I’m excited to share this easy DIY idea for decorating Easter eggs–paint pens! They work beautifully. They’re easy to draw with, dry quickly, and come in a lot of different colors (including metallics!) and pen tips. You could use the blank canvas of a white or natural-colored egg, or you could dye them first and then decorate them like I’ve done. I played around with Rit dye because I saw this post. The dye was incredibly vibrant and just gorgeous, though I did learn an important lesson as you’ll see below.
For other DIY Easter egg ideas, check out my Easter Egg Roundup and Gold Leaf Egg tutorial!
Materials
- Hard-boiled eggs or craft eggs (I used hard-boiled for this project because I wasn’t sure how the dye would work with craft eggs. But—I did use the craft eggs for gold leaf eggs and they worked great! I would love to know if you dye them and how they work for you!)
- RIT dye in powder or liquid (I used Pearl Grey powder), Michaels
- Water
- Vinegar
- Paint pens in tip of your preference (my favorite brandisDecocolor paint markers)
- Colors: Light Blue (fine tip), Plum (fine tip), Black (extra fine tip)
- Egg tray
- DIY it! My egg tray is amazing–it’s just a piece of floral foam and floral t-pins stuck randomly. It allows the excess dye drips to drop without pooling on the egg. Cheap, easy, and reusable (see pic below)
Basic Idea
- Hard boil your eggs (great instructions here).
- Mix dye if using: use 1 cup boiling water and 1-2 teaspoons Rit dye per cup. ADD 2 teaspoons vinegar. I use all caps for this because the original post I read did not include vinegar and the color without it was not pretty. Yeah.
- Dye eggs and let dry on egg tray. The Rit dye works like any other. The longer you leave the egg in, the darker it will be. Experiment with this one–I found I liked a lighter shade of grey best.
4. Paint to your heart’s content! I doodled a bit before beginning on my eggs and, as you can see, created a different design on each egg.
