Adorn your eggs with miscellaneous craft supplies, using white or craft glue to attach. Items to try: sequins, buttons, glitter, beads, stickers or even color with markers. Get wild!

12. Rubber Band Eggs:

Wrap elastic bands around hard cooked eggs making a random pattern, and then drop them in food-coloring dye. (Tip: If the rubber bands pop off the egg, try using thicker ones or wrap them more loosely.) Remove eggs from dye, pat dry with paper towels and wait until they are completely dry before removing the rubber bands. The parts of the egg covered with rubber bands will not be colored. Once the rubber bands are removed, you can drop the egg into a different color dye, if desired.

13. Tie-Dyed Eggs:

Make up several colored dyes with food coloring or egg dye. Be sure they are strong solutions (about 2 Tablespoons of water to a tablet of dye). Add two or three drops of vinegar to each color for staying power. Now, dampen a piece of cloth with water and wrap it around the egg. With an eye dropper, drop spots of different colors of dye on the cloth. Twist the cloth tightly around the egg so the colors blend together. Gently unwrap the egg and let it dry.

14. Cheesecloth Eggs:

Wrap eggs tightly in cheesecloth and then color as usual with a dark egg dye. You'll be amazed at the intricate and beautiful designs the cheesecloth leaves behind. You will need one package of cheesecloth, which can be purchased either at a grocery store or craft store. Cut a square big enough so that the whole piece can be twist-tied together, completely encasing the egg. Make sure to pull the cloth tight enough so that the weave opens up to make a distinct pattern. Then using either commercial or homemade dye, color the egg for just a few minutes, remove and dry on paper towels. Wait until egg is completely dry to unwrap. Darker dyes show up the best.

15. Waxing Eggs:

Drip wax from a lit taper candle onto the egg. After the wax is set, drop the egg into food coloring dye. Remove from dye and pat dry. You can scrape the wax off and dip into another dye, or leave the wax on if you wish.

16. Batik Eggs:

Cut out designs from masking tape and stick them onto your egg. Dip the eggs into dye. When they are dry remove the masking tape. You can repeat the process by sticking on new cutouts and re-dipping the egg. You can overlap some of the colors for variety. Be sure to start with the lightest dye and work your way to the darker ones. If you want to keep an area a particular color, cover it with masking tape.

17. The Great Rub-Off:

The only other material you'll need to make these fancy eggs is strong glue like Rubber Cement. Once the eggs have been hard-cooked and dried, hold one egg in your hand and drip glue onto the egg's surface. You can drip the glue carefully to make a particular pattern, or you can let the glue drip freely for an abstract effect. Place the egg on a stand that will allow the glue to dry without getting too smudged (an egg carton will work). Once the glue has dried, place the eggs in your prepared dye mixtures. Once the eggs have become tinted to your liking, remove them from the water and rub the glue off of the eggs completely. The glue will rub off with a little effort, leaving the white of the egg shining through.

18. The Tissue Trick:

No dyes or paints needed for this technique! Simply dampen the white egg. Crumple up small pieces of bright-color tissue paper and dab on to the egg. Pigments in the tissue paper will come off, giving you a delicate, sponged look.

19. Stars of the Show:

Dye egg first. Stick on gummed or adhesive back metallic or colored stars.

20. Victorian Pictorial:

Dye egg first. Use tacky glue or rubber cement to glue on silhouettes of any kinds. Either cut your own from origami paper or purchase black, precut silhouettes from craft shops.

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30+ Easter Egg Decorating Ideas Decorating Easter Eggs with Natural Dyes, Paints, Collage, Batik, Stickers, Stamps, Etching, Decoupage, Confetti and many more creative ideas!

30+ Easter Egg Decorating Ideas
Decorating Easter Eggs with Natural Dyes, Paints, Collage, Batik, Stickers, Stamps, Etching, Decoupage, Confetti and many more creative ideas!