DIY Easter Egg Ideas to Bookmark for Spring

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Vegetable-Scrap Easter Eggs

Why spend money on egg-dyeing kits when you can just use your vegetable scraps? Yes, you read that right! Vegetables like purple cabbage, beets, and onion peels make amazing egg dyes, and they yield incredibly bright, saturated colors. This DIY natural egg dyeing even shows you how to create fun patterns on your eggs using washi tape or lace.

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Rainbow Tie-Dye Easter Eggs

Believe it or not, these stunning tie-dye Easter eggs are surprisingly easy to make! All you need is paper towels, food coloring, twist ties, and water. With a little bit of imagination and patience, you can create beautiful rainbow eggs that would look amazing as an Easter centerpiece.

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Ice Cream Sprinkle Eggs

Ice cream lovers out there will get a kick out of these fun, colorful eggs. Instead of dyeing the eggs, this “Ice Cream Sprinkle” Easter egg uses paint to create a whimsical pattern on them. It required a fair bit of patience to paint each little sprinkle, but the end result is simply charming.

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Rice Shake Easter Eggs

Kids will love this unique method of coloring Easter eggs. For “Rice Shake” eggs, you use uncooked rice and food coloring to create cool speckled decorations. The best part is that you get to shake up each egg in a plastic container or bag—just don’t shake too hard, or else you’ll crack them!

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Oil Marbled Easter Eggs

Your dinner guests will be dying to know how you created these fascinating oil-marbled eggs. Little do they know that all you need is a tablespoon of vegetable oil! This requires two rounds of dyeing, but the end results are totally worth it for beautifully marbled Easter decorations.

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Indigo Marbled Eggs

We could stare at these indigo eggs all day. The bold blue color and amazing marble pattern make for one-of-a-kind decorations that are sure to be a hit at your holiday party. If blue isn’t your thing, swap in another color of nail polish.

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Gold Leaf Easter Eggs

Feeling a bit fancy? You can make this year’s Easter eggs super luxe with the help of a little gold leaf. This may look intimidating, but the great thing about gold leaf is that it looks best when it’s a little haphazard and messy.  You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to create head-turning golden eggs.

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Gingham  Eggs

Buffalo plaid, but make it Easter. These gingham-inspired pink eggs are actually made with washi tape and regular egg dye, just overlapped in several stages. As pretty as a fancy tea towel.

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All That Glitters Eggs

If the idea of gold leaf is too daunting (though, we promise you can do it), try your hand at dipping dyed eggs into a little school glue, then coat them with glitter.  These can be as neat, messy, and glittery as you want—they'll look great regardless.