Easy Decoupaged Easter Eggs with Mini Hole Punch Shapes

For really eye-catching Easter Eggs, try dyeing, then découpaging.

Find full instructions below.

For the dye, use food coloring drops, boiling water and vinegar, mixed. Give the boiled eggs a rubdown with vinegar before putting them in the dyebath, and they take the color more intensely. Click here for the best dyebath recipes and instructions.

For the découpage, use origami paper and tiny shaped hole punches. The origami paper is just the right weight — try punching out shapes in the spectrum of colors. Put some Mod Podge in a bowl, and use a sponge brush to apply Mod Podge to a section of the egg. Add the punched shapes (they’ll stick to the Mod Podge), then coat them again with more Mod Podge to secure them in place.

This is a great project for kids — not too messy and you can’t really get it wrong.

P.S. — When we made the eggs in these photos (April 6, 2007), my older 3 kids and I went through 4 dozen eggs and were still going strong, but then the babies woke up from their naps which meant the whole production had to be put away. I remember wishing I had reserved a dozen eggs to work on just by myself. It was very therapeutic. And pretty much every color combination and pattern had some merit about it, so the work was very satisfying as well.