55 Easy Egg Decorating Ideas to Get You Egg-cited for Easter

Brush a thin layer of glue onto an egg, stick on dried leaves and brush another thin glue layer over it. For the floral "hats," cut dried flowers into small pieces no more than 1 inch long. Hot-glue two to three of the largest blossoms to the top of the egg, spacing evenly, then glue smaller flowers into empty spaces to create a full arrangement.

Cut facial features from stickers, stick to a brown egg, and draw on the rest with permanent marker.

To create tiny cones, start with brown eggs. Draw cone lines with a copper paint pen, decorate the top half with craft paint, and draw on faces with a paint pen. Use cotton and a red pom-pom to create the whipped cream topping. For 3D sprinkle eggs, all you need is puffy paint. Let one painted side dry fully before decorating the next.

Press a sticker firmly on a hard-boiled egg. Stipple dots around the letter with a paint pen, starting with dense dots and then spreading them out into an oval shape. Let dry; remove sticker with a craft knife. Hot-glue opposite ends of a plastic egg together to make a colorful holder.

Lovely Unicorn: Paint a wooden egg white; let dry. Draw on face. Cut a mane from faux-fur trim, color in an egg dye bath, and attach (once dry) with fabric glue. Use templates to make felt ears and a gold paper horn; assemble and glue to egg. Wrap a 3 x 1/8-in. strip of gold paper around horn; secure with glue. Glue star confetti to cheek and hair.

Shiny Silhouette: Use templates to carefully cut a chick or bunny from a foil candy wrapper. Adhere to dyed egg with Mod Podge. Use a damp cotton swab to gently wipe clean the foil shape; let dry.

Dazzling Glitter Egg: Try this trick on basic plastic eggs: Lightly sand the outside, brush on glue, cover in glitter, and let dry.

Decorate a painted egg with soft, furry ears and a floral crown. Here's how: Paint a wooden egg, let dry, then add a spotted belly with white paint. Draw on a face. Use template to make ears from felt and faux-fur trim. Sandwich wire between ear pieces, then bend back the bottom 1/4 inch and use to glue in place. Glue small faux flowers around ears.

Cut off the bottom of a mini red plastic cup and glue the piece onto the top of an egg. Attach colorful dot stickers as gumballs. Flip the cup upside down and put a strip of silver tape on the front of the cup, wrapping one end over the cut cup edge. Hot-glue a soda tab over the tap. Glue the egg inside the cup base.

Say hello to spring with these farm friends! Dye hardboiled eggs green, pink, orange, and yellow. Print templates of the animals’ features. Print out on corresponding colored paper and cut. Attach features using craft glue.

For bunny ears, chick wings, and frog eyes and legs: Fold back 1/8'' at base to glue to egg. Let dry and adjust as needed.

For the lamb: Unravel 3 cotton balls. Brush egg with glue, avoiding the narrow top, which will be the face. Smooth cotton to cover egg. Once dry, add pompoms for feet and tail. Draw faces with a fine point permanent marker.

To get this gorgeous gilded look, start with dyed Easter eggs. Then, using a foam brush, add splotches of glue from the Mona Lisa Metal Leaf Starter Kit. Let dry according to package instructions (the glue gets tacky when it dries). Apply the gold leaf from the kit to the sticky areas, smooth with your fingers, and use a stiff-bristled brush to sweep away any excess gold leaf.

Best dressed: Draw a face and hair on a ceramic egg. Wrap the bottom third of egg in thick yarn (tip: work from the middle down) and secure by brushing on white craft glue in sections. Create details like collars, bows, and buttons with felt and beads.

Dashing Design Egg: Follow tradition and dye your eggs first. Once dry, draw a series of short lines with a white paint marker.

Fuzzy Chick: Wrap a ceramic or wooden egg in yarn (tip: start at the top and work down) and secure by brushing on white craft glue in sections as you work. Use templates to make felt wings, feet beaks, and hair, and attach with glue. Glue on small black-bead eyes.

If you want to give eggs a tie-dye makeover, first wrap an egg with a coffee filter and use a twist tie to secure the filter. Drop a few drops of food coloring randomly on the outside of the filter and let it soak for a minute or two. Repeat with as many colors as you'd like. Using a spray bottle, wet the entire coffee filter and squeeze the filter gently to make sure it fits snugly around the egg. Let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes before unwrapping and rinsing with cold water.

All you need to make these eggs come to life is a bit of aluminum wire and a hot glue gun.

To achieve this look, draw a basket on the front of a white egg using a brown paint pen. Next, use pastel paint pens to draw eggs. When the paint is dry, add details on the eggs with a white paint pen.

Go 3D by adding some texture to your eggs. You can either use a traditional Easter egg dying technique or paint for the background color and then use puff paint to create your polka dots.

To make these fluffy little bunny eggs, cut a 6-inch piece of pipe cleaner and fold it in half twice to create an "M" shape. Then twist the two ends of the pipe cleaner together to create bunny ears. Using craft glue, attach the ears to the back of a pom-pom to create a bunny head. Once dry, attach the pom-pom to the narrow end of an egg and let dry. Customize your bunny by adding a small bow tie with the ribbon of your choice.

These gorgeous floral eggs are so simple to make. Simply press stick-on flash tattoos to the shells with light pressure, then smooth out wrinkles once you've peeled off the back.

Use discarded shells, washi tape, or simple construction paper to create a mosaic Easter egg.

Hot-glue small white and yellow buttons, arranged in a flower shape, to a natural or dyed egg to achieve this pretty look. Attach paper leaves with hot glue to finish it off.

You probably have what you need to create this marbleized look sitting in a bathroom drawer: nail polish! Just swirl a bit of your favorite color into water and drop your egg in.

To make these nature-inspired Easter eggs, first collect a bounty of dried and pressed flowers, buds, and leaves. Then, adhere them to the egg's surface with a flat paint brush and glossy Mod Podge. Paint thin layers of Mod Podge on top of the flowers or leaves and let dry completely.

These eggs couldn't be easier to make — simply use a fine-tipped paint pen to paint on any pattern you'd like.

No one will be able to resist the cuteness of these chicks. To make, dip the front of an egg length-wise in yellow dye. Once dry, draw face and body features with a fine-point permanent marker.

Put a dab of acrylic paint in a small bowl and thin with water. Use a small flat-edge paint brush to paint and fleck the paint on eggs. Imperfect "splats" make the design more realistic!

To make these colorful eggs, first make sure you have a lean empty egg shell or a faux craft egg, along with a shallow bowl or plate full of nonpareil sprinkles. Brush about ¼ of the egg with a generous amount of Mod Podge and use a spoon to sprinkle nonpareils onto the wet glue. Let dry thoroughly before moving on to the rest of the egg. For the best results, allow the eggs to cure completely overnight before using them to decorate.

Want to avoid mess? Try these pipe cleaner eggs instead. To make, attach one end of a pipe cleaner to the top center of the egg with a small dot of hot glue and let dry. Carefully coil the pipe cleaner around the egg, adding small dots of hot glue as you go. Snip off any excess pipe cleaner once you have reached the bottom of the egg and secure the end with one last dot of glue.

For intricately-design eggs, press a small stamp into the pad and place evenly on to the egg’s surface, and repeat as necessary. When you're happy with your design, set the ink by turning your hair dryer on the lowest setting and blowing dry.

To make these eggs, cut designs from floral paper napkins and adhere them to eggs with glossy Mod Podge.

For this design, just draw a ladybug pattern with a black paint pen on a pink dyed egg. Then, cut antennae from black craft wire; attach with hot glue.

A dyed egg can be a blank canvas for a watercolor garden. Paint small X's with dots in the centers.

These sugared eggs may not be edible, but they sure are pretty. To make, paint one half of an egg with craft glue. Sprinkle with clear iridescent glitter, let dry, and repeat on the other side.