6 Alternative Ideas For Easter Eggs
Holler if this is you: Every year, just a few days before Easter, you like to dye a couple eggs. The eggs are pretty, but you've been thinking for a while now that it'd be fun to do something a little different. Well, it's actually really easy to spruce up your Easter eggs. All you have to do is add some cute decorations or draw faces on them. So, if you're looking for some fresh ideas and inspiration for your Easter decorations, look no further. We've got an array of cute ideas for you to try. From funny faces and adorable babies to cute bunnies and little piggies and right down to cacti and fruit, these 6 ideas are sure to make this year's Easter celebrations a little more fun!
1. Cutie Pie Easter Eggs
You'll Need:
- balloons
- eggs
- glue
- decorative flowers
- felt tip pen
Here's How:
1.1 Cut off the closed ends of the balloons.
1.2 Place the balloon ends on boiled eggs – use glue if necessary.
1.3 Glue the decorative flowers to the eggs.
1.4 Draw faces on the eggs and there you have it – hat-wearing Easter eggs.
2. Bunny Easter Eggs
You'll Need:
- felt
- acrylic paint
- glue
- felt tip pen
- eggs
Here's How:
2.1 Cut out bunny ears and paws from a piece of felt and use acrylic paint to outline them.
2.2 Paint bunny faces on the eggs.
2.3 Stick the ears and paws to the eggs and voila, cute bunny Easter eggs.
3. Fruit Easter Eggs
You'll Need:
- sticky notes
- glue stick
- colored paper
Here's How:
3.1 Cut several slits in a sticky note.
3.2 Roll up the sticky note on the side where it's not cut.
3.3 Glue the sticky note on the egg and draw on some "fruit characteristics." Try out several different variations to make different types of fruit.
4. Cactus Easter Eggs
You'll Need:
- acrylic paint
- white out pen
- glue
- decorative flowers
- eggs
Here's How:
4.1 Paint the eggs with green paint and let them dry.
4.2 Use a white out pen to draw cactus outlines on the green eggs.
4.3 Glue decorative flowers on top of the eggs and you've got yourself cactus Easter eggs.
5. Piggy Easter Eggs
You'll Need:
- egg dye
- eggs
- foam rubber
- paper
- felt tip pen
- glue
Here's How:
5.1 Dye the eggs pink.
5.2 Cut out pig noses from foam rubber and pig ears from paper.
5.3 Draw nostrils on the noses and eyes on the eggs. Now glue the noses and ears to the eggs and your little pigs are done.
6. Easter Egg Babies
You'll Need:
- baby socks
- googly eyes
- foam rubber in 2 different colors
- glue
- twine
Here's How:
6.1 Knot the socks together in the middle.
6.2 Cut the socks close to the knot on the closed side.
6.3 Put the socks on the eggs, using glue if necessary. Then glue the googly eyes on the eggs.
6.4 Cut smaller and larger circles out of the foam rubber. Glue a piece of twine between two different sized circles.
6.5 To finish your egg babies, simply glue the pacifiers to the eggs.
No matter which one of these ideas you end up going for, your Easter eggs are going to knock everyone's socks off this year! Looking for more Easter inspiration? Check out the DIY Easter Bunny Vases featured in the bonus video.