30 Easter Egg Painting Ideas for Pretty and Whimsical Designs

Following the simple cross stitch template, use a X stamp and whatever color ink you want to stamp each pattern. Let the ink dry completely. Add a little definition with some lines, using your Sharpie to add some detail to the shapes.

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Put your eggs and your egg carton to good use and create these adorable little "chicks." Begin by cutting out the egg cup from the egg carton and clean up the edges to make it a little seat for the egg to sit in. Paint the egg cup with your acrylic paint and let it completely dry. Using a little dot of hot glue, attach the felt triangle to the edge of the egg cup to make a beak. Place your egg into the cup and add a few colorful feathers behind the egg. Hot glue them to keep in place.

You can either use a traditional Easter egg dying technique or paint for the background color. But when it's time to add the dots, you'll want to invest in puff paint for a 3D effect.

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With a fine-tipped paint pen, paint on any pattern you'd like. We used brown and white here, but you can choose the palette that works best for you.

Start by mixing a few colors of your watercolor paints on a palette. Then, brush clean water onto the egg, followed by a few light strokes of watercolor in the places where the egg is wet. Continue to wet different sections of the egg and brush on the same or different color until you achieve the watercolor look you're after.

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These wow-worthy botanical eggs recreate the look of Victorian flower drawings against a black backdrop. You'll need acrylic paint... and yes, plenty of patience and skill.

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SHOP ACRYLIC PAINT

These Easter eggs have an eye-catching and on-trend geometric design that's actually easy to do. All you need are spray paint and gold pens.

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SHOP GOLD PENS

Nothing says spring like a cheerful gingham pattern. Use watercolor paints and a flat-tipped paintbrush, along with paint in any custom colors of your choosing, to get the look on a white egg.

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This technique couldn’t be easier, and the result is chic, modern and totally personalized. Use ordinary sticker letters to mask off an initial in the center of your egg. Then, cover the whole thing with spray paint. When you remove the sticker, you see that letter in bold negative space.

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Here’s a project for a steady hand: Use fine-tipped paint pens or brushes in brown to paint a wicker basket onto your egg. Fill that basket with teeny painted eggs. So pretty. And so meta!

This painting technique creates a lovely, complicated-looking result — but it’s actually pretty easy to achieve. Just use stickers in any shapes you like to create the negative space effect after you paint or dye the egg.

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Use paint pens in various hues to draw short lines all around your eggs. The result is a festive, confetti-inspired look.

Choose two hues of acrylic paint in contrasting or complementary colors. Use one for the base of some eggs, and let dry before painting simple floral patterns on top with the other. Reverse the process on other eggs for a pretty, two-tone batch.

Use a white paint pen to create a cross-stitch look to showcase your initial or your family monogram on an Easter egg. It’s a great idea for a personalized detail you can place at every seat at the holiday table.

Faux bois, meaning false wood, refers to practice of imitating the look of wood grain on any other form of media. Use a white paint pen to draw irregular lines and concentric circles on your egg to get the look. (And hey, even if it’s not convincing as faux bois, you’ll probably still get a cool graphic design.)

Whip up a batch of eggs that resemble farmer’s market fresh radishes by painting three quarters of a blown-out egg with pink paint. Finish the look by using hot glue to attach off-white twine to the bottom as roots, and rolled-up green crepe paper to the top as a stem.

These fully floral eggs look so intricate, but the technique is straightforward: Just paint tiny Xs for the flowers, using a different color to paint dots at the center of each one.

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Using a fine brush or paint pen, paint your eggs with a pattern of pastel or rainbow hearts. The effects is sweet, colourful and even a bit vintage '80s.

Whip up a whole batch of these pretty, marbled-look eggs easily. Just mix paint or dye in colors of your choosing with whip cream. After dipping the egg in vinegar to help the colors adhere, dip it in the whip cream mixture and lightly roll it around. (Yes, you can achieve this look with shaving cream too… but this way makes it much more appealing to eat afterward!)

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Use a thin-tipped white paint pen to create the look of lettuce leaves’ veins upon green dyed eggs. Skillful artists (with steady hands) can even achieve a convincing trompe l'oeil effect using this method.