Doily Decorated Easter Eggs
Easter is a wonderful time for colorful crafts, and these Doily Decorated Easter Eggs are an easy way to turn simple supplies into something pretty and festive. Kids can mix pastel paper, lacey paper doilies, ribbon, and trims to create unique Easter decorations for cards, gifts, windows, or bulletin boards.
This is a fun project for home, classrooms, church groups, or homeschool art time. Each egg can be completely different, which makes it a great craft for encouraging creativity.
Supplies
- Construction paper in Easter colors
- Paper doilies (make your own out of coffee filters, just like making a snowflake!)
- Mod Podge or other decoupage glue
- Foam brush
- Scissors
- Ribbon
- Miscellaneous trim
- Optional small flowers or embellishments
- Fishing line if hanging in a window
Instructions
- Print the Easter egg template from the Patterns, Templates and Printables section below.
- Trace or print the egg shape onto construction paper in soft Easter colors.
- Cut out the egg shapes.
- Look at your paper doilies and decide how you want to use them. You can cut them into strips, curves, scallops, circles, or smaller decorative pieces.
- Arrange the doily pieces on the paper egg before gluing so you can experiment with different designs.
- Use a foam brush to apply a thin layer of Mod Podge where each doily piece will go.
- Press the doily pieces onto the egg and smooth them gently.
- Add ribbon, trim, flowers, or other small embellishments to finish your design.
- Let the eggs dry completely.
- Use the finished eggs as package trims, greeting card decorations, classroom activities, or hang them in a window with fishing line.
Fun Facts
Decorating eggs for Easter has been part of spring celebrations for centuries. One common tradition connects Easter eggs with the end of Lent, when eggs were once set aside and then enjoyed as part of the Easter celebration.
Paper Easter egg crafts are a great alternative for younger children because they offer all the fun of decorating without the mess of real eggs.
Patterns, Templates and Printables
Click on the pattern below to open it in a new window in the correct size.
Teacher Friendly Educational Extension
This Easter craft works well as a classroom activity because each student can create a different design from the same basic template.
You can extend the activity by asking children to:
- identify patterns and symmetry in the doily designs
- compare textures and shapes used in their eggs
- write a short sentence or story about their Easter egg design
- create a classroom display of decorated eggs for a spring bulletin board
- sort eggs by color, shape, or style for a simple math extension
This also makes a nice fine motor activity since children practice cutting, arranging, gluing, and designing.
Supplies
Contruction paper in Easter colors
Paper doillies
Modge Podge
Foam Brush
Scissors
Ribbon
Miscellaneous trim
Instructions
Click on Printables and print out the Easter Egg form on different color construction paper. Cut out.
Look at the pictures of our Easter Eggs and see how we used one type of doilly to make each of these designs. You can use one of our ideas or make your own.
After you cut out the doilly in the shapes you desire glue them to the paper with the decoupage material. Add decorations of left over craft trim, ribbon and flowers to complete your design.
These eggs make great package trims or card decorations. They can also be suspended by fishing line to hang in the window.
Craft away and have fun.
Patterns, Templates and Printables
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Other Images
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Contributor
These projects are created by Terri, Betty, Jamie or one of the talented staff members at MakingFriends.com. They have been created exclusively for publication on FreeKidsCrafts.com with supplies you'll be able to find around your house.
