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Everyone has heard of painting ornaments for Christmas. Having a keepsake that shows your kid’s development is really neat. And everyone has heard of dyeing eggs for Easter. Not being a fan of hard boiled eggs, this has always made less sense to me. So, I thought it would be really cool to combine these ideas into a new Easter tradition for our family. We painted Easter eggs.
I’ll get into some ideas I have on how to use these eggs in future years below. But, year one of this tradition was interesting. I came up with this idea way too late and we only had one day that was already too busy to do it. So, it was more hectic than I wanted, but I still like the concept.
Making Painted Easter Eggs as a Yearly Tradition
Supplies:
Painting the Eggs:
Painting your plastic Easter eggs should be fairly straightforward. Sit down as a family and each paint an Easter egg. You can use normal Acrylic paint, but paint pens are easier for adding details. If you have young kids, plan on only helping them and paint yours afterwards. We tried to do ours all at once and it was just mass chaos.
After the paint dries, use a permanent marker to write everyone’s names and the year on each one. Older kids can do this themselves.
Check out these tips for painting with a toddler. And if you have a baby, you can adapt this baby painting project to work for Easter eggs.
Sealing the Eggs:
Next, seal your eggs to make them last a long time and be able to be hid outside without worry. Once the paint dries, brush on a coat of Mod Podge. It takes a long time to fully cure, but you can use them before then. Just make sure they are completely dry.
Using the Eggs:
Now that you have made your eggs, you need to decide how to use them. Here are some of my ideas:
Easter Basket
If you make Easter baskets for your kids, you can fill their past year’s Easters eggs with small treats or toys. If you are one of those giant Easter egg families you can paint those ones instead.
Easter Egg Hunt
Or you can use them in an Easter egg hunt. My first idea for a hunt is to hide them along with plain plastic eggs. If a painted egg doesn’t belong to you then you have to leave it there for the owner to find. This would work great if you have specific treats you want to make sure a specific kid gets. Or it helps make sure something more special gets split up evenly between multiple kids.
Another idea for using them in an Easter egg hunt is for everyone to fill each other’s eggs. You can give everyone a few of everyone else’s eggs. Then, it is up to them to fill them with things they think their family members will enjoy. This will help encourage thinking of others.
Decorations
Finally, the simplest use would be to place them as decorations around the house. Then, you can look at past years and enjoy seeing your kids’ development.
Conclusion of Painted Easter Eggs as a Tradition:
Unfortunately, I didn’t have this idea in time to use our eggs this year. But, I am excited to keep up the new tradition next year and use both sets then. Making them was chaotic, but now we know that my husband and I should just make ours later. I will update this post next year to let you know how it goes. Let me know in the comments what you plan to do with your special painted Easter eggs.
