Eggxcellent! - The Ultimate Kids Guide to Decorating Eggs

For many families, part of the celebration of Easter time each year includes egg decorating. If your family is looking for new ways of decorating this year's Easter eggs, there are many unique ideas to be found online. Here are three suggestions for Easter egg decoration that you and your family will enjoy.

The first decorating suggestion is to sponge paint your Easter eggs with your children. According to the directions found at, Easter Egg Decorating, you will need several colors of acrylic paint, small dishes to hold the paint colors, a big sponge, clothes pins, and as many hard-boiled eggs as you wish to decorate. First, cut the sponge into manageable squares that your child can grasp using a clothes pin. Next, dip each sponge into a dish of paint and have your child press his favorite colors onto an egg. The article suggests beginning with the darker colors and ending with the lighter ones. Finally, put the sponge painted eggs aside to dry. Now, using acrylic paint to decorate your Easter eggs does mean that you can't eat them. But, if you prefer to use food coloring to make your colors instead of acrylic paint, there is a recipe located at, Coloring Easter Eggs.

An Easter egg decorated with swirls of color is always a pleasant sight in a child's Easter basket. Visit, A Swirled Easter Egg, and you'll find a list of necessary materials for making swirled Easter eggs with your child. First, locate some wax paper, a roll of paper towels, a few bottles of craft paint in various pastel shades, a cooling rack, and hard-boiled eggs. Step number one, ask your child to tear off a piece of wax paper about the size of a notebook page, crumple it, and then open it back up. Next, he or she squeezes two colors of paint onto the wax paper. After that, the child folds the wax paper together in order to swirl the colors. Then, he or she places an egg onto the mixed colors and rolls it around in them. When the egg is completely covered in paint, place it on the cooling rack to dry. The article suggests placing some glitter on the egg for extra flair or even having your child sign his or her name on it in 3-D paint.

To find a collection of really inventive suggestions for Easter egg decorating travel to, Creative Ideas for Easter Egg Decoration. One of the suggestions listed there allows your child to express his or her individuality with every egg that is decorated. The idea is called the Fingerprint Egg. The required materials include a roll of paper towels, paper plates, several colors of tempera paint, craft sealer, paintbrushes, and a push pin. Blown eggs are used for this project so in order to empty each egg, use the push pin to poke a hole in its top and bottom points. Next, holding the egg over a bowl, blow into it, emptying all of its insides into the bowl. Then, your child can use a paintbrush to paint the egg with the craft sealer. Ask your child to pour the tempera paint colors onto the paper plates and have him or her dip a thumb or a finger into a color, pressing it against the egg. Continue to rotate the egg and vary the fingerprint colors until the design is complete. Your child can show off his or her imprinted creation with pride.

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Ukrainian Style Easter Egg Decoration Travel to this website for concise, user-friendly directions on how to decorate your Easter eggs in the Ukrainian style with the help of your children.

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Simple Easter Egg Decorating Ideas for Kids Visit this website to learn how you and your child can use some favorite stickers as stencils, to decorate Easter eggs.

Fun Easter Egg Decorating for Kids This website features thirteen unique ideas for kids to decorate the Easter eggs.

Suggestions for Making Natural Colors for Your Easter Eggs Learn how to mix colors for your Easter eggs with familiar plants and flowers, on this website. Show your child this unique approach to natural dye making.

Inventive Ideas for Decorating Easter Eggs Decorate Easter eggs with your kids using materials found around the house.