Even though quarantine has us stuck at home this Easter, it’s important that we try to practice old traditions and make new memories.

I decided to stray away from the standard dip-dyed eggs (if I’m being totally honest, I’m not a fan of those lil’ fizzie tabs anyway. They’re so messy, they stain, the smell of vinegar makes me cringe while dramatically gagging and they are in general, a pain in my proverbial hiney. Phew. Feels good to get that Easter Scrooge-ness off my chest.) sooooo, since we have a teensy bit of extra time on our hands lately, we came up with a series of fun and different ways to decorate our hard-boiled eggs!

Decoupage Easter Eggs

Taking ModPodge, some Easter napkins and hardboiled eggs, we created decoupaged eggs that are totally adorable. Apply a bit of ModPodge onto the egg, place the napkin cut-outs (or pressed flowers, clovers, newspaper strips, tissue paper squares, pictures – let your imagination run!) on the glue and add another light layer of ModPodge on top. Let fully dry.

Crayon Melt Eggs

Using a craft heat gun (a hair dryer would do the trick, too!) Just gather up a few broken crayons, remove the wrap & melt the crayon, one color at a time, holding the tip of the crayon on the top of the egg, allowing the wax to drip down the sides of the hard-boiled egg.

Tip: To hold the egg in place while decorating: 

Using one disposable bathroom cup per egg, cut out the bottom of the cup.  Place cup upside down. Place egg right side up in bottom of cup. This will not only allow the egg to sit upright will using heat gun, but also collect the melted crayon drips – making for easier clean-up!

Watercolor Eggs

I’m not a painter, but these watercolor eggs were fun to make! Using a black sharpie, outline the stems and leaves. Fill in the flowers with pretty watercolor.
Easy peasy! Or should I say Eggsy Peasy?!

Bunny Costume Eggs

These are a bit more detailed, but so fun. They were inspired by the old-school Cadbury Bunny commercials. I mean, Halloween at Easter? I’m in!

Using felt fabric, cut an approx. 10″x1″ strip for the base that holds the egg. Hot glue (or craft glue) the strip into a ring approx. 2″ wide. The strip should overlap itself in the ring to allow a bit of extra support for the egg. Cut another strip about 6″x1/2″ for the headband. This strip should also overlap a bit in the ring before gluing. Trace and cut bunny ears in same color felt as base and the inside of the ears in white felt fabric.
After gluing white felt fabric inside ears, attach bunny ears to interior of headband ring with glue. Add bunny nose, eyes and whiskers with black sharpie marker.

Tip: for “floppier” bunny ears, cut longer ear shapes from felt and bend them over after attaching to headband ring.