Fun Easter Egg Decorating Ideas!

Brush the top half of you egg with a thin layer of craft glue and dust with glitter. Allow to dry, flip, and repeat the process until the entire egg truly shimmers!

Apply a layer of chalkboard paint, and decorate eggs again and again. For personalized place settings, try writing a family member's name on each egg!

Confetti eggs (aka Cascarones) are like mini pinatas for your head. Traditionally, hollowed out eggs are broken over the head of a friend, showering them with confetti%u2026.and supposedly good luck (but definitely confetti).

We decided to shake things up in our hunt this year by turning it into more of a game. You still fill most of the eggs with confetti (or birdseed, or, in our case, Fruity Pebbles since they still look like confetti but I don't feel as bad about leaving them in the park for birds to nibble). But - one of the eggs in the batch is filled with gold glitter, and whoever ends up with the head full of glitter gets an awesome prize (besides all the good luck they have coming to them).

Party Rules

* Hide your confetti eggs as you would normal eggs, and let your friends go hunting for them.

* Once everyone has collected the eggs (or as the eggs are found - your choice), the *kindly* smashing upon heads begins.

* No throwing eggs! Proper egg-smashing etiquette requires your hand to come in contact with the other person's head so that you aren't hitting anyone too hard or poking anyone's eyes out.

* The lucky winner who gets the glitter egg smashed on their head goes home with the grand prize of the day. I'm always a fan of large quantities of fine chocolate, but you can get creative with what the prize will be.

Variations: If you're really feeling feisty (and don't mind a messier activity), I think it would be fun to leave a few eggs raw, just to keep things interesting (and provide some real motivation for running from the egg smashers coming toward you). Or, really shake it up and try things like jello filled eggs, or powdered sugar filled eggs, or whatever you've dreamed of dumping on someone's head.

How to Make Confetti Eggs:

Materials Needed
Raw eggs
Egg dye (we used good ol' vinegar and food coloring)
Confetti (or birdseed, fruity pebbles, or your filler of choice)
Gold Glitter
Tissue paper (we used a round 1%u2033 punch to make our tissue paper perfectly sized)
Glue

Pin/Needle
Scissors

Step by Step:
1. Using your sewing pin, poke a single, small hole at the top an egg.
2. Open up a larger hole at the bottom of the larger part of an egg.
3. If your yolk is too large, sometimes it helps to use a toothpick or something to stir the yolk up and make it more liquid
4. Let the egg drain out of the larger hole into a bowl, blowing the residue out through the small pin hole in the top of the egg if you need to encourage the yolk out a little more quickly.
5. Rinse the egg shell (you can add a little bleach to get rid of the egg smell) and allow it to dry.
6. Use dye to color the eggshell (you'll have to fill the hollow shell with dye to make it stay submerged); allow to dry thoroughly.
7. Fill the egg about halfway with confetti (or whatever you decide to put inside). Use a funnel if needed.
8. Cut a piece of tissue paper slightly larger in size than the egg's hole. Glue the paper to the edges of the hole
9. Voila. Your eggs are filled. You are ready to party.

Have fun out there, kids. May confetti-filled eggs make all your dreams come true.

This is a super cute idea to incorporate all the wonderful spring flowers into you home as well! Take a raw eggs and either buy an Egg Hollowing kit OR refer to my Glitter Confetti Eggs for instructions on how to hollow your eggs with just a sewing needle!

Once your eggs are hollow, get little condiment dishes and fill with water.

Place the hollowed egg on top.

Stick you're flower stem through the top and bottom holes of the eggs so the stems can drink the water in the little cups.

Next, trim a few blades of grass and place them in between the egg & cup, so the blade can also drink some water :)

Lastly.....Place them around your home and ENJOY! :)

Using these step-by-step instructions, create your own kid-friendly, egg-shaped chalk. With a bit of pretty packaging, they make great gifts too!

Egg-Shaped Chalk

Materials
Any type of empty egg carton
Plastic eggs (larger sizes are best)
Petroleum jelly
Paintbrush
Plaster of Paris
Tempera paint
Teaspoon
Disposable bowls
Disposable spoons
Disposable knife

Instructions
1.Remove the top of your egg carton so the bottom can be used to hold the two halves of each plastic egg. Place the two egg halves across from one another in the carton so they're easy to pair later.
2.Use your paintbrush to generously coat the inside of each egg with petroleum jelly. Applying this slippery substance will help you remove the dried chalk from its mold.
3.Combine a 1/2 cup of plaster of Paris with a 1/4 cup of water in a disposable bowl and mix. This amount should be enough to create one large egg-shaped piece of chalk.
4.For color, add one teaspoon of tempera paint and mix. To darken the color, try adding one drop of paint at a time until you've achieved your desired shade. Consider combining two separate colors to create two-toned eggs!
5.Pour your mixture into the two egg halves, filling them to the top. (For two-toned eggs, pour a different color into each half). Once your bowl is empty, do not pour the remaining plaster into the sink because it can clog your drains when dried. Wait for your mixture to dry in the bowl, then throw the bowl away.
6.Let the chalk mixture thicken in the mold for about 5-10 minutes, then snap the two halves together. Apply pressure to each end of the egg and shake to encourage the plaster to shape to the mold. Tapping the egg can also help with proper shaping.
7.Set the eggs in your carton and allow them to dry overnight. When removing the eggs from their molds, use a plastic, disposable knife to wedge in-between the plastic egg halves if necessary. Once you've removed the eggs, they're ready to go!

How fun is this! Go to any home improvement store & collect a bunch of their FREE color swatches, make a egg-shaped template & trace on the back of the swatches. Cut them & stitch yarn through them all. Then hang and ENJOY!! :)

These are actually Egg Shaped styrofoam!

Get a bunch of sequins in your choice of color(s).

Get a bunch of needles with a flat top on the one end

Place one sequin on you eggs & stick a needle in through the hole in the sequin into your styrofoam eggs. Repeat!

Do a pattern or all one color...either way they are a fun idea!

Materials
Crayons (broken or worn out pieces are encouraged)
Silicone or metal egg-shaped candy mold
Oven
Refrigerator or freezer

Instructions

Safety First: While egg-shaped crayons are fun coloring materials for kids, adult supervision is strongly encouraged when crafting with hot wax.

1.Purchase silicone or metal egg-shaped candy molds from a baking store, craft store or online. Other molds can also be used to create a variety of fun-shaped crayons, and a basic muffin pan is convenient for creating circles.
2.Sort your crayons into the combinations you plan to melt-crayons will look best when similar shades are paired. Break the crayons up into small pieces, making sure to remove any paper. Line your molds with a non-stick spray, and carefully place each group of colors into a different mold, filling each to the top.
3.Preheat your oven to 300º F, and place the egg-shaped candy molds into the oven for about 5 minutes. Once the wax has melted, remove your molds from the oven, set on a cooling surface, and add more crayons to each egg shape until it is once again filled to the top. Repeat this process until you've fully filled each egg mold with melted wax.
4.Once the egg-shaped molds are filled, carefully remove your pan from the oven and allow it to cool for 20 minutes. For final cooling and forming, place the pan in your refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
5.To reveal your vibrant coloring supplies, simply press against the silicone molds to pop out your egg-shaped crayons, or place your metal pan in the freezer until the crayons are easy to remove. Once finished, you're ready to color and create!

How fun is this idea for kids! Color/dye your eggs to the desired color of the animal you're making, then make cut outs of their faces from colored paper! Hot glue, craft glue or school glue (to help make it a kid friendly project) will work! What animal will you come up with?? :)