Make A Speckled Easter Egg Craft with Kids

I wanted to share an easy tutorial for making your own DIY Speckled Eggs this spring. These are obviously great for Easter décor, but honestly, I’m planning to keep them out all spring … and maybe even longer! They are simple and inexpensive to make, and they look darling. This method would work great for decorating real eggs at Easter time too. Extra fun if you raise chickens with your kids too.

Be sure to visit our round-up of Easter events, a Guide to Charlottesville Easter brunches, enjoy a recipe for Greek Easter bread, visit baby goats on a farm and find a Springtime Festival the whole family will enjoy.

all the craffting supplies assembled for speckled Easter egg craft to make with kids

Materials for Speckled Easter Egg Craft

I gathered my ingredients at under $5.00 for 12; they are super budget-friendly.

Here’s what I used:

DIY Easter eggs
Waverly chalk paint in “Pool” and the “Antique Wax”
Brushes
Paper towels
Paper to protect your work surface

How to Paint Speckled Easter Egg Craft

When I say easy, I mean e-a-s-y. These eggs take mere minutes. No boiling, or any of that nonsense. And, because they’re fake, they’ll last forever!

Step 1:

Paint the egg the blue base color. (By the time I painted the next egg, the first one was almost dry and ready for touchups.)

Step 2:

Lightly brush paint over any fingerprint areas, and let the eggs dry completely. These only take a couple of minutes if you are light-handed with the paint. Obviously, if you put on heavier coats your dry time will increase.

Step 3:

Once you’re comfortable with the flick, start flicking the dark paint onto your eggs. You’ll need to wait a few minutes between rotations to allow the drops to dry before you turn your egg. I turned mine three times to cover the whole egg. You can add as many or as few speckles as you like. (Some folks recommend a toothbrush for this part, you just flick the brush with your fingers to “spray” it onto the eggs.)

Speckled Egg Craft Variation with Wax

Blue egg speckled with brown, easter craft, displayed on floral plates with white flowers

So here’s a quick funny story, I was in the craft aisle picking up the paints (which I love so much since they are less than $5 each by the way!) and my daughter was distracting me with the typical “mommy, can I get this, or this, or this, or this, or this…” It’s a never-ending stream of that, especially in the craft area. And who can blame her, I feel the same way! Anyway, I was trying to concentrate and pick out the paints. I thought I was grabbing brown paint only to get home and discover I had grabbed brown antique wax. Really?! Ah, well…

The secret to the “speckle” effect is to put your paint on your brush and lightly flick it over your eggs. Be careful to not have your brush loaded up with too much paint, or your spots might get a little too big.

I decided to give it a try with the wax since I did like the color, so I mixed a bit of antique wax (which is pretty liquidy) with a little bit of water in a small glass jar. I put it on a brush and flicked it on a paper towel a few times to get the color I wanted (and to practice the flicking).

They are perfectly imperfect, and I’m quite delighted with the finished project!

Find more spring project fun with our Greek Easter Bread Recipe, visit a Spring Festival in Central Virginia, explore the botanical art of Lara Call Gastinger or visit an art studio where you craft your own masterpiece with the kids.

JENNIFER CARROLL MARTIN is our home and garden editor. With over thirty years of experience in decorating warm and welcoming homes as well as designing extraordinary celebrations in her hometown of Charlottesville, plus New York City and Beverly Hills, Jennifer has helped busy moms and busy celebrities live and celebrate in style. She is a wife, mom, avid baker, decorator, gardening enthusiast, photographer, and author of Harry Potter: Feasts & Festivities: An Official Book of Magical Celebrations, Crafts, and Party Food Inspired by the Wizarding World.