How to dye eggs? 25 stunning and easy DIYs + over 50 beautiful pictures to get ideas from

by John Griffith
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Easter is coming! Yaaay! Easter is an amazing holiday not only because it celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, but because it also brings a lot of amazing traditions along. We have already covered some ideas for amazing Easter decorations. Now, it is time to answer the big question – how to dye eggs? There are so many options for beautiful easter egg designs, but we have tried to gather the best ones and bring them directly to you. We have 25 amazing, simple and easy DIYs on how to dye eggs, as well as stunning photo gallery of over 50 easter egg ideas. So, keep scrolling and enjoy!

What is an Easter egg?

This tradition has been around for a very long time. In christianity, for example, Easter eggs are a symbol of the empty tomb of Jesus from which he resurrected. In addition, red eggs are a symbol of the blood Jesus shed during his crucifixion. That is why, the tradition is to paint the first egg red. Nowadays, however, people have gotten very creative with the many different ways they colour their eggs. There are many techniques you can use to dye your eggs. Some people prefer natural food dye, others get store bought egg dye. If, however, you want very rich colours, you can always use food colouring.

How to dye eggs – natural dye ingredients

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So, let’s start with our amazing DIYs.

Galaxy eggs

What are you going to need?

  • Acrylic paint
  • Eggs (you can also get wooden or plastic ones)
  • Paintbrush
  • Sponges
  • Old toothbrush

Stunning galaxy eggs DIY

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What are the steps for creating these beautiful eggs?

  1. Paint your eggs black. If your paint isn’t thick enough, put 2 or 3 coats of it.
  2. Pour some of your paint on a white plate or board. The colours used in this DIY are: indigo, pink, teal, purple, gold and white.
  3. Start off with the indigo paint and use the paintbrush to make a full line of it. How exactly you are going to do it is up to you, of course.
  4. Use the sponge and dab some teal on top of the indigo. Do the same with the purple and pink. Make sure the paint is dry before you put on the next one. Then apply the gold paint in the same way.
  5. Now, get just a tiny little bit of black on your sponge and dab on top of the paint. This is going to make your galaxy look amazing.

How to dye eggs the DIY style

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For the grand finale, mix the white paint with some water in a bowl and dunk your toothbrush in it. Then start flicking it towards the egg, so you get these beautiful galaxy stars.

Add the final touches

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Voila! Your galaxy eggs are ready

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Dripping gold Easter eggs

What are you going to need for this DIY:

  • Gold paint
  • Egg
  • Paintbrush

Gold dripping down the egg – stunning minimalist Easter egg design

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This is probably the simplest Easter egg DIY. Just dip your paintbrush into the gold paint. Don’t remove the access paint and just let it drip down the egg. Let it dry and there you have it.

Beautiful and simple Easter egg DIY

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Shaving cream eggs

This method of dyeing eggs with shaving cream has been very popular. What’s more, it is also very easy and simple. So, what are you going to need?

  • Shaving cream (obviously)
  • Eggs (obviously)
  • Some dye (the colours are up to you)
  • Baking tray
  • Toothpick or straw or a wooden skewer

How to color Easter eggs with shaving cream

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This one is also very simple. Fill the baking tray with shaving cream, pour the dyes and use the skewer to mix them up. Roll the egg in the mix and let it sit for 10 minutes. Rinse and your shaving cream eggs are ready.

Shaving cream eggs are stunning and easy to do

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Shaving cream eggs No.2

This is the absolute same thing, but you can use a baking tray for muffins, that way each of the eggs can be in different colours.

Shaving cream eggs

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Use a baking tray for muffins to separate different colours

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Let your eggs sit for 10 minutes

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Whipped cream eggs

This is the last of this type, I swear. Same as shaving cream, but using whipped cream instead, this is a pretty straight forward DIY.

Whipped cream eggs

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Very simple and easy DIY

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Baby’s breath wreath crowned eggs

What are you going to need?

  • Two 6″ pieces of 28 gauge wire
  • Baby’s breath
  • Black sharpie
  • Scissors
  • Eggs

Baby’s breath wreath crowned Easter eggs

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What are the steps to create this beautiful DIY?

  1. Cut small pieces of baby’s breath.
  2. Measure one of the wires so it fits the top of the egg.
  3. Use the second wire to wrap the pieces of baby’s breath on the circle.
  4. Overlap the pieces, so the wreath looks full.
  5. Use the sharpie to draw a cute face on the egg.

Trace these steps for beautiful results

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The result is super cute eggs

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Tie dye Easter eggs

This one is here on popular demand. Plus, it is easy to do. What are you going to need?

  • Ties made of 100% silk
  • Pieces of string or twisty ties
  • Old white sheet or pillowcase
  • 1/4 cup of vinegar

Tie dye Easter eggs – amazing DIY

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All of these beautiful patterns can be transferred to your Easter eggs

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What are the steps for recreating the look?

  1. Cut the ties into small squares, big enough to fit and egg.
  2. Wrap the eggs inside. Make sure it is as tight as possible for better results. The patterned side of the tie should be on the outside. Use the string to tie the fabric.

Beautiful little packages

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3. Wrap the white sheet around the small packages and tie it with the string or twisty tie.

4. Fill a pot with water and add the 1/4 cup of vinegar. Bring the water to a boil and let them boil for 20 minutes. After you take them out wait until they are not too hot and unwrap them.

Wait until you see what is hiding underneath

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Robin eggs

Named after the beautiful blue color of the robin bird’s eggs, this DIY is truly spectacular. What are you going to need?

  • Eggs
  • Gold paint
  • Old toothbrush
  • 1 head of red cabbage
  • 4 tbsp of vinegar

Robin eggs DIY – the look almost too real

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What are the steps to get this beautiful colour?

  1. Chop the cabbage.
  2. Put it in a pot with 5 glasses of water.
  3. Let it simmer for 30-45 minutes.
  4. Let it cool completely and drain the dye.
  5. Add 4 tbsp of vinegar.
  6. Place the eggs in a deep tray or bowl. Try to have them not touching. They have to be completely submerged in the dye, so it can work.
  7. Wait an hour.

Step by step tutorial

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Now, for different shades of blue you can take out a few eggs once every hour. Keep in mind that in the beginning the colour looks faint, but as it sits it gets richer. If you want to get a bit more creative, you can get an old toothbrush, dip it in gold paint and spray it on the eggs.

Au naturel = stunning results and healthy food

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Indigo marble Easter eggs

What are you going to need?

  • Indigo nail polish
  • Bowl or plastic container
  • Eggs
  • Water
  • It is also good to use rubber gloves.

DIY indigo marble Easter egg

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I am in love with these Easter eggs

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How to create the look?

  1. Fill the plastic container with room temperature water.
  2. Add nail polish.
  3. Lightly stir to create the marble look.
  4. Put on rubber gloves and dip the eggs in the water.
  5. Let the eggs dry.

Simple and easy DIY

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With stunning results

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Rice Easter eggs

What are you going to need?

  • Rice
  • Eggs
  • Ziploc bags
  • Food colouring

Easy and beautiful Easter eggs

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How to do it?

Fill the ziploc bags with the rice, add the food colouring, put the egg in and shake. Simple as that!

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Rice Easter eggs – stunning results

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Sprinkled Easter eggs

What are you going to need?

  • Sprinkles
  • Eggs
  • Paintbrush
  • Glue
  • Bowl
  • Spoon

Fun and cute sprinkled eggs DIY

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What are the steps?

  1. Fill the bowl with sprinkles.
  2. Cover your egg with glue.
  3. Dip it in the sprinkles.

First three steps

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4. Use a spoon to cover your egg fully.

5. Let it dry.

Follow the tutorial and get amazing results

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Emoji Easter eggs

What do you need?

  • Yellow, pink, white and blue paint
  • Eggs
  • Black and red sharpies

Fun Emoji Easter eggs DIY

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How to do it?

  1. Paint all eggs yellow.
  2. Let them dry.
  3. Draw the faces.

Extremely simple DIY

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Instructions on how to paint the faces

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Mosaic Easter eggs

What are you going to need?

  • Eggs
  • Vinegar
  • Food colouring
  • Toothpick
  • Bowls
  • Glue

Beautiful Mosaic Easter eggs DIY

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How to recreate the look?

  1. Boil the eggs and set half of them aside.
  2. Mix water and vinegar in cups along with the food dye. Dye the half of the eggs, leave the rest white.
  3. Crack the eggs and peel them. Make sure you get different shapes of shells.
  4. Use the glue to attach the shells to the white eggs. Don’t be afraid to try all sorts of colours.

Blue mosaic Easter egg

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Green mosaic Easter egg

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Bunny Easter eggs

These are more decorative Easter eggs. So, here is what you are going to need:

  • Wooden eggs
  • Sharpie
  • Glue
  • Acrylic paint
  • Cardstock
  • Paintbrush
  • Hot glue
  • Scissors
  • Mini pom-poms
  • Pencil
  • Paper or plastic flowers

Cute Bunny Easter egg DIY

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Here’s how to do it:

  1. Paint the eggs.
  2. Use the cardstock to cut out the ears and leaves. Glue the larger ears to the smaller ones.

The first steps

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3. Hot glue the ears, leaves and flowers to the egg.

4. Use the paintbrush to paint the nose and cheeks.

5. Use the pencil to draw the outlines of the eyes and mouth. Trace them with the sharpie.

Final touches

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Cute and beautiful result

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Easy DIY Easter egg ideas

This one is really simple. Get a paper towel, wrap it around the egg and start pouring a bit of different food dye on it. Let is sit for e few minutes and remove the paper towel.

Easy DIY Easter egg ideas

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Gold confetti Easter eggs

What are you going to need?

  • Eggs
  • Paint
  • Gold confetti
  • Glue
  • Paintbrushes

Interesting Confetti Easter eggs DIY

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How to do it?

  1. Pain the eggs. Let them dry.
  2. Apply some glue to the bottom of the egg.
  3. Dip them in the confetti.

Simple and easy Easter egg DIY

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Bunny outlines Easter eggs DIY

What are you going to need?

  • Pink and blue sharpies (or any other colour you want)
  • Bunny stickers
  • Eggs

Fun Easter egg decorating ideas

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How to recreate the look?

  1. Stick the bunny stickers to the eggs.
  2. Use the shaprie to put dots around the stickers.
  3. Remove the stickers.

Simple and easy

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Balloon Easter eggs DIY

What are you going to need?

  • Balloons
  • Eggs
  • Hot glue

Fun Balloon eggs DIY idea

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How to do it?

  1. Dye the eggs. Let them dry.
  2. Blow up the balloons and tie them.
  3. Cut the ends.
  4. Use the glue to attach them to the eggs.

Simple steps for a fun result

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Don’t they look cute?

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Kool-aid Easter eggs DIY

What do you need?

  • Different flavours of Kool-aid
  • Eggs
  • Cooling rack
  • Paper towels

Kool-aid-Easter eggs DIY

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How to do it?

  1. Put a few layers of paper towels under a cooling rack.
  2. Place the eggs and start squirting different flavours of Kool-aid on them. Let it drip down.
  3. Let one colour to dry before you put the next one.

Simple and easy DIY

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Fun and kool (you get it?) result

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Moss Easter eggs DIY

What do you need?

  • Moss
  • Eggs
  • Paintbrush
  • Glue

Inspired by nature

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These are so simple to do. Simply use the glue to trace the shape you want on the egg and stick the moss to it. Let it dry and you are all set.

So easy

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Moss Easter eggs DIY

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Colourful confetti DIY

What do you need?

  • Confetti
  • Eggs
  • Glue
  • Paintbrush

Colourful confetti Easter eggs DIY

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How to do it?

  1. Cover your egg with glue.
  2. Roll it in a plate full of confetti.
  3. Let it dry.

Trace the steps

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Here’s the final result

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Baby chicken Easter egg DIY

What do you need?

  • Dye
  • Eggs
  • Sharpie
  • Orange paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue

DIY baby chicken Easter eggs

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How to do them?

  1. Dye the eggs yellow.
  2. Dye the eggs’ bottoms in different colours.
  3. Cut out small squares of the orange paper and fold them in triangles.
  4. Glue them to the egg for beaks.
  5. Use the sharpie to draw their eyes, clothes and anything you can think of, it is up to you, of course.

Follow the tutorial

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Brushstroke painted Easter eggs DIY

What do you need?

  • Eggs
  • Dye
  • White paint
  • Paintbrush

Brushstroke painted Easter eggs

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This DIY is very simple. Paint your egg. Dip the paintbrush into white paint and start making brushstrokes on the egg.

Step-by-step tutorial

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Gumball machine Easter eggs DIY

What do you need?

  • Red paper
  • Eggs or egg shells
  • Different coloured sharpies
  • Glue
  • Scissors

Fun idea for an Easter decoration

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Start by drawing the gum balls on the eggs

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Use the red paper to outline and cut the stands and glue them together

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Glue the egg on top

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Piñata Easter egg decoration

What do you need?

  • Empty egg shells
  • Different colours of crepe paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Paintbrush
  • Hot glue
  • Confetti
  • Pieces of strand
  • Toothpicks

Pinatas for Easter decoration

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Here’s how to make them:

  1. Stuff your eggs with confetti from the bottom hole.
  2. Break the tooth brush in half and attach the strand to it with glue and stick it in the top hole.
  3. Glue small pieces of crepe paper on top of the holes, so as to cover them.
  4. Start cutting the crepe paper in small strips.
  5. Cut slits on the edge, so you create a fringe.
  6. Start glueing the paper to the egg as you alternate the colours. The arrangement is up to you.

Follow this tutorial 

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Scroll through our beautiful galley to find more ideas and inspiration

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Game of Thrones inspired dragon eggs

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Easter eggs inspired by the most famous Marvel characters

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Powerpuff girls Easter eggs

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Let Tim Burton inspire you for your own Easter eggs

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Unicorn Easter eggs

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John Griffith
John Griffith

John Griffith is a young, passionate journalist. Writing has been John’s hobby ever since he was a boy. He has worked in some of the UK’s most successful news portals over the course of his professional career but found his forever home at Archzine.

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