How to Make Speckled Easter Eggs

It is a lot of fun to make speckled Easter eggs. This variation on colored Easter eggs results in beautifully decorated eggs, but the process is very messy. Follow these easy steps to speckle contrasting colors on dyed or natural hard-boiled eggs for Easter.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Egg dye
• Containers for the Easter egg dye
• Food coloring if desired
• Paint - craft, tempera or watercolor
• Old tooth brushes
• Cut off paper cups

1. Hard boil the eggs as you would for your regular Easter eggs.

2. Decide whether to color the eggs. Speckled Easter eggs are attractive in their natural color, but are also very pretty if you dye them and speckle the eggs in a contrasting color.

3. Cover your work surface with newspaper. It's a good idea to cover yourself too.

4. Place Easter egg dye or paint into small containers such as cut off paper cups.

5. Dip an old toothbrush into the Easter egg dye, food coloring or paint. It's best to use a color that contrasts with the egg color.

6. Use your thumb or finger and run it over the top of the toothbrush bristles. This will splatter the dye or paint onto the eggs in small droplets of color.

7. Wash the toothbrush, or use a different old toothbrush, and repeat the splattering with a different color on the same egg, if desired. Repeat the process on the other eggs using any color combinations that you like.

Tips & Warnings

• Continue speckling with different colors to achieve the look you want.
• Let speckles dry before adding more colors to keep them from running.

Resources

• Visit this website for other great ways to decorate Easter eggs.
• Go here for more craft ideas.

[aliciaanswers]

on 4/9/2009 Speckled Easter eggs look so beautiful when done in muted tones..but I never knew how to make them..great article!