Speckled Eggs DIY Craft
These faux speckled eggs are an easy to make, inexpensive and festive craft perfect for Spring and Easter decorating. Because the eggs are wooden, you can make some today and enjoy them for years to come!
If you’re looking for Easter egg ideas, you’ve come to the right place! Today I’ve teamed up with some blogger friends for an Easter Egg Blog Hop. There are links to all of their blogs at the end of this post. Many thanks to Janet from A Life of Balance for hosting!
Speckled Eggs DIY Craft
Supply List
- wooden eggs (I found mine at Michaels)
- light blue paint (I used Dixie Belle paint in Dixie Belle Blue)
- brown paint (I used Dixie Belle in Chocolate)
- small paintbrush
- toothbrush
How to Make Speckled Eggs
Step 1.
Paint half of an egg with blue paint. Put the eggs in an egg carton painted side up so they can dry.
Step 2.
When the paint has dried (usually in 30 minutes) paint the unpainted halves of the eggs. Put them back into the egg carton again to dry.
Step 3.
Wet a toothbrush, then dip it into brown paint. Practice first by flicking the paint with your thumb onto a paper towel. It takes some trial and error to arrive at the right ratio of water and paint. It there’s too much water, it will be runny. If there’s too much paint, you won’t get the little specks. When you’re ready, flick the paint off the toothbrush onto the eggs. Let dry before speckling the underside.
Style and admire your speckled eggs! I put mine under a cloche atop a bed of reindeer moss with a fern.
More Ways to Style Speckled Eggs
- Put them in a nest atop a stack of old books.
- Place inside a vintage birdcage filled with plants and faux birds.
- Add to a box of wheatgrass with faux butterflies.
- Design a shadowbox with speckled eggs, bird figurines, flowers and other pretty items.
- Arrange in a decorative bowl filled with raffia.
More Spring and Easter Decor Ideas
How to Make Fabric Covered Easter Eggs
How to Make a Faux Grass Spring Decor Box
How to Style an Easter Tiered Tray
A Bird Themed Tablescape to Welcome Spring
Pretty in Pink Easter Tablescape
How to Make an Easy Spring Hoop Macrame Wreath
Speckled Eggs DIY Craft
These faux speckled eggs are an easy to make, inexpensive and festive craft perfect for Spring and Easter decorating. Because the eggs are wooden, you can make some today and enjoy them for years to come!
Materials
- wooden eggs (I found mine at Michaels)
- light blue paint (I used Dixie Belle paint in Dixie Belle Blue)
- brown paint (I used Dixie Belle in Chocolate)
Tools
- small paintbrush
- toothbrush
Instructions
1. Paint half of an egg with blue paint. Put the eggs in an egg carton painted side up so they can dry.
2. When the paint has dried (usually in 30 minutes) paint the unpainted halves of the eggs. Put them back into the egg carton again to dry.
3. Wet a toothbrush, then dip it into brown paint. Practice first by flicking the paint with your thumb onto a paper towel. It takes some trial and error to arrive at the right ratio of water and paint. It there's too much water, it will be runny. If there's too much paint, you won't get the little specks. When you're ready, flick the paint off the toothbrush onto the eggs. Let dry before speckling the underside.
4. Style and Enjoy!
I hope you liked my DIY speckled eggs. Now it’s time to check out the Easter egg crafts my friends have created. Get ready to be inspired!
Easter Egg Blog Tour
More Amazing Easter Egg Inspiration
Click the links below the images to go straight to their posts. ENJOY!
Chalking Up Success // My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia // Bluesky at Home
The Everyday Farmhouse // Saved from Salvage // Zucchini Sisters // Cottage on Bunker Hill
This Dear Casa // A Life Unfolding // A Life of Balance
Rebecca – I love these. I can only imagine I’d be repainting them 3x after trying to do the speckles. I need to try these because the speckled effect is a favorite. Thanks for hopping!
These are wonderful Rebecca! I paid $30 for 6 eggs from Pottery Barn a few years ago and yours are even more realistic looking. Thanks for joining the hop.
Speckled eggs are so pretty and I love how easy yours are to make! I am going to try these.
Rebecca, your speckled Easter eggs are precious. I am so impressed by your method of painting and drying the eggs ~ it’s brilliant! You should patent it. Love using the cloche for display.
Your eggs came out perfect!! I love the blue. I’m going to try these.
I love these speckled eggs, Rebecca! They look so realistic! Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
These are perfect I just love the shade of blue, so beautiful!
These are perfect! I haven’t done this technique in quite a while.
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Ooh, I love your speckled eggs, Rebecca! The colour is gorgeous, and the speckles look so natural. I love that you gave so many examples of how to display DIY Easter eggs too, thanks for those great ideas!
I just love these! The speckled look is one of my favorites! I wondered how to get that effect…a toothbrush, brilliant!