Do-it-Yourself - Hand Painted Easter Eggs

Easy Easter decor that you can use year after year!

I came up with this DIY when my daughter, Winn, wanted to dye Easter eggs but I was concerned about staining our white kitchen...so I went hunting for a solution. I stumbled upon plastic white craft eggs at the dollar store, and I was so excited! If you have kiddos that like to do crafts, then you know those creations are so precious to them, so being able to keep these eggs and display them was such a bonus. The pack of 12 was only $2 so I loaded up for the kids and myself!

Although I decorate for spring, I don’t add a ton of Easter-specific décor; I prefer to sprinkle in a few muted items to pay homage to the holiday and these painted eggs are the perfect addition.

The eggs come in a plain white color, so I added brush strokes directly to the white ones and painted the base of a few of them pink and blue. I used a combination of three colors, as well as a few little dots of gold and just love how they turned out!

What you need:

• A bag of plastic eggs from the dollar store
• Acrylic paint in three different complimentary colors (I chose turquoise, pink, and a dusty blue)
• Acrylic gold paint
• Two different sized paintbrushes (the exact sizing isn’t too important, but you’ll want a thick one and one with a fine point)

Grab your first egg and dip your thick paintbrush in the first of your colors. Start adding random brush strokes around the entire egg. There is no rhyme or reason to this pattern and it certainly doesn’t need to be perfect – just add different stroke directions at different angles to get the effect. (And make sure you got the top and bottom)

Then wash the brush and with your second paint color, add another set of random brush strokes all over the egg. And finally, with your smaller brush and the third paint color add another set of random thin strokes.

Place the eggs in the carton to dry. Once fully dry, use the small, pointed paint brush to add gold dots randomly around the egg. Set to dry; display your finished eggs in a ceramic bowl and you have easy and affordable Easter decor you can reuse!

Have fun!