50 of Our All-Time Best Ideas for Decorating Easter Eggs

If you've followed us over the years, you already know there's more than one way to create a colorful Easter egg. While dipping and dyeing are surefire ways to end up with beautiful eggs, there are countless other techniques you can try your hand at, too. If you're looking to create something unique enough to showcase as part of your Easter tablescape or to hide as part of a fun Easter egg hunt, we're sharing a range of ideas—from finely-crafted masterpieces to easy crafts that the kids will enjoy—that the whole family will enjoy.

If you're looking to dye Easter eggs, there are several methods to try beyond a standard one-color dip. You could use wax to create customized masked designs or you could work with paper, ribbon, and even stencils to nail more complicated looks. One of the easiest ways to create eye-catching patterns when dyeing Easter eggs is to wrap them in rubber bands in between coats of dye, which results in the most perfect striped eggs. If vivid hues are what you're after, try reusing common kitchen scraps to create natural dyes.

Some of the most sophisticated Easter eggs don't require any form of dyeing at all: From découpage to acrylic paint, you can use other craft supplies to create intricate designs that will surely impress. Our most innovative Easter egg designs call for three-dimensional features, including candy molds and polymer clay on our Jasperware-inspired eggs. Other designs seamlessly come together using other materials you may have around the house, including temporary tattoos and nail decals.

Whatever you're skill level, we provide helpful resources like printable templates, videos, and color charts. These family-friendly ideas are filled with classic designs and newfound inspirations that'll thrill everyone in your home.

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You can use temporary tattoos and nail decals to easily achieve the delicate look of this Royal Easter egg—apply them to the exterior of your egg shell just as you would to yourself.

Simple to make and sure to stand out in a crowd, these polka-dots are as fun to make as they are to wear. Whether you paint them on small or big, these polka dots are sure to deliver that pop of color you've been looking for. 

Add florals, stripes, and swirls to your Easter eggs with this simple silk-dyeing technique.

Our editors found that organic egg varieties did a better job of taking on the dye in this case, as you'll mostly focus on creating custom candy molds to later affix to your creations. For eggs that you can use year after year, you'll need to blow these out before you get started.

The key to creating these beautiful spceckled eggs is to drop a teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil into your dye, then rub the oily surface of your egg with edible dust for extra shimmer and shine.

Use doilies to create delicate eyelet-inspired Easter eggs that everyone will think are too pretty to play with.

Your guests will be shocked when they learn that these eggs are indeed spray-painted, which help to create a ombré sunrise effect when they're all placed together. While you can make as many as you'd like, arranging a few dozen in an Easter centerpiece could certainly serve as a show-stopping decoration.

Here's a sweet tradition to start with your family: Copy your favorite photographs of every member, découpage them onto eggs, then arranged on a tabletop "family tree."

Your kitchen is full of natural dyes. Common food items such as red cabbage, onion skins, and coffee can be used to transform plain white eggs into a rainbow of colors. Kids will especially love discovering all the different colors they can create—let them experiment using hard-boiled eggs and bowls of cold dyes.

To get the look of vintage café au lait bowls, set an egg back in its carton, spray-paint the top, and add matching dots. You can easily create polka dots by dipping a foam pouncer into a bit of white or blue craft paint and transferring it to your egg.

Reach into your bathroom's vanity cabinet for this effortless substitiute to dyeing your eggs in pure vinegar (as an added bonus, this method smells great!). Little ones will love mixing all sorts of colors in the shaving cream to marbelize their eggs effortlessly.

Recreate Liberty of London's sweet flowerscapes with rubber stamps and chalk in to create these beautifully decorated Easter eggs.

Take out your crayons! These eggs are like coloring books, and just as fun to color. Simply cut out the illustrations (downloaded from our printable clip-art) and glue them to the eggs with decoupage finish, then fill in the outlines.

Who said your Easter eggs have to be actual egg shells? These wooden Easter eggs are easy to customize with color—as an added bonus, you can reuse them year after year, which makes even just one set so valuable.

These eggs will last for many Easters to come seeing as they're made of wood. To make them even more unique, dye them in any color of the rainbow.

The easiest way to get this lacy look is to use sticker stencils, which are best used on natural brown eggs or larger white eggs dipped in a gray shade to create a visual pop.

Who knew the fabled golden egg could look so cool? Colorfully dyed eggs get a bit of bling from gold or copper foil, and while the look is luxe, the foil is surprisingly affordable.

Check it out! Gingham, checks, stripes—like grass, they pop up everywhere in spring. Why not use an old men's shirt and follow the trend to make some fashionable Easter eggs?

Cover your eggs with a pop of color and tons of swiss dots using puffy paint for a 3-D effect. 

Looking for a last-minute Easter egg to impress your guests? All you have to do is shop your own pantry! To get the speckled look, simply mix food dye and dry foods (think beans, nuts, and popcorn kernels) in a paper cup, then add a hard-cooked egg. Gently shake and swirl the cups to create stunning speckles.

Can't decide on a single design? A few coats of chalkboard paint turns ordinary eggs into miniature chalkboards—making them perfect for kids—which you can wipe clean and redraw when you want a new look.

These easy-to-make eggs are painted in pastel colors and découpaged with tiny feathers for a modern, yet natural look.

A simple dye bath is everyone's favorite way to decorate Easter eggs, but have you tried our tips and tricks to the perfectly dyed Easter egg? Here's one tip: Try dyeing different sizes and types of eggs for a variety of looks.

Inspired by the annual flowering blossoms as seen at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden during springtime, these Easter eggs with delicate cherry blossoms celebrate spring in the most beautiful way.

Give your eggs a speckled, cosmic look that makes them appear as if they were freshly plucked from amongst the stars. These painted Easter eggs are a departure from the typical pastel palette of springtime with deeper, darker tones.

Personalize your Easter eggs with this bright and colorful typography approach. Use them as place cards or as centerpieces for your Sunday dining table, as they'll look perfect alongside any Easter menu.

Temporary tattoos stick to eggs just like they would to your skin. All you need is a pretty design and a wet sponge for this simple Easter egg how-to.

Inspired by pointillism art, these Easter eggs are decorated with a series of teeny-tiny dots in pastel colors to create fun shapes.

If you apply these nature-themed decals to hollow eggs, you can display them year after year. We're including a free PDF to get you started on these decals.

These intricate eggs are mesmerizing in their beauty, and decidedly a departure from traditional Easter designs. Pysanky eggs are hand-drawn creations—first in pencil using guidelines to section off an egg into a grid pattern, and then with detail within the grid.

Adhere common supplies such as tape, stickers, or even little leaves to eggs; when you dye the eggs and remove the "masks," the designs stand out.