Getting ready for your Easter Egg Hunt? Start your preparations now with some wonderful Easter Craft ideas, get your children involved away from screens and making with their own hands.
Find some Easter Craft ideas to inspire your creativity, with hints and tips to dip-dye and paint your eggs, making Easter themed decorations and creating your own Easter baskets.
Colouring Eggs for Easter
To colour your eggs by hand, you can paint the egg or dip dye it (this is quicker and easier).
1. Remove the egg without breaking the shell
Using real eggs, remove raw yolk and egg white and keep the shell intact.
With a sterile pin or skewer, pierce the top and tail of the fresh egg.
With a straw, blow the egg out the other end of the egg. Or use the suction power of an empty plastic water bottle at one end of the egg to blow the yolk and egg white out.
Wash the emptied egg shell in warm, soapy water and allow to dry.
Alternatively, hard boil your eggs and decorate with safe dyes created by hand from vegetables or store bought food colouring.
2. Use household products to colour your eggs
Use simple household products to decorate your eggs. If you are using hard boiled eggs and plan on eating the eggs, then it is best to decorate with safe dyes such as store bought food colouring or if you are feeling adventurous, use colouring created from food sources.
FOOD SAFE NATURAL SOURCES
| COLOUR | FOOD SOURCE |
|---|---|
| Yellow | Turmeric, Saffron |
| Orange | Paprika, Onion Skins |
| Red | Beetroot, Pomegranate |
| Pink or Peach | Avocado, Strawberries, Raspberries |
| Purple | Red Cabbage, Blueberries, Blackberries |
| Blue | Black Beans, Red Cabbage |
| Green | Spinach, Parsley, Artichoke |
| Brown | Coffee, Tea, Onion Skins |
This is a rough guide to how your food based colours can turn out, they are more subdued and natural looking. Click the image for more details on how to make colours from foods.
Safe Dyeing Techniques:
Rainbow Colours – Natural Easter Egg Dyes
Dyeing Easter Eggs with Natural Ingredients
Egg Decoration Ideas:
Colour your egg pink and use fine markers to draw on details, add paper ears attached with double sided tape. 
Dye your eggs yellow, once dry use a fine marker or paintbrush to add funny details. 
Wrap ribbons around the centre of the egg and seal with double sided tape. 
Hand paint your own colourful designs around your egg. 
Dip dye your egg and once dry create abstract designs with your paintbrush. 
Dip dyed and hand painted eggs
Easter Themed Decorations
Coloured and plain eggs, decorated with fine marker and fine wire 
Birds nest style presentation for romantic engagement 
Colouring in Happy Easter by hand 
Eggs designed with bunny rabbit graphics and ears made from fine wire 
Hand coloured cut-out paper easter eggs stuck to wall. 
Hand paint eggs with non-toxic paint and pair with matching paper decorations 
Submerge eggs in cups of diluted food safe colouring dye
