How to make traditional painted Easter eggs
It's a classic Easter tradition: follow our simple step-by-step instructions for beautiful decorated eggs
Traditionally, eggs at Easter are not chocolate but real chicken's ones, coloured or painted. You can keep the tradition alive by soft-boiling some eggs in water with a little food colouring added (so they come out of the pan with their shells coloured) or you can roll up your craft-y sleeves and paint eggshells in lovely, bright patterns– with the aid of our step by step guide below.
It's a great craft activity to involve your children in, as long as you stock up on plenty of eggs for the inevitable eggshell breakages! Make these easy Easter crafts with your kids at home — including paper plate chicks, loo roll bunnies, felt Easter eggs and much more! Discover our 15 easy Easter crafts for kids guide.
Here's how to paint traditional eggs for Easter...
What you'll need:
- Eggs, with their egg carton
- Mug
- Paintbrush
- White glue
- Tissue paper
- Bright paints
- Old plate
*Adult supervision required
Step 1
Tap an egg sharply on the rim of a mug to make a crack. Then, using your fingers, carefully break it in half over the cup to get rid of the yolk and white.
Step 2
Wash the 2 pieces of shell carefully and leave to dry. Then, hold one half and paint white glue along its cracked edge.
Step 3
Carefully fit the other half on top and brush glue along the crack to seal. Place it in an egg carton to dry.
Step 4
Rip a piece of tissue paper into small pieces and then brush the top half of the egg with white glue.
Step 5
Press pieces of the tissue paper onto the glue and continue to glue pieces on until the top half is completely covered. Leave to dry.
Step 6
Holding the dry top half, cover the bottom of the egg with tissue paper and glue, the same way you did in steps 4 and 5. Leave to dry.
Step 7
Mix some bright paints with a little white glue on an old plate. Paint one half of the egg in a block colour, leave to dry and then paint the other half the same. When dry, decorate it with painted flowers, hearts or spots.
- With thanks to 50 Easter Things to Make and Do, £5.99