Easter is a fun time to spend with family and friends. During this time, every household is buzzing with excitement and anticipation for the joyful festivities ahead. One tradition that holds a special place in our hearts is the time-honored tradition of decorating Easter eggs.
It’s a fun activity that you can participate in with your loved ones and create beautiful memories for life. It’s very exciting to sit with your family and share this bonding routine every Easter. However, most of the time we just keep thinking about which design would be fun and unique to create and how it would elevate your home aesthetics during festivities. Infact using an assorted egg basket would add to the elegance and the texture of accents. You can go for a anything ranging from regular chicken eggs and goose/duck eggs to even quail eggs.
Here are five unique and fun designs to decorate your Easter Eggs and your home.
Emoticon Eggs
One of the most easiest and fun designs to decorate your Easter Eggs is drawing an emoticon. Now, you can use either the plain white or sand brown egg directly as well. However, adding some bright color first to it would make it look quirkier. You can also use pastel colors to paint the shell first before drawing features. Emoticons come in various expressions, such as happy faces, sad faces, laughs, winks, kisses, etc. All you need are:
a) Color Paints or Paint Pens
b) Sketch Pens or Markers
c) Pencil for sketching (optional)
Botanical Beauties
You can pick botanical imprint designs to decorate the eggs. If you fancy something subtle yet beautiful, you could go for real flower or leaf imprints to showcase your love for nature. You’ll need:
a) A Mod Pudge or Soft Glue
b) Assorted pressed Leaves and Flowers
c) Small Paintbrush & Tweezers
d) Glue spray or Fixer
After applying the glue, arrange your botanical elements with a brush or tweezers. Just let the eggs dry after applying the glue fixer or just as is before displaying them.
Tie & Dye Designs
Tie and Dye is a slightly consuming activity but it surely is very fun and engaging. You can choose different kinds of patterns, knots, and color gradients to make those eggs look pretty. You’ll need the following items:
a) Food Coloring
b) Rubberbands or Threads
c) Gloves
Apply rubber bands in various patterns and put them into dye baths. Let them soak for some time. Allow the eggs to fully dry before wiping and placing them in baskets
Unicorn Glitterati
This is a very simple way of instantaneously glamming up your home. Pairing with earthy tones and different textures and sizes, this can be the center of attraction at your Easter Dinner table. To decorate, you just need:
a) Mod Podge/Craft Glue
b) Gold and Silver Glitter Particles
c) Paint Brush or a Fan brush
d) Gloves (Optional)
Apply glitter directly on the wet glue. Let it dry for some time. These dazzling eggs will shine bright throughout the holiday season!
Literary Nuts
This could be a very personalized way of celebrating Easter and decorating your home at the same time. This not only adds a personal touch but is also a clean and swift way of adding an element of Easter celebrations to your home decor. All you need is:
a) Markers or Sketch Pens
Be creative with fonts and quotes, alphabets, or phrases. You can also add colors and glitter to make it look more celebratory.
I hope you liked these simple and cute ways of decorating Easter eggs to amp up your place. Let me know if you have any further ideas that are fuss-free, unique and less time-consuming.