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    Home » Easter Recipes and Crafts

    Liquid Watercolor Decorated Eggs

    Published: Mar 7, 2023 by Vicky · This post contains affiliate links.

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    Have you ever used liquid watercolors before? If you have never heard of them, they are a concentrated paint that can be used as is or diluted for the effect of traditional watercolors. I recently ordered some and the very first thing we did with them was to create these Liquid Watercolor Decorated Eggs.

    liquid watercolor decorated egg in cup.
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    • ⭐Why Decorating Eggs with Liquid Watercolours is Awesome
    • 🖍️Supply Notes
    • 📋Step by Step Instructions
    • ✂️Expert Tips
    • 🤷🏻‍♀️Craft FAQs
    • 💛Related posts
    • 🐰Craft Tutorial

    ⭐Why Decorating Eggs with Liquid Watercolours is Awesome

    • Easter egg decorating can be more exciting thanks to the large variety of vibrant colors available in liquid watercolors. You will not get any muted colors with this Easter craft.
    • They are so eye-catching and each one is totally unique because of the way the drops of watercolor fell.
    • Liquid watercolors, as opposed to conventional egg-dyeing kits or watercolor paint, can be used in a variety of ways, including the creation of complex designs and the testing of various painting methods.
    • Since kids will be using droppers for decorating, it becomes a fun fine motor skills activity.


    🖍️Supply Notes

    • Liquid watercolors - You can have a variety of colors or just a few basic ones that you combine to make new colors. We used green, orange, purple, pink and lime.
    • Hard-boiled eggs - Since you will not be using a food-safe dye you cannot eat these eggs after decorating them.
    • Small cups for the eggs - I use recycled applesauce or fruit cups for this step. You will use these cups to hold the liquid watercolors and to hold the egg to keep the paint from spilling.
    • Droppers - Pipettes or a clean medicine dropper will work.
    • Empty egg carton - You can place the decorated eggs here to dry.

    **Liquid watercolors are not safe to consume so these eggs are for decorative purposes only. Do not eat.**

    Liquid watercolors, cups and a dropper.


    📋Step by Step Instructions

    STEP 1: Pour some of each liquid watercolor into a separate cup.

    STEP 2: Have your child fill their dropper from the paint in the cup.

    STEP 3: Place an egg for your child to decorate in a small fruit cup and let them color the outside of the egg using the liquid watercolors and dropper.

    child squeezing a dropper

    Getting the liquid watercolors into the dropper and squeezing them out provides the bonus of fine motor exercise.

    child dropping color with a dropper on egg.

    You can really see how the fingers are working as kids squeeze out the liquid from the dropper.

    decorating Easter eggs with a dropper.

    Feel free to try a variety of colors on your eggs. This is a great way for kids to express their creativity.

    watercolor decorated eggs

    Sometimes the colors will mix to form new shades.

    STEP 4: Place the eggs in an empty egg carton to dry. They will be dry to the touch in about an hour.

    Liquid Watercolor Decorated Eggs in egg carton.

    ✂️Expert Tips

    Tip 1: Liquid watercolors are not safe to consume so these eggs are for decorative purposes only. Do not eat.

    Tip 2: This will be a messy activity so you will want to have your child wear a smock.


    🤷🏻‍♀️Craft FAQs

    Do I need to dilute the liquid watercolors for this Easter art project?

    You can dilute the liquid watercolors with water, but I chose to use them at their normal strength to get bolder colors.

    Why do I need to hardboil eggs for Easter egg activities?

    While it would be easier to use uncooked eggs since you aren't able to eat them afterward, you run the risk of a big mess should your child drop the egg when handling it. It is much easier to hardboil eggs and avoid any mess.


    💛Related posts

    • Preschool Easter Learning Game
    • Easter Egg Letter Matching Game
    • How to Make Spotted Easter Eggs
    • Shaving Cream Easter Eggs

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    🐰Craft Tutorial

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    Liquid Watercolor Decorated Eggs

    Using droppers and liquid watercolors to create vibrantly colored eggs for Easter.
    Prep Time5 mins
    Active Time10 mins
    Drying time1 hr
    Total Time1 hr 15 mins
    Author: Vicky

    Materials

    • Liquid watercolors
    • Hard-boiled eggs
    • Small cups for the eggs 
    • Droppers
    • Empty egg carton

    Instructions

    • Pour some of each liquid watercolor into a separate cup.
    • Have your child fill their dropper from the paint in the cup.
    • Place an egg for your child to decorate in a small fruit cup and let them color the outside of the egg using the liquid watercolors and dropper.
    • Place the eggs in an empty egg carton to dry. They will be dry to the touch in about an hour.

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    Notes

    •  Liquid watercolors are not safe to consume so these eggs are for decorative purposes only. Do not eat.
    • This will be a messy activity so you will want to have your child wear a smock.
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    Comments

    1. Mary Catherine

      April 17, 2014 at 10:13 pm

      My preschool students LOVED trying out this egg-dying method. They were so proud of how they turned out. 🙂

    2. pippi

      April 03, 2014 at 12:19 pm

      Is the color steadfast? Since watercolors are washable, I'd be afraid it would come off on your hands.

    3. maryanne @ mama smiles

      March 31, 2014 at 4:40 am

      Your eggs are very pretty!

    4. Boy Mama Teacher Mama

      March 31, 2014 at 2:52 am

      Will be trying this this year for sure! Thanks for sharing at After School!

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