18 Creative Easter Egg Ideas That Are Easy and Fun

Confetti Easter Eggs

This decorating idea works with dyed and undyed eggs (in case you want to skip the dyeing process altogether).

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Washi tape
• Scissors

How-to:

1. Cut small shapes out of the washi tape, like triangles or lines.
2. Arrange the washi tape stickers on each egg to create a fun and colorful confetti-esque pattern.

Cactus Easter Egg

Few Easter egg ideas are as cute as this houseplant-inspired one and, fortunately, it's an easy craft, too.

What you'll need:

• Vinegar
• Warm water
• Green food coloring
• Hard-boiled egg
• Mini terracotta pot
• Masking tape
• Sand
• Green marker
• Pink crepe paper or tissue (optional)
• Glue dot (optional)

How-to:

1. Create the dye bath: Pour 1 cup hot water and 1 tablespoon white vinegar in a wide cup or small bowl, and then stir in 20 drops green food coloring.
2. Soak the egg to your desired hue, remove, and then pat-dry with a paper towel.
3. Use a fine-tipped dark green permanent marker to draw spikes or lines.
4. Cover the hole at the bottom of the terracotta pot with masking tape, fill the pot with sand, and then nestle the egg in it.
5. Optional: Cut a flower from crepe paper and attach it to the top with a glue dot.

Craft developed by Blake Ramsey.

Marbled Easter Eggs

These pretty marbled Easter eggs take less work than you think. Their secret ingredient: shaving cream.

What you'll need:

• Baking pan or plate
• Shaving cream
• Liquid food coloring
• Toothpick or chopstick
• Hard-boiled eggs
• Drying rack
• Paper towels or cloth

How-to:

1. Cover a baking pan or plate in a layer of shaving cream.
2. Add stripes and dots of assorted food coloring to the pan, and then use a toothpick or chopstick to swirl colors throughout the shaving cream.
3. Roll each egg around in the colored shaving cream, leaving a thick layer of shaving cream on the eggs.
4. Set eggs on a drying rack or plate, and let dry overnight (or at least several hours).
5. Wipe off eggs.

Craft developed by Morgan Levine.

Cracked Easter Eggs

It's what's inside that counts with these simply smashing Easter eggs. They turn the stress of cracking into an artful plus.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Spoon
• Food dye
• Vinegar
• Water

How-to:

1. Let hard-boiled eggs cool, and then tap the shells gently with the back of a spoon to create a fragmented surface all over.
2. Fill a quart-size container with a tablespoon of a richly toned food dye, 1 tablespoon vinegar, and 3 cups water.
3. Dip an egg (or several at once) in the bowl and keep submerged for about 30 minutes. For supersaturated color (as shown here), soak eggs in the dye overnight in the refrigerator.

Mustached Easter Eggs

Bring some humor to the decorating table. These little men will have the kids in stitches and can even double as Easter Sunday table decor.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Adhesive googly eyes
• Colorful mustache stickers
• Construction paper
• Tape
• Scissors
• Glue dots

How-to:

1. Stick eyes and 'staches on the eggs.
2. Create a round paper stand to keep your little version of Humpty Dumpty from, well, having a great fall.

Easy Striped Easter Eggs

Get creative with rubber bands from your junk drawer for these colorful, color-blocked eggs.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Rubber bands
• Heat-proof bowls
• Boiling water
• White vinegar
• Liquid food coloring
• Paper towels or clean cloth towel
• Large spoons or tongs

How-to:

1. Wrap each egg with several small rubber bands. Play with the number of rubber bands, the thickness of the bands, and their spacing.
2. Combine ½ cup boiling water, 1 teaspoon vinegar, and liquid coloring (about 20 drops per color). Repeat in separate bowls for each color.
3. With rubber bands securely in place, submerge each egg into the dye bath and let sit for about 5 minutes.
4. Remove the egg, dry it off with a paper towel or cloth, and then remove the rubber bands to reveal your striped design.

Printed Easter Eggs

Dig out old paper napkins (good luck remembering where you stashed them) for this colorful no-dye Easter egg idea.

What you'll need:

• Paper napkins
• Scissors
• Hard-boiled eggs
• Craft glue
• Paint brush

How-to:

1. Separate the colorful layer from the paper napkin and cut it in half-inch strips.
2. Brush craft glue onto the egg and apply the strips, lining up the design on each strip and trimming ends as you go.
3. Paint a layer of glue over the entire egg to smooth wrinkles and create a satin finish.

Craft developed by Morgan Levine.

Two-Tone Easter Eggs

This almost-tie-dye look is a playful option that doesn't take much effort.

What you'll need:

• Heat-proof bowls
• Boiling water
• White vinegar
• Liquid food coloring
• Hard-boiled eggs
• Mini-muffin tin
• Paper towels or clean cloth towel

How-to:

1. Combine ½ cup boiling water, 1 teaspoon vinegar, and liquid coloring in a bowl (about 20 drops per color). Repeat in separate bowls for each color.
2. Pour dyes into a mini-muffin tin.
3. Gently place an egg into each slot of the tin so only half is submerged in dye. Adjust the dye level higher or lower, depending on your desired effect.
4. Let each egg sit in the dye for about 5 minutes, remove, and then dry it off with a paper towel or cloth.
5. For a two-tone look, turn the egg over and dye the other half in a contrasting color.

Chick and Bunny Easter Eggs

Celebrate Easter icons from the animal world with this too-cute, no-dye craft.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Fine-tipped Sharpie
• Paper (white, pink, and orange or yellow)
• Scissors
• Craft glue
• Toilet paper tube
• Yellow and green paint
• Paint brush
• Paper towel tube

How-to:

For the chick:

1. Draw eyes on the egg using a Sharpie.
2. Cut out paper wings and a beak, and attach them with craft glue.
3. For the nest, cut a portion of a toilet paper tube into a spiral strip.
4. Paint the tube yellow and, when dry, manipulate the spiral into a tangled nest shape.
5. Place the decorated egg in its nest.

For the bunny:

1. Draw eyes, nose, and whiskers on the egg using a fine Sharpie.
2. Cut out paper bunny ears and attach each with craft glue.
   
3. Cut a segment of a paper towel tube roll, and then cut one edge in a jagged shape to mimic grass.
4. Paint the tube green and place the decorated egg in it. If it's too wide for the egg, cut a slit and then tape the tube shut at a smaller diameter.

Craft developed by Morgan Levine.

Personalized Eggs With Letters

If you frequent the craft or office supply store, your decorating is halfway done. Let little fingers spell their names, pop on initials, or create favorite phrases.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Letter stickers

How-to:

1. Apply stickers, decals, and other decorations to eggs.

Dip-Dyed Easter Eggs

Give your eggs a pretty watercolor look with some careful dipping.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Whisk
• Heat-proof bowls
• Boiling water
• White vinegar
• Liquid food coloring
• Large spoons or tongs
• Paper towels or clean cloth towel

How-to:

1. Combine ½ cup boiling water, 1 teaspoon vinegar, and liquid coloring (about 20 drops per color). Repeat in separate bowls for each color.
2. Place an egg inside the whisk and then lower it into the dye bath, stopping when the egg is halfway dipped.
3. Leave the egg submerged for a couple minutes, remove it, and then dry off with a paper towel or cloth. Leave the design as-is or create a two-tone egg by dipping the other side in a different colored dye.

Dotted Easter Eggs

Think of this idea as collaging, but with Easter eggs!

What you'll need:

• Magazines and newspapers
• Hole punch
• Hard-boiled eggs
• Paint brush
• Craft glue

How-to:

1. Use a hole punch to create dots from the pages of the magazines and newspapers.
2. Use a paint brush and craft glue to apply dots to the eggs.

Craft developed by Morgan Levine.

Natural-Dyed Easter Eggs

For a more pastel approach to your Easter eggs this year, try making a homemade dye.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• White vinegar
• 2 cups chopped red cabbage (for purple), skins of 4 yellow onions (for yellow), or 3 tablespoons turmeric (for orange)
• Water
• Strainer
• Tongs
• Cloth or paper towels

How-to:

1. Wipe down eggs with white vinegar.
2. Boil red cabbage or onion skins with 2 cups water for 10 minutes, covered, and then strain out the vegetable.
3. Take the water off of the stove and place eggs in it while still hot. (The longer they sit in the dye, the more intense the color.) Remove with tongs and let dry.
4. If using turmeric, mix into 2 cups of boiled water and let eggs soak for 5 minutes.

Craft developed by Morgan Levine.

Nature-Themed Easter Eggs

If your kids love nature, let them go crazy sticking favorite creatures (butterflies, bees, and birds) or symbols (who doesn't love hearts?) on their eggs.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Nature stickers

How-to:

1. Apply stickers to eggs.

Doodled Easter Eggs

Use a clear or white wax crayon to doodle whatever you want to make unique, freestyle Easter eggs.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• White or clear wax crayon
• Heat-proof bowls
• Boiling water
• White vinegar
• Liquid food coloring
• Large spoons or tongs

How-to:

1. Using a white or clear wax crayon, draw any designs you like onto each egg. (Try polka dots, geometric shapes, and names to start.)
2. Combine ½ cup boiling water, 1 teaspoon vinegar, and liquid coloring (about 20 drops per color). Repeat in separate bowls for each color.
3. Dip each egg into a dye bath and let sit for about 5 minutes, turning occasionally to make sure the egg colors evenly. Remove the egg with tongs to reveal the designs.

Striped Easter Eggs

Make use of all those extra friendship bracelet strings with this colorful, geometric egg idea.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Friendship bracelet string in different colors
• Scissors
• Craft glue
• Paintbrush

How-to:

1. Cut a few contrasting colors of string into different lengths. (Cut pieces of string are easier to wrap around the egg.)
2. While wrapping the string tightly around each egg, use craft glue and a paintbrush to adhere string to the shell. Trim excess string as necessary.

Craft developed by Morgan Levine.

Washi Tape Easter Eggs

Washi tape is stepping onto the springtime scene just in time for decorating eggs. We're crazy about neon for an extra bit of punch.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Washi tape in various colors
• Scissors

How-to:

1. Apply tape to eggs, cutting into pieces as necessary.

Sharpie Easter Eggs

The beauty of this idea is you can decorate however you want and, if you're decorating with kids, each can create their own artwork.

What you'll need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Sharpie
• Egg dye (if desired)

How-to:

1. You can use plain eggs, but we chose to dye our eggs beforehand.
2. Once the dyed eggs are dry, use a Sharpie to draw designs on them. Use ours for inspiration, or create your own!

Craft developed by Morgan Levine.