Easy Painted Easter Egg (5 Minutes Or Less)

Making Easter eggs is a long-time tradition that many families still enjoy doing! However, because it’s a time-consuming process, fewer and fewer families partake in it. Use this tutorial to make a gorgeous painted Easter egg in just minutes!

Let’s Talk Easter Eggs

When my kids were little, we used to dye Easter eggs. I loved doing it, but my kids would get tired of it after a while and we couldn’t display the eggs as decorations.

Gone are the days of making Easter eggs all afternoon because many families just don’t have the time to commit to such a long project. However, I have an alternative for you so that you can make your Easter eggs in just 5 minutes! It’s a different method than the one I used to make my Coloring Page Decoupage Easter Eggs.

Now you can have the best of both worlds when you make these easy Easter-painted eggs! If you want to make beautiful decorations that you can display around the house (without fear of horrible aromas), this project is for you.

Note: If you love spring and Easter crafts, check out my Pom Pom Yarn Easter Eggs, Marbled Eggs And Moss Easter Wreath, and Burlap Table Runner For Easter.

How To Make A Painted Easter Egg

I was actually inspired by some eggs I saw in the Pottery Barn catalog. You can see what they looked like in the image below because, unfortunately, they aren’t available from Pottery Barn anymore. I did mine a little differently, but I love both versions!

This is the perfect spring and Easter craft. Grab a few supplies and make up a dozen or so of these to add to your home decor for Easter. These are really so quick and easy that you will wonder why you never thought of them before!

Supplies Needed To Make Painted Easter Egg

NOTE: For this project, I used a premade stencil, but you can make one using a Cricut machine instead. I talk more about how to use a Cricut machine for creating a stencil in step 1. If you would like to use your Cricut to create a stencil you will need to add the following supplies to the list above.

Step 1: Apply Stencil To Ceramic Egg

Apply the peel-and-stick stencil to the ceramic egg and press down. When you do this, you will probably have gaps in the stencil because the eggs are rounded. This is ok, and it shouldn’t affect your design too much.

How To Make A Stencil With A Cricut Machine

If you don’t want to use a store-bought stencil, you can make your own stencil using your Cricut machine instead!

There are several different ways that you can make a stencil with your Cricut machine, depending on what supplies you have on hand. For this project, I think making a stencil out of vinyl would be the best option because, like an adhesive stencil, you could easily apply it to your ceramic eggs.

To make a stencil from vinyl, first find a design you like in Cricut Design Space. Then resize the design to fit your ceramic egg, cut out the design using vinyl, and weed it. Once your design has been weeded, apply the design to your ceramic egg.

To learn how to make a stencil with your Cricut machine check out our blog post titled ”How To Make A Stencil With A Cricut”!

Step 2: Color In Stencil

Use a white paint pen to color in the areas of the stencil. Allow the first coat to dry, and apply a second coat with the paint pen. Remove the stencil.

NOTE: You can use a cotton swab, fingernail, or toothpick to remove any paint that has seeped under the stencil.

color in stencil on ceramic egg with white pen

That’s it! Super easy, right?

Play around with the stencils in the package and the variety of colored eggs to come up with your own unique combinations. You can get some amazing results from this method for making painted Easter eggs.

I love to have them out for Easter, but they also work for the entire spring season!

FAQs About Painted Easter Egg

I frequently see readers as questions about this painted Easter egg. Here are some of the questions I see most often. If you have a question and don’t see it answered down below, please leave it for me in the comments.

What Can I Use If I Can’t Find Colored Ceramic Eggs?

If the decorative eggs that are already colored aren’t available, I like these wooden eggs. They’re white, so you’d have to color them first (just paint them with regular craft paint, watercolors, or paint pens). Once they’re colored and dry, they’re ready for you to add your stencil art to them!

How Can I Make The Egg Design On My Painted Easter Egg More Intricate?

There are several things you can do. Take a stencil design and repeat it around your egg. Combine stencils so that you have a variety of shapes. You could also use different color paint markers. Also, if you’re feeling brave and creative, you could freehand designs on your eggs.