Koala Easter Egg

If you're looking for a really easy Easter egg to decorate, go for this koala. This is about as easy as it gets. And it's so cute! Affiliate links below. 

Koala Easter Egg

Materials:

• white egg (raw, hardboiled, or empty)
• acrylic paint (grey)
• Sharpie (black)
• grey felt
• scissors
• craft glue

Steps: 

Paint the egg grey. When the paint is dry, draw the koala's eyes, nose, and mouth with the Sharpie. Cut a pair of ears from grey felt. Glue them in place. 

Charlie Brown Easter Egg

When I was brainstorming all these Easter eggs, the Round-Headed Kid seemed like an obvious choice.  I'm a huge Peanuts fan and have always loved Good ol' Charlie Brown. Speaking of which, can you name another fictional character that has as many nicknames as he does? Peppermint Patty calls him Chuck, Marcie calls him Charles (technically, Charlie is the nickname and Charles is his given name), and Lucy and Violet regularly call him Blockhead. Sally calls him Big Brother. Charlie Brown introduced himself as Brownie Charles to Peggy Jean, which is what she calls him. There are probably others. 

Anyway, this Charlie Brown egg is really quick and easy to decorate. Other than drying time for the paint, it only takes about five minutes to do. This post contains affiliate links. 

Charlie Brown Easter Egg

Materials:

• white egg (raw, hardboiled, or empty)
• Folk Art acrylic paint (Linen, Daffodil Yellow)
• Sharpie (black)

Steps: 

Paint the pointy end of the egg with Daffodil Yellow and the round end of the egg with Linen. When the paint is dry, use a Sharpie to draw Charlie Brown's eyes, nose, mouth, and hair squiggle. Draw a line separating his head from his shirt. Add two triangles for the shirt collar and finish with the iconic zigzag. 

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I have two more decorated eggs to share. Rather than wait until 2026, I'm going to share them next week, even though Easter will have passed. For all who celebrate, I hope you have a wonderful Easter.

Rocket Ship Easter Egg

Part of my goal while decorating all these Easter eggs was to use different materials besides traditional dye. Today's Rocket Ship Easter Egg uses paint, pens, and craft foam. Affiliate links below. 

 

Rocket Ship Easter Egg

Materials:

• white egg (raw, hardboiled, or empty)
• acrylic paint (red, black)
• Sharpies (blue, silver)
• craft foam
• scissors
• craft glue

Steps: 

Paint the pointy end of the egg red. Add a black porthole on one of the sides. 

While the paint is drying, cut out three fins from red craft foam. Cut out yellow and orange craft foam flames. 

Use a silver Sharpie to trace along the outside edge of the porthole and around the edge of the nose cone. Add a blue accent stripe, if desired. 

Glue the three fins to the bottom of the egg. Hold them in place while they dry. If you position them correctly, the egg will stand on its own. 

Add the flames under the rocket. 

Hello Kitty Easter Egg

Any Hello Kitty fans? Hello Kitty (real name: Kitty White) is a British cat, created by a Japanese designer in 1974 for the Japanese company Sanrio. She lives her parents and twin sister, Mimmy. Oddly, this family of cats has a pet cat. Hello Kitty first appeared in the United States in March 1975. I was three at the time, which explains why I don't remember a world without Hello Kitty. 

All this to say, I made a Hello Kitty Easter egg and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Affiliate links below. 

 

Hello Kitty Easter Egg

Materials:

• white egg (raw, hardboiled, or empty)
• cardboard tube
• felt (white, pink, lavender)
• scissors
• paint pen (black)
• black craft wire
• wire cutters
• craft glue

Steps: 

Cut a ring off the cardboard tube that is approximately 1.5" high. Then cut out the felt. You will need a pink rectangle that is the same height as the ring and the same length as the circumference. Cut three small scallops from that piece for the neck and sleeves. Use the pink scraps to cut two triangles and a square for the hair bow. Then cut a length of lavender felt for the shirt and two white ears. 

Glue the lavender rectangle behind the pink rectangle. Then glue the pink rectangle around the cardboard tube ring. Place the egg, rounded side up, into the ring. Use a black paint pen to draw Hello Kitty's eyes, nose, and buttons. Glue the ears and bow in place. 

Snip six short pieces of black wire for Hello Kitty's whiskers. I experimented with a lot of ways to attach them and finally found that the best way is to make a tiny bend at the end of each wire, apply glue, then hold it in place until the glue dries. This is tedious, but effective. Hot glue would be faster, but it would be visible when it dries. Superglue might be better. Faster, anyway. 

Oscar the Grouch Easter Egg

When I was making my panda Easter egg, I set it on top of a cardboard tube so it wouldn’t roll off the table. The shape reminded me of Oscar the Grouch in his garbage can. I’m a big fan of Sesame Street, so this was a really fun egg to decorate. Affiliate links below. 

Oscar the Grouch Easter Egg

Materials:

• acrylic paint (green, red, grey)
• white egg (raw, hardboiled, or empty)
• cardboard tube
• chipboard
• scissors
• paint pens
• black ink pad
• craft glue

Steps: 

Draw Oscar's eyes on the egg. Paint the egg green, leaving the eyes white. (I didn't do this and had to put multiple coats of white paint over the green. Avoid that problem.) 

Cut a circle out of chipboard to make Oscar's trash can lid. Paint the lid and the cardboard tube grey. 

Use a black paint pen to draw Oscar's mouth and pupils. Use a brown paint pen to make his eyebrows. Use acrylic paint to add a tongue on the mouth. 

With a pencil, draw vertical lines on the trash can. Draw lines on the lid so that it looks like a cut pizza. Add a line down the center of Oscar's tongue. 

Rub a little bit of black ink onto a tissue or cotton ball. Rub it randomly on the trash can and lid so that it looks scuffed up. 

Place Oscar in his garbage can, then glue the lid to the back of his head.