UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who entered our giveaway! It is now *CLOSED* and the winner is comment #21, Lori, whose favorite way to color eggs is "….with my family all together. We heat the water, add some vinegar and all sit around the table coloring, painting and laughing. It’s a wonderful big mess." Sounds like fun, Lori! We'll be in email contact with you soon. :)
Get ready for Easter with this fun little decoration! Done up in miniature, it's a great size for your favorite doll. You can follow along in the video tutorial or scroll down and follow each step with text and step by step images. Enjoy!
You'll need a paper mache egg (the kind you can find at craft stores about this time of year), some felt, paint, modelling clay, and of course, little figurines. I found the mushrooms pre-made, but ended up sculpting the bunny and tiny eggs out of clay myself.
Make a base for your egg with modelling clay; harden it up following the directions on the package.
Draw on your egg, to figure out where you want the opening to be. Tackle it with the exacto knife (but be careful; roly-poly egg plus sharp knife can be a little dangerous! )
Then, it's time to paint. I painted my egg, the stand, and a few of the figurines.
Once your egg is painted, go ahead and glue some felt scraps down into it, to build up a base for your scene.
Glue in your figurines!
Then, glue the egg to its stand. Make sure the egg is straight in the stand, before the glue sets....
And there you have it! A super cute little piece of Easter decorations.
NOW: would you like to win this decoration, instead of having to make it? How cool would that be?
To enter, just leave a comment on this post, answering this question: "My favorite way to color Easter eggs is..."
We'll randomly pick a winning comment on Monday, 4/7, and contact the winner via email. It's that simple!!
Thanks, and have fun crafting and entering!
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Melinda
49 Comments
Lavon Wise
March 10, 2023
Hello pixiefaire.com owner, Thanks for the great post!
SHARON
April 03, 2020
My best way to color eggs is to boil them, then dunk them in the die(s) that come in a little kit with a dunking wire and stickers.
Carol
April 03, 2020
I use natural dyes, turmeric for yellow, yellow onion skins for orange, spinach leaves for green, red cabbage for blue, red onion skins for sienna, red beets or cranberries for red, coffee grounds for brown, or any mixture of those. Either cook eggs with vegetables or soak overnight.
MARIA L BADANI
April 17, 2019
My favorite way to color Easter eggs is pasting little pieces of scrapbooking papers. No way to be wrong and can do it with the little ones
Nadine
March 30, 2018
Soo Cute!
Rose
March 31, 2017
Vinegar, food coloring and warm water. There is usually a contest for the strangest color combo!
Mary Zurn
March 31, 2017
My favorite way to color Easter eggs is with my grandchildren and great Grandchildren! i love the way they decorate the eggs! We do it the old fashion way it’s lots of fun and lots of laughs!
Liza
March 15, 2017
We put drops of food color on plastic wrap and then wrap/squish around clean hard boiled eggs for a tye dye or batik.
Nancy C
March 11, 2016
I like the shrink plastic you slip on blown out eggs. You can keep them that way.
Thresea Wright
March 11, 2016
This would be fun to do with my fifth grade class. And with my 13 grandchildren.
dorrie
April 03, 2015
I boil & cool the eggs, prepare the vinegar & food coloring dyes, lay out the glitter, rubber bands, decals and markers, and watch, encourage, and laugh with my grandchildren as they get to “work.”
sherry
April 03, 2015
decoupage and old tissue from sewing patterns
Spud
January 03, 2015
That’s the best answer by far! Thanks for cogbnitutirn.
Cheryl
April 18, 2014
I have before colored eggs with the coloring kits. If I was able to do it now, I would like to blow the egg out of the shell then hand paint a decoration on the egg and then seal with a couple or more coats of varnish to help keep them as long as possible.
Lorretta from NH
April 11, 2014
My favorite way is to use markers and some paints and felt. Fell out of love years ago with the dying process!
Teresa Maddox
April 08, 2014
How I color eggs with vinegar and food coloring but most importantlyvwith the grandsons making memories
Sue
April 06, 2014
I love the marble effect you get from wrapping dry onion skins around the raw egg, wrap it in nett or cheese cloth then boil it in water with 2 or 3 tablespoons vinegar for 15 minutes. red onion skins are especially pretty.
Darlene
April 06, 2014
My favourite way to colour eggs is using the Easter egg (shiney) colouring kit. When the eggs are dry, they look fantastic, all shiney and swirly with colour. Then myself, and my grandchildren glue gems and sequences on the eggs. I usually have 4 dozen eggs ready to decorate. It seems like alot of eggs, but each grandchild takes an egg home for everyone in their family and the next morning I follow my mother’s tradition and make creamed eggs on toast, egg salad sandwiches and deviled eggs for everyone to enjoy when visiting Easter morning. It’s a great way for family and friends to get together.
Jennifer G
April 05, 2014
We use the egg kits from the store. Sometimes the kids like to use crayons and stickers to decorate.
Grace
April 05, 2014
I love dunking them in the food coloring mix!!!
Jessica Flinn
April 05, 2014
We love coloring eggs at our house. I would melt wax and batik different designs, my favorite was a dragon design.
Molly W.
April 05, 2014
My favorite way to color eggs is to cover them with tissue paper! That has been a tradition in our house since I started playing with dolls. :)
Fran Daniele
April 05, 2014
We use alot of vinegar with the fizzy tablets to get bright colors then we get out the glue and glitter to glam them up. Happy Easter!
Jo Lyman
April 05, 2014
I don’t color eggs any more, but I have the plastic metallic eggs that I’ve crocheted covers for. When I see them all lined up on the stand I have for them, it make me happy. I also have several embroidered egg shapes that I hang round the house. Ahhh – Spring.
Laura
April 04, 2014
We use the kit from the store.
Lesley from NE
April 04, 2014
We always have done the fizzy tablet. Brings back fun memories of being a kid! =)
Maureen
April 04, 2014
Boil, peel and dunk in melted candies.
Carole
April 04, 2014
I wrap the eggs in cotton string then dip them in the first dye ( usually the vinegar and food coloring variety). Then remove the string and dip into the second color of dye. It can be done in reverse too.
Carole
April 04, 2014
I wrap the eggs in cotton string then dip them in the first dye ( usually the vinegar and food coloring variety). Then remove the string and dip into the second color of dye. It can be done in reverse too.
Bert
April 04, 2014
Oh my, do you mean the Easter Bunny doesn’t really color the eggs! Well then, I guess my favorite method would be the old vinegar and fizzy tablet method.
Pam
April 04, 2014
The old fashion way — water, vinegar and food coloring.
Jaci
April 04, 2014
I love coloring eggs with my youngest grandchildren who come for the Easter weekend. We use color tablets & vinegar. Sometimes it’s not just the eggs that get colored! Might try the shaving cream methiod this year. It sounds like fun.
Star
April 04, 2014
I like to use natural dyes… onion skins, etc. It’s fun to see what colors they turn out! Since the tones are a bit muted, I joke that I get the eggs from special “Easter Chickens.”
Maria
April 04, 2014
My favorite way to color easter eggs has always been a Paas kit, but I just read about using kool-aid, so I think we might try that this year instead!
N
April 04, 2014
(Hope this doesn’t result in a duplicate comment – I mis-typed my email the first time and attempted to delete the comment before it posted.)
I like to pretend I’m Faberge and decorate the eggs with metallic inks.
N
April 04, 2014
I like to pretend I’m Faberge and decorate the eggs with metallic inks.
Lori Straley
April 04, 2014
….with my family all together. We heat the water, add some vinegar and all sit around the table coloring, painting and laughing. It’s a wonderful big mess.
Lori Straley
April 04, 2014
….with my family all together. We heat the water, add some vinegar and all sit around the table coloring, painting and laughing. It’s a wonderful big mess.
Elaine
April 04, 2014
Letting the 4 year old do it. Can’t wait
Prairie Wind Girl
April 04, 2014
Tried and true method of food coloring, vinegar and hot water…..Love the smell….brings back memories!!!!
Linda Arrington
April 04, 2014
Vinegar & food color tablets from the kit. I let the kids do the coloring so we get lots of mixed colors and different drawings from the wax pencils.
Heather
April 04, 2014
I like coloring on the eggs in crayon before dunking them into dye.
Rebecca
April 04, 2014
Still use the vinegar and food color tablets in the kits available at all the grocery stores. Draw pictures and write names with the wax pencil included in the kit. Some times the kids want to put the tattoo stamps on the eggs but usually prefer to draw own designs!
Candice Lacy
April 04, 2014
I like those pre printed shrink sleeves that you slip over the egg then dunk in hot water. No mess and usually really cute designs! We always were in a rental condo for Spring Break vacations with the kids, so this was a great way to still do eggs for them and not worry about staining someone’s counters or carpets.
Renee H-C.
April 04, 2014
My favorite way to color Easter eggs is…. Food dye, colored pencils, markers, and felt with super glue! So many creative possibilities! :-D
Raina DelRio
April 04, 2014
I still use the old fashioned way with the vinegar. Kind of nostalgic for me :)
Barb
April 04, 2014
I want to try the shaving cream method this year.
jamie
April 04, 2014
Kool aid!
Cindi
April 04, 2014
I love doing nice clean dunk and go with the kids.
Lavon Wise
March 10, 2023
Hello pixiefaire.com owner, Thanks for the great post!