I was looking back through some photos today and found a set of pictures of Easter eggs the kids have painted in past years. Our school always has an Easter egg painting competition each year. Some of the entries we have seen have been fabulous!

Here is a round-up of examples we have painted in the past:

Feathers McGraw

OK so this is not a penguin with a rubber glove on his head, but I wanted to give him a name. Feathers McGraw is one of the greatest villains of all time in my humble opinion. This egg was painted in a range of colours, including lots of metallic poster paints which looked great. We added black painted eyes and a triangle of craft foam as a beak. He was looking a bit plain so we added lots of craft feathers to his back with some strong glue and suddenly he was a hit!.

Finding a way to display your egg can be a challenge. One of the easiest options is to cut out a single section of the egg box to make a holder.

Here he is!

Eggvengers

The following year my son wanted to bring some Avengers action to the egg decorating thing. I think we spent longer on the egg based film puns than the decorating!

Eggvengers: Age of Yolktron was born. I had to help a bit with the detail of the design as an egg is a tricky shape for a little one. We designed a two sided egg on paper. One side was the Avengers ‘A’, and the other side was a Thanos glove. I then drew the design onto the egg shell in pencil, then painted it on with a very thin brush. Once I had the basic design, he was able to paint in the gaps and add some embelishments.

I love to find ways to recycle and reuse things in my crafts. For the base we used the plastic inset from a box – I think it was from an Easter egg. With a bit of playdoh to provide a solid base we were able to display the egg with its label.

Down on the farm

My daughter’s entry last year was one of her bigger projects. Not one, not two but three eggs in this farm scene.

We painted all three eggs with a white base coat (or two). Once they had dried we painted two pink and one yellow. There was no skill or complexity to this, but it did involve a lot of time and patience. We had to paint each egg with several layers of colour. This is not one for a last minute craft activity. However if you have a weekend and are happy to keep splashing on a layer each time you go past, you will be fine!

Once they had their base colours we added a bright pink nose, with black dots for eyes and nostrils on the pigs. The ears were two semi-circles of tissue paper glued to the head. The tail was made with a strip of tissue paper. We rolled it tightly to form the curly tail, then glued one end onto the egg.

The chick had two black dots for eyes and a folded triangle of paper to form a beak. We added some small yellow craft feather to the back.

Just when I thought we had finished, there was the base to make. She wanted this to look like a farm scene. We used the base of the egg box and painted it in dark brown. Brushing the paint on with a dry brush gave a textured finish which was quite good. We used some craft feathers and moss to fill some of the holes. Finally we cut a long strip of from a sheet of green A2 paper and cut into one of the long sides to make it look like tall grass. Once finished this was stuck all the way around the egg box to disguise the outside and finish the farm look.

There you go – three different styles for an Easter egg painting activity. I’m sure we will have another round soon!

Egg painting ideas

There are endless versions of painted eggs around. You can find some eggxamples (sorry) for kids on my Easter Crafts Pinterest board along with other craft ideas. For some more sophisticated Easter egg paining ideas, and other Easter decor inspiration for your home, check out my Handmade Spring board.