How to Make Easter Chalk Art
Use chalk pastels to create bright bursts of colour around printable templates of Easter eggs, bunnies, or other cute shapes! It’s a simple, high-impact art activity for classrooms or at-home celebrating, perfect for Good Friday or Easter Sunday.
Yield: 1 Easter egg chalk art
Cost: $1
Equipment
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials
Step 2: Print and attach the Easter egg template
- Print some of our fun Easter templates! Find one link in the materials list above, with more details below the tutorial.
- To make Easter egg chalk art cut out 2 of the same egg.
- Cut one of the eggs into multiple pieces, following the inside design.Keep the other egg whole.
- Add painter's tape to the back of the whole Easter egg.
- Place the template in the center of the paper. Smooth it down to make sure it stays in place.
Step 3: Colour around the Easter egg
- Use soft pastel to colour from the edge of the template onto the paper, pressing firmly and extending the colour out at least 1/2 inch.
- Add a second colour around the outside of the egg.
- Use your finger to smudge the chalk outwards, away from the template. Use a light touch and continue until you’re happy with how it looks.
- Carefully remove the template from the page.
Step 4: Add detail inside the Easter egg
- Now grab the Easter egg pieces that you cut apart. Add tape to the top of the egg and attach it inside the chalk outline.
- Set the second piece down, but don't tape it. Tape the third piece below the second.
- Repeat until you've taped every other piece to the inside of the egg. Remove the loose pieces.
- Colour chalk details inside the egg.
- Use your finger to smudge the chalk. Then remove the template pieces.
- Optional: Use a Q-tip to brush away any chalk dust that’s inside the silhouette.
- Your Easter chalk art is complete!
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Notes
Looking for more seasonal chalk art ideas? Here's a few of our favourites:
Halloween Chalk Art Silhouettes
Turkey Chalk Art
New Year's Chalk Art