My Favorite Project: Hand-Painted Easter Eggs

March 30, 2015

hand-painted easter eggs sign

It’s time for one of my favorite projects!  Hand-painted Easter Eggs.  Not up to blowing out eggs? Last year I shared my secret. You’ll want to check it out…seeing as how I have no wind to blow eggs, either.  If you’re the same way, you’ll want this little secret for yourself! But, shhhhhhhh…don’t tell and no one will ever know!

The extra large chicken eggs I have painted previous years are great.  They have lasted 10 years so far. Well, except for the ones Stella crushed….see last year’s post.  I expect they will last many more years.

my painted chicken eggs

I store them in an apothecary jar in my china cabinet away from all the little hands I have running around my house….but I decided to do a little more this year.

This year I’m painting handblown eggs, so they will be true heirlooms….(for all those little hands… when they are grown….;)  )   I ordered handblown duck and goose eggs from Ebay. Want to see the difference? Look at this!

hand painted eggs

Some difference, huh?   (No, silly goose, duck eggs are not hot pink…I’ve already painted this one!) I’m going to be working on the duck eggs.  You may use any size egg. I prefer large or extra large eggs for this.  Go ahead and empty the shells into a bowl (you can bake this pound cake …later…rather have chocolate? try this one).   Wash the empty eggshells,  rinse, pat dry and come with me…

You’re going to need empty eggs shells. I usually paint 6 at a time.

Pictures of things to paint.

Sponge brush to paint egg.

Acrylic craft paint.

Small craft paint brushes

Polyurethane clear satin spray.

Paper towel rolls.

First, paint your eggs. I use acrylic craft paint. Two thin coats. Dry completely in between coats!

Easter egg colors

Find designs you like. Search IMAGES on the internet for birds, flowers, bunnies etc…  I have painted my grandchildren’s favorite cartoon characters, birds, flowers, traditional Easter designs, bunnies and chicks. Don’t forget superheroes!

I painted pastel backgrounds on my eggs this year, but in past I preferred the brighter colors. If you have a color scheme…go with that!

One year, I painted all blue tones for my breakfast room.

It’s not hard to paint….just use your paint brush like you would a crayon and fill in the picture…come on, you can do this!!!

Trace image onto transfer paper. Flip transfer paper over and trace around the backside of your image with colored chalk. Make sure it’s a color that will show up on your egg color. EX: If your egg is light blue, use orange chalk….or if it is black, use white…so it can be seen. Whatever color shows up best….use that.

easter egg transparency

Flip again and tape with right side up on egg and trace image on to egg. This should leave a faint chalk line of your design on the egg. Remove transfer paper. Your image should be on there.   If not, use a darker or lighter colored chalk, as needed. If you like, once image is traced onto the egg,  you may want to draw over the lines of the image on the egg with chalk, so you can see it better.

Or if you’re up to it, simply free-hand your design.

There, you have it.

easter egg pattern

Once image is on the egg, remove transfer paper.  Paint according to color placement on photo. This can be exact coloring as your photo or you can do something whimsy.  If you’d rather have pink bluebirds…have pink bluebirds.

…you can do it any way you please!

I decided to paint some whimsy bunnies and chicks.

easter eggs designed

You can add as many or few details to your painting… Just do your best.

easter eggs designs

When painting flowers,  usually the leaves are in back of the flower, so paint them first. See next photo…

easter eggs leaves

After the leaves dry I paint the flowers. You can make them detailed or not! There is no right or wrong way to paint something. And if you really don’t like it, paint over it and start again!

If you REALLY are timid about it please read this post from last year!

The main thing to remember is to allow the paint to dry between coats. 

After I finish painting I always spray with several light coats clear satin polyurethane.

Easter Eggs 2012

Recap:

Cut paper towel rolls to make stands for my eggs…. 😉

Begin by painting the background color on eggs, Allow to dry.

After dried, transfer your design to egg. Use transfer paper and chalk…opposite color of egg color. dark/light

Then paint the base color of your design.

Add details after it dries.

Spray on finish.

Display!

bowl of eggs porch

 

I love my Easter Eggs….. I hope you’ll paint some for your family to enjoy, too!

easter egg transfersjar of eggs

 

Happy Easter……love

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9 Comments

  • nicole

    i love it… so pretty! doesn’t seem too complicated!

    March 30, 2015 at 1:00 pm Reply
    • admin

      Thank you!….

      March 30, 2015 at 2:25 pm Reply
  • Debi @ Surroundings by Debi

    These are works of art. Great job on these beautiful eggs. It was great to see you at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop!
    Debi

    April 3, 2015 at 12:24 am Reply
    • admin

      Thanks and thanks for stopping by, Debi…see you again soon…. 😉

      April 3, 2015 at 9:26 am Reply
  • Ashley ~ 3 Little Greenwoods

    You are so stinking smart! I love these beautiful eggs and your tutorial!

    April 5, 2015 at 8:34 pm Reply
    • admin

      Thanks, Ashley…glad you like my eggs…. I’m ready to paint more for next year already!!!!!

      April 5, 2015 at 10:46 pm Reply
  • Create With Joy

    Gorgeous Easter Eggs!

    Congratulations – you are one of our Featured Guests at this week’s Inspire Me Monday party at Create With Joy! Thanks for sharing your inspiring post with us!

    April 6, 2015 at 9:35 pm Reply
    • admin

      Thank you so much for featuring my Hand-painted Easter eggs this week! What fun!

      April 10, 2015 at 8:58 pm Reply
  • safe playground

    This is something New !

    January 30, 2021 at 1:19 am Reply
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