This post shares modern Easter egg decorating ideas. My monochrome painted wooden easter eggs are sure to inspire you if you’re a little non-traditional 🙂
Modern Easter Egg Decorating Ideas
Popping in today to share a project that it actually took me longer to photograph than it took me to make! One day I was really wanting to do a small painting craft, so Mike took R down to the park for about a half hour so I could get a little crafting therapy in.
I didn’t have any plans or projects on the to-do list, but I had some plain wood eggs I’d picked up, as well as some paints and brushes from my craft stash. So I just started painting for fun. I’m sharing the five painted wood egg ideas I came up with on the fly.r
Want to dye eggs? Check out my post on how to dye eggs with food coloring and create a marbled effect with shaving cream!
![plain wooden easter egg](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-4.jpeg.webp)
![bottles of acrylic paint on a table](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-18.jpeg.webp)
![painted wooden easter eggs](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-23.jpeg.webp)
![painted wooden easter egg](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-25.jpeg.webp)
Here’s what I used:
- Wooden eggs
- DecoArt acrylic paint in White
- DecoArt acrylic paint in Black
- Galaxy Glitter by DecoArt in Clear Ice Comet
- Small brushes
- Frogtape
And here are 5 modern Easter egg decorating ideas.
1. Black Dipped Effect
For the black dipped effect, I used Frogtape and black paint to paint only the top portion of an egg. Yep, it’s that easy for this one. But I love the combo of the black and the natural wood.
![wooden egg with painter's tape on it laying on a table with a paint brush](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-6.jpeg.webp)
![painting a wooden egg](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-7.jpeg.webp)
![removing painter's tape from a wooden egg](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-8.jpeg.webp)
2. All White Shimmer
For the all white shimmer, I painted an egg using white paint, then once that dried I used two coats of DecoArt’s Galaxy Glitter in Clear Ice Comet. This glitter paint is subtle. The glitter is a bit holographic, so it doesn’t hit you in the face.
![painting a wooden egg](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-11.jpeg.webp)
![DecoArt galaxy glitter paint and paint brush on a table](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-12.jpeg.webp)
![painting a wooden egg](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-17.jpeg.webp)
3. Lady Egg
For the lady egg, I used a fine-tip paint brush and black paint to paint a face design on to an egg. You could stop here, but once that paint was dry, I put on a thin coat of the DecoArt Galaxy Glitter in Clear Ice Comet. I put this paint only on the painted eyelashes and lips, though. A little glam, a little draggy. Perfect.
![wooden egg with a face painted on it](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-5.jpeg.webp)
![wooden egg with a face painted on it](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-16.jpeg.webp)
4. Dipped White Shimmer Egg
I loved the overall white shimmer effect, so I decided to try a dipped effect on the bottom of am egg. I used Frogtape, white paint, and the Galaxy Glitter paint to “dip” the bottom of an egg. This one is a combo of number 1 and number 2 in this post.
![painting a wooden egg](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-15.jpeg.webp)
![painting a wooden egg](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-14.jpeg.webp)
5. Dipped Brush Stroke Black
For this one, I did a brush stroke effect. But I kind of hated it, so I decided to do a dipped brush stroke effect using black paint. You don’t have to keep DIYs you hate. 🙂
![painting a wooden egg](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-9.jpeg.webp)
![painting a wooden egg black](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-10.jpeg.webp)
And here are some glam shots of all five final eggs. I think they look adorable, and this was a really great spontaneous craft session! Not too shabby for a quick little 30 minutes while monster mo was at the park with Mike.
![modern painted easter eggs laying on a table](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-19.jpeg.webp)
![modern painted easter eggs laying on a table](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-20.jpeg.webp)
![modern painted easter eggs laying on a table](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-26.jpeg.webp)
![modern painted easter eggs laying on a table](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-21.jpeg.webp)
![modern painted easter eggs laying on a table](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-27.jpeg.webp)
![modern painted easter eggs laying on a table](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Modern-Easter-Egg-Decorating-Ideas-22.jpeg.webp)
For more simple projects to do with kids, check out my piggy bank jar upcycle, my DIY sidewalk chalk paint experiments, and my tutorial for how to make a glitter sensory bottle!
Share my modern Easter egg decorating ideas on Pinterest
![pinnable graphic about modern easter egg decorating ideas with images and text overlay](https://letscraftinstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/modern-easter-egg-decorating-ideas-by-Brittany-Goldwyn-Pinterest2-683x1024-1.jpeg.webp)