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What’s The Best Way to Decorate Eggs?

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

I love finding new ways to color eggs. There are so many unique ways to decorate eggs, but it can be hard to know which ones are easy for kids and which ones really turn out well. Today I’m sharing 7 ways to decorate eggs AND I’m judged them! Yep. I said it. I’m judged them on how kid-friendly they are, how messy the activity is, the overall appearance, and how well I recommend doing it. I judged them on a scale from 1-5 (1 being low and 5 being high).

What's the Best Way to Decorate Eggs?

 

1. Melted Crayon Eggs

melted crayon

This is such a cool idea! You take hard-boiled eggs while they are still warm and draw on them with crayons. Since they are warm, the crayon melts. The tricky part is holding the egg because it is so warm (my hands were burning hot!). Also, the melted crayons rubs off easily, so you have to make sure you don’t let the egg roll around.

KID-FRIENDLY – 2

MESS – 2

OVERALL APPEARANCE – 3

RECOMMENDATION – 3

2. Jello Eggs

jello eggs

I love how these jello-dyed eggs turned out! I only used orange jello, but I still was pleased with the color. I found the idea here. They are a bit sticky, so maybe try sugar-free jello!

KID-FRIENDLY- 5

MESS – 1

OVERALL APPEARANCE – 4

RECOMMENDATION – 5

3. Silk Ties

silk ties

Did you know you can transfer the design on a silk tie to an egg?! I found the idea here and thought it looked amazing! Mine didn’t turn out great and I think it’s partly because the only silk tie we owned was an ugly, dull color. I think if you had a vibrant colored tie, it would work better. The steps in this were not very kid-friendly, since you had to use boiling water. Still it was fun to try!

KID-FRIENDLY – 1

MESS – 1

OVERALL APPEARANCE – 1

RECOMMENDATION – 2

4. Bakings Soda Eggs

baking soda vinegar

For this experiment, you put an egg in with baking soda + vinegar + powdered paint. It was a fun experiment, but the egg barely changed colors.

bubbles

I found the activity here and looks like their eggs turned out better!

KID-FRIENDLY – 5

MESS – 2

OVERALL APPEARANCE – 1

RECOMMENDATION – 3 (It’s a fun experiment to try with kids!)

5. Shaving Cream Eggs

Making Shaving Cream Eggs

This is a really fun activity to try with kids. You use shaving cream and food coloring and the swirls rub off onto the egg. I think they look really neat! The only downside is that I do not recommend eating the eggs. They taste a bit like shaving cream afterwards and nobody likes that taste! To find the full instructions, visit here.

KID-FRIENDLY – 5

MESS – 2

OVERALL APPEARANCE – 4

RECOMMENDATION – 4

6. Painting Eggs

paint

This is very simple. Just let your kids use paint and brushes to decorate the egg. The tricky part is keeping the egg still and not have it roll away! If you have paint already at home, this is a frugal option!

KID-FRIENDLY – 4

MESS- 2

OVERALL APPEARANCE – 3

RECOMMENDATION – 3

6. Easter Egg Coloring Kit

It’s tradition for us to use an Easter Egg Coloring Kit from the store. My kids look forward to doing this activity every year. Yes, it’s simple, but they love it. And they can make some pretty eggs with it!

pink egg

Notice we colored one of our crayon eggs from above!

regular dye eggs

KID-FRIENDLY – 5

MESS- 1

OVERALL APPEARANCE – 4

RECOMMENDATION – 5

7. Tie Dye Eggs

tie dye

This was my favorite way to color eggs. The original recipe is found here. The kids loved creating these eggs because they got to use food coloring and a spray bottle! The downside is that we had to let it sit for several hours before you can see what the egg looks like underneath the paper towels. I loved how they turned out!

tie dye eggs1

KID-FRIENDLY – 5

MESS- 2 (You can get food coloring on your hands!)

OVERALL APPEARANCE – 5

RECOMMENDATION – 5

So there are my recommendations. What is your favorite way to decorate eggs?

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Filed Under: Holidays, Spring Activities Tagged With: Easter, eggs

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  1. Tumble Tastics says
    March 31, 2015 at 1:01 pm

    Great post! I remember doing these when I was younger and now looking forward to trying these decorating tips with my children. A fun sensory exercise to keep them busy – hopefully for more than 5 minutes
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  2. Kylie says
    April 17, 2019 at 3:21 am

    We just use liquid food colouring and vinegar in cups of water. Great bright colours and you can do some crayon resist while you are at it.

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