We love to decorate for Easter celebrations! What is more fitting than a pretty painted Easter egg? Easter egg decorating has been popular for years, but these ideas will help you take your eggs to the next level!
Discover these modern ways to decorate your Easter eggs. Try dip-dyed, doodled to mosaic and metallic designs with these easy guides.
You'll find plenty of ideas for both decorating traditional eggs or faux alternatives. We have this fabulous papier-mache Easter egg guide to get you started. You can also use foam, wooden or plastic eggs to create these designs.
Most of the designs on this list will work on any chosen material. We've even included free patterns for you to knit, crochet or cross stitch Easter eggs too.
If you like this article discover our Easter crafts or head over to our best Easter Crafts for Kids.
40 Easter egg decorating ideas to try
1. Modern Colour-blocked eggs
Indulge in the beautiful earthy tones of these dip-dyed eggs. A modern, sleek way to celebrate Easter. Choose your favourite colour combos and get painting.
Why not create a dozen and display them in a bowl for your Easter lunch table decor?
How to make DIY Modern Colour-blocked Easter Eggs
2. Marbling Easter egg decorating ideas
Marbling is one of our big trend predictions in craft this year. Decorate your eggs with this fun tutorial from Martha Stewart. Easy, fun and quick to make, you'll have an egg-cellent collection in no time!
How to make marbleized Easter Eggs
3. Bunny and Chick Easter Egg Designs
Go for classic Easter themes and transform your eggs into Easter chicks and bunnies. The little ones will love creating these Easter creatures.
Bunny and Chick Decorated Easter Eggs
4. Dip-dyed Easter Eggs
It's easy to make your own Easter egg dye. This tutorial uses a homemade dye of vinegar, water and food colouring. The result is a stylish two-tone effect egg.
How to decorate Easter eggs with dip-dye method
5. Ice cream cone Easter Eggs
Check out this sweet idea and find out how to paint your Easter eggs to transform them into ice cream cones! Give them a cute little smile for an extra splash of personality.
DIY Ice Cream Cone Easter Eggs
6. Try natural dies for a subtle effect
Natural ingredients can create vibrant natural dyes, try using blueberries or spinach. Once you've created your dyes you can decorate your eggs. Find out more with Madison Alcedo over at Delish.
Guide to dying eggs with natural dyes
7. Doodled Easter Eggs
Embrace all the rainbow vibe with Color Made Happy's simple idea for decorating eggs with pens... doodling is the trend that never dies and it's easy to try this at home.
How to decorate colourful DIY Doodle Eggs
8. Paint them with pastel tones
Keep it simple, subtle and pretty with these floral egg patterns by Lolly Jane. Find out how to paint subtle designs and get creative with your Easter decor.
DIY Pastel Floral Egg Decorating
9. Try wax-resist Pysanky eggs
Make beautiful DIY Pysanky eggs (traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs). Decorate your eggs with traditional folk designs using a wax-resist method.
How to decorate Indigo Pysanky Wax-Dyed Eggs
10. Gilded Foil Easter Eggs
An easy way to give your eggs a modern metallic effect is to use gold leaf. Pencil Shavings Studio has created these beautiful gold leaf eggs using a kit. Pick these kits up online: Gold Leaf Kit.
Foil Easter Eggs from Pencil Shavings Studio
11. Easter eggs with typography decoration
Lettering and personalisation are another big trend in the craft world this year. Lovely Indeed has got these beautiful lettering designs to inspire you!
In the tutorial, they use a Cricut machine to die-cut their lettering and show how to do it without one.
How to make decorate Easter eggs with typography
12. Ombre Easter egg decorating idea
You'll find an array of dyed Easter egg ideas in this list but we love Mini Piccolini's lovely dyed blue ombre eggs.
Ombre Blue Easter Eggs tutorial
13. Decorate Eggs with embroidery stitches
Looking to up your texture level? Try cross-stitching into real eggshells! You can find the step-by-step guide below.
How to decorate Easter eggs with embroidery stitches
14. Paint with bright, folksy florals
We're a bit smitten with traditional folk art designs on Easter Eggs. You can try this at home with some paints and thin paintbrushes.
This free tutorial from Hobby Craft is super easy to follow, you'll have a collection of eggs in no time.
Get the free floral egg tutorial
15. Decorate Mosaic Easter Eggs
This sweet idea is as effective as it is simple. Take two empty eggshells and paint them in contrasting colours. Once dry, break one shell up, and use the broken shell to create a mosaic effect on the other.
Say Not Sweet Anne has got a lovely tutorial to talk you through how it's done (pictured below).
How to make beautiful mosaic Easter eggs
16. Tie-dye Easter egg decorating ideas
For a different paint effect than traditional patterns, how about tie-dye? Crafty Morning has an easy tutorial to show you how.
How to paint tie-dye Easter eggs
17. DIY Pantone Easter Eggs
This one is for all you design lovers and Pantone fans out there. A Kailo Chic Life shows us how to decorate plastic eggs in our favourite Pantone shades.
How to decorate Pantone Easter Eggs
18. Painted pebbles
If you prefer not to use real eggs, swap them for oval rocks and get pebble painting! We love these cute designs in spring-fresh pastel brights.
19. Crochet Easter Eggs!
If you prefer your Easter eggs of the vegan variety, reach for some yarn and a crochet hook and get crocheting! We've got a free tutorial to get you started.
Free crochet Easter eggs pattern
20. Decorate with Sharpies
Another doodle-inspired egg design! This time try the effect in monochrome for a modern effect that's easy to achieve at home. Chandra at #Blessed has this super simple but beautiful idea over at Home Talk.
21. DIY Cactus Easter egg decorating ideas
This idea speaks for itself - it's one of our favourites in this round-up purely for the fun factor! Better Homes & Gardens show us this cute tutorial on how to turn your eggs into mini cactus designs!
22. Knitted Easter Eggs
Take your Easter eggs to the next level and reuse them every year with this cute knitting pattern from Simply Knitting!
Free Easter eggs knitting pattern
23. Confetti-filled Easter eggs
We love this idea for a fun way to make eggs that kids will love playing with once decorated. Fill them with confetti for a surprise element! Find the tutorial below for how it's done over at Babiekins mag.
How to make confetti-filled Easter Eggs
24. Make felt Easter eggs
These clever felt eggs are from Love Embroidery. Create cute Easter decorations by stitching sweet embroidered details onto felt pieces. These make a wonderful keepsake you can enjoy for years to come!
25. Create DIY Doughnut effects
Food that's decorated to look like.. food?! Count us in for this. Kara's Party Ideas has the cutest DIY ever for how to decorate Easter eggs to look like doughnuts!
26. Unicorn Easter Eggs
How about turning your Easter eggs into mini unicorns? Capture the look of the iconic unicorn cake that has swept the party world by storm in recent years... on your Easter Eggs.
Try it yourself with the tutorial below from Goods Home Design.
DIY Unicorn Easter Eggs Tutorial
27. Star Wars Eggs!
One for all you Sci-Fi fans out there! Frugal Fun has come up with this space-themed set of Easter Egg Designs. We think they are amazing.
How to make Star Wars Painted Easter eggs
28. Cross stitch Easter eggs
Create your own decorated eggs without actually needing eggs! Cross stitch these beautiful cards designed by Maria Diaz.
Free Easter cross stitch patterns
29. Decorate with quilling
We love this idea for an ornate finish for your Easter eggs. Decorate them with paper strips for a beautiful hand-crafted effect.
Tutorial: How to make a quilled papier-maché Easter Egg
30. Woodland Animal Easter eggs
If sports aren't your thing, how about painting your eggs to look like woodland creatures? Arty Crafty Kids has got a great tutorial to show you how...
Woodland Animal Easter Egg Crafts
31. Galaxy painted Easter egg decorating ideas
Transform your Easter eggs into intergalactic wonders with this fun tutorial. These starry eggs will give your celebrations a unique twist!
How to make Galaxy Easter Eggs
32. Paint emoji Easter eggs
Put the fun into your Easter Egg decorating by turning your eggs into little yellow emojis. Choose your favourite emojis and get decorating!
33. Sharpie silhouette Easter eggs
We're bringing it back to traditional Easter themes with this one. Grab a couple of pastel Sharpie pens and try this simple way of adding a dotted design to your eggs.
Sharpie Easter Egg decorating idea
34. Flash Tattoo Easter Eggs – add a flash of gold
Jessie Jane over at Hometalk has a great DIY for you on how to add a flash of gold design to your Easter eggs. We adore the beautiful eggs she has created with this method!
DIY Flash Tattoo Easter Eggs video tutorial
35. Create classic florals with watercolour effects
Go classic with this easy DIY method of adding flower effects to your Easter eggs using tattoo paper from It's Always Autumn... including some classic free flower patterns to download to transfer onto your eggs.
Beautiful DIY Floral Easter Eggs using Tattoo Paper
36. Moustache Easter egg decorating ideas
From the classic to the contemporary, here's an egg with a distinguished twist! Give your Easter eggs mini moustaches.... how can you resist? Head over to Number 2 Pencil to find out how.
How to paint Easter Eggs with moustaches
37. Cover them in painted sprinkles
Give your Easter eggs a quick and simple update for a big cheer factor with this tutorial from Let's Mingle. Find out how to paint your eggs with simple rainbow sprinkles!
38. DIY glass Easter egg decorations
Is anyone else suddenly seized by the urge to faff about with flowers now spring is here? These delicate glass Easter egg decorations will put you through your flower-pressing and glass-painting paces and provide ample opportunity for gratuitous petal play.
39. Ice cream Easter egg decorating idea
How cute are these kawaii-style pained Easter eggs? If you love this idea and want to find out how to do it then head over to Giggster.
40. Temporary tattoo Easter egg decorating idea
Temporary tattoos are a simple and effective way to create intricate designs on your Easter eggs. This lovely idea is from Monika Hibbs.
Easter egg decorating ideas for the perfect afternoon
Easter egg decorating is a relaxed, enjoyable craft that can be enjoyed by both kids and adults. Whether you decide to draw, paint or even embroider your eggs, it's a mindful activity which is perfect for Easter afternoon.
Easter egg hunt ideas
Now you've decorated the eggs, why not do a hunt too? Our Easter egg hunt ideas are fun for kids of all ages, and we've even got a couple of ideas in there for the grown-ups!
