Decorate Easter eggs – these 12 techniques can be implemented quickly!

There are also trends when it comes to decorating Easter eggs. This year, try something new when coloring and designing eggs! We’ll show you 12 simple ideas and techniques that you can implement in minutes. Coloring Easter eggs with nail polish, napkin technique or glitter is currently the trend. Just make sure that the egg shell is basically thin and porous. So you are not allowed to eat these eggs because of the use of acrylic paints and glue.

Galaxy-look Easter eggs

Required materials:

Acrylic paint in black, blue, purple, white and gold

paint brush

sponge

Instructions:

1. First, paint the egg with black acrylic paint.
2. Let the paint dry well after each layer.
3. Then add blue and purple.
4. With a sponge, dab blue and purple again to blur the color transitions. let dry.
5. With another piece of sponge, dab golden paint on the egg.
6. White can then be sprayed onto the egg with a brush. The white speckles should represent the stars in space.

2. Stick the napkin motifs on the egg

Required materials:

Paper napkins with floral motifs

Acrylic paint in white

Mod podge glue

paint brush

scissors

Instructions:

1. First, paint the egg with white acrylic paint. let dry.
2. Separate the layers of the napkin from each other.
3. Cut out the motifs from the napkin.
4. Brush the egg with Mod Podge.
5. Put the motif on top and seal the whole thing again with glue.

3. Decorate the Easter eggs with sugar sprinkles

Required materials:

Pod podge glue

paint brush

spoon

Sugar sprinkles

Instructions:

1. Brush the whole egg with Mod Podge. Wait a little longer for the Mod Podge to become stickier.
2. Then place the egg in the bowl filled with sugar sprinkles. Using a spoon, roll the egg through the beads so that its surface is completely covered.
3. Let the glue dry well.

4. Decorate Easter eggs with feathers

Required materials:

Mod Podge

paint brush

Decorative feathers for handicrafts

scissors

Instructions:

1. Trim the feathers to fit the egg.
2. Brush some glue on the egg.
3. Then put the feathers on top.
4. Seal everything with another layer of Mod Podge. let dry.

5. Decorate the Easter egg as a carrot

Required materials:

Acrylic colors in orange and black

Thick and thin brush

Felt in green

hot glue

scissors

Instructions:

1. Paint the egg with orange acrylic paint and set it aside to dry.
2. With a thin brush and black paint, paint small strokes on the egg. This will be the pattern of the carrot.
3. Make the leaves of the carrot out of green felt. These are then attached to the top of the egg with hot glue.

6. Noble Easter egg with glitter

Required materials:

Mod Podge

Glitter

paint brush

Instructions:

1. Use a brush dipped in glue to create the desired pattern on the egg. For example points, stripes, etc..
2. As long as the glue is still damp, sprinkle the glitter over it. All areas covered with glue should now be covered with an even layer. Just wipe off the excess powder.

7. Easter eggs with structure

Required materials:

Hot glue gun

Acrylic paint (in different colors)

thin brush

Instructions:

1. With the hot glue gun you can apply structures to the egg: waves, lines, dots or a net.
2. After cooling, work on them with acrylic paints of your choice.

8. Marble Easter eggs

Required materials:

Nail polish (in different colors)

Disposable gloves

Disposable bowl

toothpick

water

Instructions:

1. Fill the bowl with water.
2. Now pour the different shades of nail polish crookedly and diagonally into the water. The more nail polish, the more intense the color after marbling.
3. Take a toothpick and stir the colors together.
4. It is best to put on disposable shoes and carefully submerge the egg in the water. This is how the nail polish will stick to the shell.
5. Now let the eggs air dry for about an hour or until the nail polish is set.

9. Chick

Required materials:

Acrylic paint in yellow

paint brush

Yellow decorative feathers for handicrafts

Electrical tape, black

Washitape, colorful

scissors

Hot glue gun

Instructions:

1. Paint the egg with the yellow acrylic paint and let it dry.
2. Cut a feather in three and glue the pieces on top of the egg.
3. Cut out black eyes from the electrical tape. A triangle made of colored washi tape forms the beak.

10. Decorate Easter eggs with the napkin technique

Required materials:

Paper napkin

scissors

Mod Podge

paint brush

Instructions:

1. Separate the layers of the napkins from each other. You only need the top layer with the motif.
2. Cut one of the squares into 1 cm strips.
3. Brush the egg with Mod Podge.
4. Place the strips next to each other on the egg and cut off the excess. let dry.
5. Then seal everything with another layer of Mod Podge.

11. Bunny

Required materials:

Felt in white

Acrylic paint in pink

scissors

Hot glue gun

thin brush

Black marker

Instructions:

1. Cut out the rabbit ears and two circles for paws from white felt.
2. Use the pink paint to paint in the inside of the ears and the underside of the paws.
3. Then the rabbit’s nose and eyes are painted.
4. Finally, attach the ears and paws to the egg with hot glue.

12. Donuts

Required materials:

pencil

Acrylic paint (in different colors)

thin brush

Instructions:

1. With a pencil, draw the outline of a donut on top of the egg. The lines of the rings should be rather uneven and look like the glaze is running.
2. Now fill in the contours with color. let dry.
3. Finally, paint colorful lines on the donuts. These should represent sugar sprinkles.