Sugar covered plastic easter eggs for painting

This Easter skip on real eggs and make sugar-covered plastic eggs to paint and decorate instead.

Currently, there is a shortage of eggs around us due to the Covid-19 quarantine. We have been at home for a week, and although it is challenging, I am grateful that we are still healthy and finding ways to stay busy. Our kids are still little, and although we can’t celebrate Easter Sunday with the rest of our family, I want to make something at home that is fun and special. Also, let me be honest. I have never liked the idea of using hard-boiled eggs for dyeing. There, I got that off my chest. I just think it’s wasteful. The only person I have ever seen snack on the eggs after decorating is my toddler. I rather use the eggs for deviled eggs or a yummy breakfast skillet, but I do love the crafty tradition. That is why I came up with a simple solution. If you have little ones at home, then I am sure you have all the supplies to make these sugar-covered plastic Easter eggs too.

Supplies

This list yields a dozen sugar-covered plastic Easter eggs. Below is my helper, Spaghetti making sure I have all my supplies.

• 12 Plastic Easter eggs
• 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup of Elmer’s glue
• 12 Skewers
• Small foam brush
• Cake pop stand or something to hold skewers in place while they dry.

Instructions

Most plastic Easter eggs have one or two small holes at the bottom, make sure yours have holes too, or this craft will get messy.

1. Insert a skewer at the bottom of the egg. Make sure it is not wobbling too much.
2. Next, dip the foam brush into Elmer’s glue and cover the entire egg with it. Try not to leave any thick lines or empty spots, the smoother, the better.
3. Now, dip or use a spoon to sprinkle the sugar on the plastic egg. Lightly tap to remove any excess sugar.
4. Set the skewer on the cake pop stand to dry the egg and repeat.

Prepare the Paint

While the eggs dry, pick your favorite finger painting colors and dilute a dollop of each with a few drops of water. You don’t need much paint, as you can see I used a small paint palette for our activity. In my opinion, this is the best part! The traditional dyes are always so messy and stain everything. By diluting the paint, you create a watercolor effect on the eggs that is fun to use and easy to clean.

Time to Paint your sugar covered Easter eggs

Put out the paintbrushes and get to work. These eggs are just as fun to decorate and absorb the paint way faster. Remind your kids that these sugary eggs are not for snacking. I caught my little boy licking one, while I was mixing the paint. Finally, let the eggs dry. My kids want to keep them forever and I still haven’t decided if that is a good idea, after all, we do save our sugar skulls. You can save them or wash them off with warm water. All the paint, sugar and glue should come right off.

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