shell can introduce bacteria that could make you ill.

    DIY Satin Ribbon Easter Eggs

    Use ‘Decorating Easter Eggs’

    Craft stores and Amazon sell ‘Decorating Easter Eggs‘ which are inexpensive and dyeable!

    They are a synthetic egg that is recyclable and reuseable.

    Using them removes any worry about lack of refrigeration and your creations (or your kids’) can be kept for years to come.

    Easter Egg Decorating

    Click the titles of the methods below for all the details on each one!

    Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

    This is a very fun method of Easter egg decorating and uses all-natural produce to create the colors. They have an earthy feel and can be made shiny with a simple little trick!

    May favorite are the deep blue eggs…..made with red cabbage!

    Bowl of natural dye Easter eggs

    How to Natural Dye Easter Eggs
    Using natural vegetables and herbs to naturally dye eggs is a fun and rewarding project.
    Check out this recipe
    Bowl of natural dye Easter eggs

    Silk Dyed Easter Eggs

    This method is a fun one with roots going far back. They weren’t used just for Easter!

    This is a great project to get rid of any old silk ties!

    Take a trip to the thrift store or the fabric store and have a blast.

    Also, in this recipe is a fun molded hard-boiled egg method!

     Silk Dyed Easter Eggs

    Silk Dyed Eggs
    Silk Dyed Eggs are fun to make and perfect for Easter or other occasions. 
    Check out this recipe
    Silk Dyed Eggs for Easter

    Stained Glass Easter Eggs

    Using ‘bleeding tissue paper’ these stained-glass eggs couldn’t be easier.

    Bleeding Tissue deposits color when wet so it’s a fun way to find your inner artist.

    You can take these Easter egg decorations further by adding embellishments too.

    TIP: find small rhinestones and decorations in the sticker department of the craft store. No gluing required.

    Stained Glass {Bleeding Tissue} Easter Eggs

    Tattooed Easter Eggs

    Guess what? Temporary tattoos aren’t just for kids; they are for decorating Easter eggs too!

    Temporary tattoos transfer with moisture so are an easy and fast Easter egg decoration.

    Buy some you love or this post instructs how to make your own.

    Apply them to dyed eggs or find naturally colorful eggs to put them on.

    easter egg decorated with vintage image tattoo in birds nest

    Dying Easter Eggs with Cool Whip or Shaving Cream

    This fun and easy method creates beautiful tie-dye eggs in any color combination desired.

    Cool Whip Easter Eggs are edible and perfect for little children (who might lick their fingers in the process).

    The method for both is the same and create stunning eggs with a little trick!

    dying easter eggs with shaving cream in basket

    Dying Easter Eggs with Cool Whip or Shaving Cream
    Cool whip dyed Easter eggs are a food-safe alternative to create beautiful Easter eggs. The same process may be used with shaving cream however the eggs will not be edible.
    Check out this recipe
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    DIY Chalkboard Easter Eggs

    These Easter eggs definitely will need some adult help. Eggs are sprayed with chalkboard paint and decorated with chalk!

    I recommend using the Decorating Easter Eggs for this for sturdier handling.

    NOTE: If making these with hard boiled eggs I would not eat them since the paint is not food-safe.

    Chalkboard Easter Egg Table Place Holder

    TIP: these are a fun placeholder at Easter meals!

     Decorating DIY Chalkboard Easter Eggs

    Satin Ribbon Tape and Glitter Tape Mosaic Eggs

    This project can look daunting but also can be made as simply as desired.

    With ribbon tape and glitter tape every Easter egg is beautiful.

    DIY Glitter Tape Mosaic and Satin Ribbon Easter Eggs

    More Fun Easter Projects

    How to Make DIY Toy-Filled Cascarones {confetti eggs}

    These filled eggs are sealed with tissue paper and a delight for an egg hunt.

    Toy-Filled Cascarones or Confetti Eggs in an egg carton with trinkets for filling eggs

    Marbled Chinese Eggs

    Marbled Chinese Eggs are hard-boiled, gently cracked and soaked in black tea creating a wonderful web of tea-stained lines on the peeled egg.

    chinese tea eggs in bowl
    Marbled Chinese Tea Eggs
    Marbled Chinese Tea Eggs are a traditional lucky food for Chinese New Year. Symbolizing fertility and wealth, they will be prominent on most menus. They are easy to make filling the kitchen with exotic smells of star anise, cinnamon, black tea, Chinese five spice and orange peel. Hard boiled eggs are lightly cracked and soaked in the tea-spice mixture for several hours revealing artistic, delicious eggs.
    Check out this recipe

    Marbled Chinese Tea-Spice Eggs

    Easy DIY Milk Carton Baskets

    For crafty recyclers, this is a fun project for little egg hunters.

    Easy Milk Carton Baskets and DIY Toy-Filled Cascarones (Eggs)

    Creative Easter Basket Ideas (that don’t include candy!)

    It can be difficult to come up with fun Easter basket ideas that aren’t all candy! This list as some great options you have not seen before.

    easter basket with pink eggs

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    1. Ruth I says

      April 05, 2019 at 12:35 pm

      These are all fun ideas! I might go for some natural dyed easter eggs. But I love all of these!

      Reply
    2. Keikilani says

      April 05, 2019 at 10:35 am

      You eggs are so fancy and pretty! The kids have been asking if we are going to decorate some for Easter this year. These look gorgeous.

      Reply
    3. Alli says

      April 05, 2019 at 6:44 am

      This is such a fun idea, we are absolutely going to do some of these with the kids this year!

      Reply
    4. Billy says

      April 05, 2019 at 6:42 am

      Love these ideas and totally going to do it with my daughter!

      Reply
    5. Jennifer says

      April 05, 2019 at 6:13 am

      I love all these tips for decorating Easter eggs. I totally suck at it.

      Reply
    6. Bianca says

      April 05, 2019 at 5:17 am

      These are such great ideas! I have my neices and nephews coming for Easter maybe we can make a day of these and do some decorating. Though I dread the mess in the kitchen later. Do you have a video of any of these by any chance?

      Reply
      • Toni Dash says

        April 05, 2019 at 7:07 am

        There is a video in the natural dye Easter egg post. And I’m going to put one in the Silk Dyed Eggs post too. Hopefully the detailed instructions will make it easy even without a video!

        Reply
    7. Snehal says

      April 05, 2019 at 3:50 am

      I’d like to try some of your Easter decorating ideas. Especially the tape ones. These are so cute! ?

      Reply
    8. artchee says

      April 05, 2019 at 2:54 am

      We used to dye hard-boiled eggs with food coloring. The colors and designs you have are way better than what we used to do. :0)

      Reply
    9. kristin lesney says

      April 05, 2019 at 12:13 am

      Very neat ideas. Love the designs.

      Reply
    10. Claudia Krusch says

      April 04, 2019 at 9:16 pm

      Love all your ideas! So pretty and colorful! I can’t wait to try them!

      Reply
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