4 egg-cellent craft ideas to try this Easter
Ask any child what their two favourite things about Easter are and you’ll likely be told about the Easter Bunny or Easter eggs! We asked Sunny Queen Farm, an independently audited egg farm accredited by Egg Standards of Australia for quality and animal welfare, for their best Easter egg craft ideas to keep the kids busy this Easter. However, we recommend you hollow out the eggs first before getting crafty, or you can also use hard boiled eggs (just remember they are perishable).
Before you begin, you need to know…
How to dye eggs
What you will need:
- Sunny Queen Farms eggs
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- Liquid food colouring (approximately 20 drops of each colour)
- Tongs
- Bowl
Step 1: Fill a bowl with the water, vinegar and food colouring.
Step 2: Using the tongs, submerge the egg in the water, ensuring it is covered completely. Leave the egg in the water for around five minutes or until it has reached your desired colour
Step 3: Remove the egg from the water and allow to dry.
Eggstra Tip: Use the egg carton as a drying rack!
1. Easter Bunny Eggs
To create this design combine the traditional Easter egg with the Easter Bunny for the best of both worlds!
What you will need:
- Sunny Queen Farms eggs
- PVA glue
- Felt tip pen
- Egg dye or opaque acrylic paints
- Cotton wool
- Felt
- Scissors
- Craft paper (optional)
Step 1: Hard boil or hollow your eggs in preparation for decoration.
Step 2: Dye or paint the eggs any colour of your choice, following ‘How to dye eggs’ instructions and allow to dry.
Step 3: Sunny Queen eggs are known as the ‘eggs with smile’ because each egg is printed with a smiley face. Find the face on the egg – this is the start of your Easter Bunny’s face! You can make the smile brighter by tracing over the eyes and mouth with a felt tip pen and add some 3D whiskers and a nose by cutting out craft paper and adhering with glue.
Step 4: Using PVA glue, stick the cotton wool balls on to act as feet and a cute cotton tail!
Step 5: Cut out the shape for your bunny ears using the felt and scissors. Attach the shapes to the egg using your adhesive of choice.
2. Acrylic Eggs
This design is for the arty lovers who like to get creative. There is no limit to the ways you can make acrylic eggs; you can keep your eggs simple or choose to add glitter for that added Easter touch.
What you will need:
- Sunny Queen Farms eggs
- Egg dye (optional)
- Acrylic paint (optional)
- Glitter (optional)
Step 1: Hard boil or hollow your eggs in preparation for decoration.
Step 2: Acrylic egg decorating is totally in your court! You may choose to dye the egg completely (see ‘How to dye eggs’ instructions) or keep the base colour of the egg.
Step 3: Using acrylic paint, get imaginative and create designs on your egg. For example, you may choose to write ‘Happy Easter!’ or another festive phrase.
Step 4: Glitter is optional, but make sure the egg is painted a similar colour of the glitter that you choose and allow to dry.
Step 5: Thinly coat the egg in glue using a paint brush.
Step 6: Place the egg in a cup and pour glitter over to submerge the egg. Remove the egg and allow to dry.
3. White Accented Eggs
These understated eggs require minimal effort but create maximum impact. When placed in a basket of straw these make great table centre-pieces or even gifts for teachers and neighbours as a special Easter treat
What you will need:
- Sunny Queen Farms eggs
- White paint pen
Step 1: Hard boil or hollow your eggs in preparation for decoration.
Step 2: Grab a white paint pen and become an artist! Your eggshell is your blank canvas. Sunny recommends picking simple designs such as zigzags, stars, stripes, hearts and spots for a minimalistic design, but you can also create mini Easter Bunny faces, or you could even try drawing the faces of your family members on the egg using Sunny’s eyes and smile to start them off!
4. Speckled Eggs
Little ones can trick their friends with real live dinosaur eggs with this nifty speckled egg look.
What you will need:
- Sunny Queen Farms eggs
- Egg dye kit
- Brown paint
- Water
- Toothbrush
Step 1: Hard boil or hollow your eggs in preparation for decoration.
Step 2: Follow ‘How to dye eggs’ instructions and colour your eggs (try using pastel shades for maximum impact).
Step 3: Dilute the brown paint by adding water to achieve a runnier consistency.
Step 4: Create flecks on the egg by dipping the toothbrush into the paint, holding the toothbrush close to the egg and flicking the bristles. Allow to dry.
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