5 Ways to Paint Easter Eggs

2 min read September 13, 2026 Sara and Melissa
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We're showing you 5 Ways to Paint Easter Eggs today. Whether you want to use hard-boiled, blown eggs or even craft faux eggs you will love all of these cute ways to paint them! Plaid, rainbows, splatter, dipped and brush stroke are the 5 ways we are showing you today. Grab your paint and brushes and get ready to create some mini master pieces on Easter eggs! Once you start, you will not want to stop.

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Brushstroke Easter Eggs

Create some modern little masterpieces with some wide brushstrokes on craft eggs. Choose three paint colors, then wet your brush by dipping it in water. Dip your brush in a little bit of paint and quickly brush a wide stroke on your egg. Let dry. Then repeat with your other two colors.

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Dip Dye Easter Eggs

We love the look of dip dye, so we recreated on craft Easter eggs! We taped off half of the egg, using washi tape. Then chose our favorite colors in acrylic craft paint and painted two layers, letting them dry in between. After the last layer of paint is dry, remove the washi tape.

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Splatter Easter Eggs

It's always fun to splatter paint! Our technique is to place the craft eggs into a cardboard box, then dip that paintbrush in your preferred color off acrylic craft paint and start splattering! Just put some paint on your paintbrush, pull it back with your finger and fling it on those eggs!

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Plaid Easter Eggs

We love the subtle watercolor inspired plaid patterns we made on these eggs. Create an acrylic watered down paint, by adding a bit of water to your preferred color in a paint tray. Paint vertical lines on the egg, let dry. Then add horizontal stripes in a different color. Let dry.

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Rainbow Easter Eggs

Create some happy Easter eggs with little rainbows painted on them. We like the simple look of a three color rainbow. Choose three paint colors and using a small brush, freehand your rainbows, let dry.

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