Paint colorful paper Easter eggs with watercolor resist art for a simple and easy craft your kids will love to make! Photo updates by Andrea Martelle
Updated February 2024
Want an easy yet lovely Easter egg art activity to do with your kids?
Oil pastel resist is one of our favorite watercolor resist techniques, and probably the one we use most commonly.
So, we tried an Easter themed version of it as an art invitation for our kids to do after school.
Here’s how they used it to paint Easter egg after Easter egg.
How to Paint Paper Easter Eggs
- Watercolor paper or cardstock, cut into Easter egg shapes*
- Oil pastels or crayons
- Liquid watercolor paint (or a watercolor paint palette; we used these neon tempera cakes)
- Paint brush and water
*We cut the egg-shapes out free hand, but there are plenty of printable templates online if you would rather be a bit more precise.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Draw designs
First, draw designs on your Easter egg paper with the oil pastels. You can draw with white to have a magical reveal with the paint or use colors. We drew with neon oil pastels for a pop of color!
- Add paint!
Then, paint over your oil pastel drawing with watercolors.
- Repeat!
Make as many eggs as you’d like. If your kids are anything like ours, they’ll be cranking out the Easter eggs!
Continue drawing and painting your Easter eggs until you have enough for a bunting.
To make the bunting, we simply punched holes at the top of the eggs and tied them with twine. You can also attach them to a display wire with mini clothespins or even use washi tape to tape them up on a wall.
Try These Easy Paper Egg Crafts
- Pointillism Easter Eggs: Use watercolors and Q-tips to make dot designs on Easter egg-shaped paper.
- Shaving Cream Marbled Easter Eggs: Shaving cream marbling is a fun technique that looks great on Easter egg shapes!
- Spin Art Easter Eggs: Cut out some egg shapes and toss them in the salad spinner with paint!
- Scrape Painting Easter eggs: Create stripes and rainbows on paper eggs!
More Easter Activities for Kids
- 8 Easter Crafts for Kids this Spring
- 11 Easter Crafts Ideas for Kids
- 31 Easter Activities for Kids
- 11 Creative Easter Egg Ideas for Kids
- 5 Easter Arts and Craft Ideas for Kids
- 25 Creative Easter Basket Ideas for Kids
Want even more creative ideas?
Check out our Easter Creativity pack!
Celebrate this fun holiday with all kinds of adorable creative activities! This 32-page printable eBook is full of coloring pages, drawing prompts, games, and more!
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