Easter egg ideas

So many beautiful ways to decorate Easter eggs, or even eggs that you would like to put on display just because they look gorgeous. I have been honing my skills at making lace eggs and show you how in a separate feature, but here are some creative ways to decorate eggs for Easter - or for your home...

 

Painted eggs always look pretty an these blown eggs are painted with soft pastel acrylic paints and each one has a name of a daughter or son. If you are planning to decorate eggs this year, make sure to blow them out properly and give them a few rinses before you use them.

These adorable eggs are wrapped in sheet music and then given a couple of layers of clear acrylic sealer or ModPodge. You can download sheet music here ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ) to enlarge and print out for this project.

Another decoupage project, but these eggs are trimmed with tiny silk flowers and leaves and wrapped with string.

 

ABOVE: Easter eggs decorated using the pinhead method, also known as the drop-and-pull pinhead method. This method is used in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Lithuania. The head of the pin is dipped into hot wax and applied to the eggshell. These eggs are wax-embossed, so the wax forms a raised design that you can feel when touched. Here's my take on lace eggs with raised or painted designs.

 

 

Use Rust-Oleum Universal metallic spray paint in Pure Gold to spray paint your Easter eggs for a golden touch. Place a small screwdriver in the bottom blow hole and then lightly spray outdoors.

 

These Easter eggs are decoupaged with floral and butterfly papers in pretty pastels. Finished with water-based sealant and acrylic opal glitter paint for a soft sheen.

Easter eggs decoupaged with brightly coloured gingham papers in aqua, red, green, yellow, and blue with white. Finished with water-based sealant and opal glitter paint.

So cute... These eggs are wrapped in a beautiful cross-stitched cotton and trimmed with ribbon. Click here for free cross-stitch patterns for eggs.

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These cross-stitched eggs are amazing and I have had to give it some thought as to how it was done. I think you would have to pre-drill the holes with a Dremel MultiTool as I did with the lace eggs and then use a curved needle to sew. Or you could drill a hole at the back of the egg and use a straight needle.