How to Decorate Easter Eggs?

The Easter eggs represent the rebirth and fertility that takes place in spring. Families worldwide use eggs to celebrate Easter in different ways, such as Easter egg hunts, decorating, giving eggs as gifts, or taking part in games with eggs.

People have been decorating eggs for thousands of years, and the egg-coloring tradition has continued even in modern nations. Children enjoy these coloring eggs to make their Sunday happy or to play games. Discovering how to decorate Easter eggs is an enjoyable activity in which the whole family can participate.

Raw eggs safety measures

• The first line of defense for eggs is their shells, so work with eggs carefully to prevent cracking. Eggs with cracked shells cannot be decorated or eaten.
• Because raw eggs may have Salmonella or other bacteria, wash your hands with warm water and soap before handling eggs and at every step of egg preparation, like cooking, cooling, dyeing, and even hiding them for games.

DIY. Easter Egg Decor.

How to Make Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs for Decorating?

When you start decorating the eggs, work with chilled, hard-cooked eggs.

Supplies needed 

• Eggs
• A pot half filled with water
• A Spoon

Boil the Eggs

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Reduce heat to a gentle boil. Carefully place eggs, one at a time, into the boiling water using a quality spoon and cover the pan. Then bring the water to a rolling boil over high heat for 10 minutes.

Drain in cold water. 

Drain out the hot water, immediately cool the eggs in the icy water and place them in an airtight container.

Refrigerate hard-cooked eggs 

Boiling can kill bacteria but will not keep them from recontamination. So, refrigerate your hard-cooked eggs before dyeing them or when you are not using them. Never leave eggs out of the refrigerator for more than two hours to avoid recontamination.

How to create perfect hollow eggs for decorating?

The most famous way to dye Easter eggs is using hollow eggs—eggs hollowed out with the help of a needle. However, hollowed eggs are delicate and fragile to handle and paint.

Supplies needed

• Eggs 
• Needle 
• A Bowl 

Wash and dry the eggs.

Raw eggs contain bacteria and dirt, so please wash them carefully and dry them using a clean kitchen towel before puncturing them.

Puncture the egg using a needle

Take a large needle and puncture both ends of the shell. Make sure you punch the hand deep enough to smash the egg yolk.

Twist the needle

Move the needle in clockwise and anticlockwise motion, and extend it to the opposite side of the egg. 

Blow out the egg to empty it.

Carrying the egg over a bowl, blow the pierced hole and force the egg white and yolk out of the egg. Wash the shell with cold water, and allow it to dry thoroughly—time to decorate now. 

How to decorate Easter eggs?

Depending on your mind’s creations, there are thousands of ways to decorate Easter eggs. Here are some decorations which I use to prepare Easter eggs.

1) Marbled effect Easter egg decor

Supplies needed

• White vinegar  
• Food coloring  
• One mug for each color
• Paints of any colors that you like.

Procedure

Prepare the vinegar and color mixture.

Add one tablespoon of oil and one tablespoon of vinegar into a different bowl. Add a different color of food coloring to each bowl. Fill the bowl up to three-fourths with water and stir it well till all colors are mixed. Each bowl should have a spoon.

Marble dyeing

Grab your boiled egg in one hand and swirl the liquid with the spoon using your other hand. Stir it several times to create a marble effect. Instantly remove the scoop, and place the egg on a spoon. Then put this egg in a different color mixture, count to 5 or 6, and remove the egg.

Let the egg dry

Please put it on a paper towel or egg carton, but don’t pat it dry. Let each color rest for several minutes; the color may get darker as they stay in the mixture.

Repeat for other eggs

Repeat the above method for another egg with a different color. Again, let it rest for 5 to 6 minutes. When you get all the eggs colored, gently wipe the eggs with a paper towel. Let them dry on an egg carton.

2) Sprinkled Easter eggs decor 

Supplies needed

• White vinegar  
• Food coloring  
• One mug for each color

Dyeing procedure

• Add one tablespoon of oil and one tablespoon of vinegar into different bowls. 
• Add different colors of food coloring to each bowl.
• Fill each bowl to three-fourths with water and stir it well till all colors are mixed. Each bowl should have a spoon.
• Dye your egg with the color you want, and let them dry.

Sprinkle acrylic paint with a toothbrush

• Take a teaspoon of acrylic craft paint of any color you want and add 4 or 6 drops of water, depending on the paint’s thickness. 
• Lay down the newspaper in the working area, and make sure all eggs must be dry before work.

Use a brush to sprinkle color onto colored eggs. 

• Drop the bristles into the paint, and run your finger across the strands to scatter the color onto colored eggs.
• Before turning them over, let them dry, and sprinkle the other side with the same method.

3) Drip Easter eggs decor

Supplies needed

• White vinegar  
• Food coloring  
• Mugs One For Each color  
• Acrylic paint any colors 
• Spoons, one for each color

Procedure

• First, take hard-boiled eggs, and insert them into the egg holder that will hold them.
• Use the spray bottle to moisturize the top of the egg. 
• Put a drop of oil and add a drop of food coloring onto the hard-boiled egg. Mist or blow on the egg to create desired results.

4)    Rubber-band Easter egg decors

Supplies needed

• White vinegar  
• Food coloring  
• Mugs one for each color  
• Rubber bands 
• Spoons one for each color 

Procedure

Wrap the boiled eggs with rubber bands and dip them in a mixture of color, oil, and vinegar. Let them dry and then carefully remove one of the rubber bands and dye it in another color.

5)  Stencilled Easter eggs decor

Supplies needed

• White vinegar  
• Food coloring  
• One mug for each color
• Stickers or any tape 

Procedure

Put some stickers on the boiled egg or use a decorative scissor to cut pieces of tape to decorate the eggs. Paint on eggs where you did not apply the tape or stickers. Let the paint dry, and remove the sticker and tape. What you get is a stenciled egg.

6) Tie and dye Easter eggs decor

Supplies needed

• Plastic sheet
• Cheesecloth or any other waste tie cloth  
• Liquid color 
• Food coloring 
• Spray bottle or a small cup of water
• Rubber band
• Empty cardboard egg carton to hold eggs

Procedure 

• Cover the place of your work with a Plastic sheet. 
• Cut the cheesecloth into six inches lengths depending on the egg size. Wet the cheesecloth pieces and squeeze them to remove excess water.
• Place a hard-boiled egg in the middle of the wet cheesecloth. Tie the ends of the cheesecloth together tightly and secure it with a rubber band.
• Add drops of different food colors to the wet cheesecloth and leave some white spaces.
• Spray the egg with water to blend the colors. Remember, less water means a darker shade, and vice versa.
• Now gently squeeze the egg to remove extra water and color.
• Finally, place the eggs on a cardboard egg carton and use a hair dryer in relaxed mode to dry them.
• Unwrap the eggs and enjoy your tie-n-dye eggs. 

7) Jewelled Easter eggs decor

Supplies needed

• One mug for each color
• Acrylic paint
• Stick-on beads and stones

Procedure

First, paint your eggs with acrylic paint and let them dry. Then place stick-on beads and stones of various colors and sizes to create a pattern of your choice. That’s it. You just created a masterpiece.

8) Gold-dipped Easter eggs decor

Supplies required

• Acrylic paint in different colors
• Golden-colored acrylic paint

Procedure

Paint an egg with your desired color, allow it to dry, and then paint one end of the egg with gold paint. Acrylic craft paint is cheap and easy to clean with soap and water. 

9)  Glitter sticker Easter eggs decor

Supplies required

• Glue  
• Plastic bag
• Glitter

Procedure

Add glue dots, designs, and glue Strips to plain or dyed hard-boiled eggs. Fill a plastic bag with glitter, place an egg inside and shake to coat glitter on glue dots or strips. Rinse the excess glitter from the egg in a sink under cold water.

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