These watercolor Easter eggs are SO PRETTY!! Use food coloring and simple watercolor techniques to decorate your Easter eggs. It’s surprisingly easy to get bright and beautiful marbled eggs!
This Easter activity is a lot of fun for the whole family, and it’s a great way to explore color. Have fun layering colors and seeing how they combine — no two eggs will be alike! These pretty painted eggs are great for an Easter egg hunt or for part of an Easter centerpiece.
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How to Make "Watercolor" Easter Eggs
Materials:
- Hard boiled egg
- Food colouring
Equipment:
- Bowl of water
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Instructions:
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Prepare your egg
- Place 2 layers of paper towel on a baking sheet or another protected surface.
- Dip a cooled hard boiled egg in water.
- Place the egg onto the paper towel.
Step 3: Paint with food colouring
- Choose a colour of food colouring and add several drops to the top of the egg.
- Dip your paintbrush in the water.
- Drop water onto the food colouring. You can also use the brush to push the colour in different directions.
- Continue adding water drops, using the brush to move colour around.
- Add more of the same colour and repeat the process until you've covered more of the egg and you're happy with how the base colour looks.
Step 4: Experiment with more colours
- Add more drops of food colouring in a second colour.Try to choose a colour that will blend well with the first.
- Repeat, adding water and spreading the colour over the egg.
- Add a third colour and use the brush and water to spread this colour. The more water you add, the more the colour will be diluted and the lighter the colour will be.
- If you'd like your original base colour to stand out more you can add more of it on top.
- Continue layering and adding colours until you're happy with the result - there's no wrong way to do it!Allow to dry.
- Your watercolor Easter egg is complete!
Helpful Tips:
- If you want brighter eggs, try using less water. The more water you add, the more diluted and light the colours will be.
- Try layering colours together that compliment each other. Similar cool tones (such as blue, purple, and green) look great together, but a combination of warm (yellow) and cool (blue) also mixes well!
Can I use real paint to make watercolor Easter eggs?
Yes, you can definitely use real watercolor paint to dye your Easter eggs! We tried using watercolor paint first, but found that the colors were less vibrant than we wanted.
Food coloring gave the eggs the same effect with a lot brighter colors. We didn’t try using liquid watercolor paint, but from our experience it would probably give the same bright result as the food coloring.
Can I eat these watercolor Easter eggs afterwards?
If you hard boil your eggs and paint them with food coloring like we did, yes, you can definitely eat them! Just make sure they aren’t out of the fridge for more than a few hours if you’d like to consume them afterwards.
Do I have to hard boil the eggs before making watercolor Easter eggs?
We do recommend hard boiling your eggs before painting them. It makes them a lot more durable for Easter egg hunts, and if they end up breaking as you paint them, it won’t cause a huge mess!
Or if you want to keep your watercolor Easter egg decorations long term, blow out the eggs first. Then after the food colouring dries, add an acrylic spray sealer for a glossy finish.
How messy is it to make watercolor Easter eggs?
Working with food coloring is definitely a bit messy. Make sure you put down trays or tablecloths that can contain the mess, and younger kids might want to wear painting smocks.
Paper towel on the tray also helps to contain the mess — plus you get a cool dyed paper afterwards! Food coloring will wash off hands after a day or two, but you can also wear nitrile gloves if you don’t want to stain your hands temporarily.
Make beautiful, colourful watercolor Easter eggs in just a few simple steps! This process art project is such a fun and easy way to dye Easter eggs, no special kit required.
Here’s even more Easter egg craft ideas:
Our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!
Where to buy:
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