Easter Egg Paint Crafts Part One

Photo Courtesy of Simon Howden


Children of all ages love to paint. So I thought if would be lovely to experiment with paint on paper egg cutouts. The children will love the process as much as the wonderful results. Enjoy decorating the fridge, or the classroom walls with these paint projects.

Plastic Wrap Easter Eggs

1. Paint water onto a large sheet of white drawing or watercolor paper. If younger children are doing this project, supply them with large paint brushes, sponge brushes or rollers so that they can get the water on more quickly.
2. Paint big patches of bright Easter colors onto the paper. 
3. Crumple up a piece of plastic wrap then pat it down gently on the egg and leave overnight to dry.
4. The next day, gently remove the plastic wrap and check out the masterpiece. 

Aluminum Foil Easter Eggs

1. Cut out a egg shape out of white drawing or watercolor paper. 
2. Brush it with water and add large botches of colored ink.
3. Crumple up aluminum foil and press the foil down gently covering the whole egg. Leave on for a little bit.
4. Remove and check out the wonderful Easter egg picture.

Waxed Paper Easter Eggs

1. Cut out egg shape out of drawing or watercolor paper.
2. Paint it with water than drip different colors of tempera paint all over it.
3. Crumple up wax paper than lay flat across the picture. Let dry until the morning.
4. Then gently lift up the wax paper.

Bubble Wrap Easter Eggs

1. Cut out egg shapes out of drawing or watercolor paper.
2. Paint the egg with water.
3. Paint batches of different acrylic paint colors onto the egg.
4. Press bubble wrap onto the whole surface and remove.

Potato Print Easter Eggs

1. Place a folded paper towel in each Styrofoam tray.
2. Pour liquid tempera paint onto the paper towel.
3. Cut potatoes in half and cut out stars, circles and lines out on the flat side of the potatoes.
4. Press the potato onto the paint and stamp the designs onto the egg shaped paper.
5. Let dry.

Textured Paint Easter Eggs

1. Mix 5 cups of water, 2 cups of flour, 1/2 cup of sugar and 3 tablespoons of salt in a bowl. 
2. Transfer mixture into a saucepan and cook for seven minutes until thick and bubbly.
3. Cool and store leftovers in fridge up to two weeks.
4. Divide mixture into five containers and mix with 1/4 cups of liquid tempera paint.
5. Use fingers, spoons. or Popsicle sticks to paint cardboard or poster board egg shapes.

Starchy Easter Egg Paintings

1. Mix liquid starch with tempera paint until you have a nice thick shiny paint.
2. Cut out egg shapes from poster board.
3. Use stiff brushes to paint on the egg and kitchen utensils like forks to scratch in different types of lines.
4. Let dry.

Dotty Easter Eggs

1. Cut egg shape out of white paper.
2. Draw a design on your egg with yellow chalk.
3. With a Q-tip, dot in the outline with liquid tempera paint.
4. Use a different Q-tip for each color.
5. Fill in your design.
6.  This is time consuming and is more fitted for older kids.

Painting is so much fun and there are a lot of different techniques. Enjoy this little sampling of Easter Egg painting and check back for Part Two.