Who doesn’t have wonderful childhood memories of Easter? Baskets filled with candy, a big family meal around the table and festive new outfits for church are part of our collective memories. And of course, there’s also that highly anticipated springtime event: the Easter egg hunt!

This year, why not put a twist on your typical Easter egg coloring technique with some fun crafts you can do with your kids? We’ve gone around the web to find unique egg decorating ideas for your “hoppiest Easter” ever! Simply follow the links for how-to instructions.

Kids love shine and sparkle, so these glitter dipped Easter eggs from Create Craft Love are pretty perfect! They’ll look great shimmering in the grass for an outdoor egg hunt.

source: Create Craft Love

Green Owl Art offers a very toddler friendly project with its rustic egg carton eggs. The end result breaks apart so you can hide candies inside. So cute!

source: Green Owl Art

Feeling artistic? These marbleized eggs from Mom Advice are sheer works of art – and so easy! They’re absolutely pretty enough to be used in an Easter centerpiece for your table.

source: Mom Advice

These tissue paper eggs from Spoonful are also super artistic and delicate looking. Creative kids would only be limited by their imaginations!

source: Spoonful

Finally, kids love animals, right? So why not turn this year’s Easter eggs into some cute barnyard friends? Martha Stewart delivers with these egg chickens and egg pigs that make great table top displays.

source: Martha Stewart

source: Martha Stewart

March is also National Crafts Month, so have fun! The great thing about Easter egg decorating projects is that if you mess up – you can always eat your mistakes!

Happy egg decorating from DownEast Home!!

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