Easter is on its way and I am very much looking forward to it. I’m ready for the bright colors, the pastels, and anything with spring green. And I am helping it along with the bright tones of these Salt Dough Easter Egg Ornaments.
EASY DIY SALT DOUGH EASTER EGGS
Salt dough lends itself to all sorts of shape making. Once baked to thoroughly dry, the dough is hard and can last for years. The dough is also paintable which makes it all the more fun.
I love the tradition of an Easter Tree — a branch on which to hang eggs, bunnies and colorful bits. Part of this batch of Salt Dough Easter Eggs will hang on our tree but I hope to hang some outside too. You see, if a spray paint or clear spray paint sealer is used, these ornaments can hung outside and inside alike.
I think seeing bright bits of color amidst the early spring landscape would be lovely, don’t you? Let’s get started.
Salt Dough Easter Eggs – Supply List
– batch or two of salt dough (see below)
– rolling pin
– ruler, to measure dough thickness
– egg shape cutter
– spatula
– straw, for making holes
– parchment-paper covered baking sheets
– spray or acrylic paint
– paint pens, optional
– clear coat sealer, optional
– twine, ribbon
Recipe for Salt Dough Easter Eggs
Mix up your favorite salt dough recipe. For this project, I used the following recipe:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
Stir together all three ingredients until a dough forms. Kneading the dough a couple times can help make it smoother.
Roll it out (I rolled mine to 1/4 inch thick) and cut out desired shapes.
Place the salt dough Easter eggs on the parchment-covered baking sheets. Remember to make a hole so you can hang the ornaments — a straw works perfectly!
Bake at 250F for 2 hours.
Directions for Salt Dough Easter Eggs
Once the shapes are adequately baked, dried and then thoroughly cooled, it’s painting time. I like using spray paint because it’s faster and easier but acrylics work just as well.
Allow the paint to thoroughly dry. Use paint pens to add polka dots or lines of decorations to the eggs. Optional: To further protect the color and design, add a clear coat sealer.
Loop twine or ribbon through the holes and hang.
Hooray! Your Salt Dough Easter Eggs are finished. It’s feeling more spring like already!
P.S. — Adorable Painted Egg Cartons. And favorite craft supplies.
Credits: Photos by Amy Christie for Design Mom.
Sarah
March 11, 2013 at 8:41 amThese are really cute. I remember making little branch trees like this as a kid. We’d cut out paper hearts and write our wishes for spring on them. Maybe it’s a tradition I need to carry on with my little girl too!
amy c
March 18, 2013 at 9:13 amI like the wishes for spring! I have a few of my own. :)
Shannon { A Mom's Year }
March 11, 2013 at 10:28 amWe’ve always had Easter trees, too, but I never thought of salt dough eggs. Great idea! Maybe this will get us feeling more spring-ish–we’re covered in snow, too. :)
Melissa
March 11, 2013 at 11:20 amThese are so adorable! I pinned this and then came to your site to see how you painted your perfect polka dots and stripes. I love the idea of using paint pens! We’re going to make these today.
amy c
March 18, 2013 at 9:14 amI hope you had fun making them!
Tracy D
March 3, 2017 at 5:59 amGabrielle – PLEASE update this post to add a warning for dog owners. Salt dough is very dangerous and DEADLY for dogs! Please keep salt dough way up high away from dogs, the salt smell will lure your dog and they like the salty taste but the high salt content can kill them.
Caroline{Creative Party Themes}
March 11, 2013 at 11:32 amWhat a fun (and easy!) craft for the kiddos! We usually have about 15-20 children at our home on Easter and we’re always looking for fun new crafts to keep everyone busy in the afternoon. I think we’ll have to try this one this year. We shared this as a pin as well. Thanks for sharing!
Mandy Byron
March 12, 2013 at 1:10 amI love these! Can’t wait to make some with my son. Thanks!
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March 12, 2013 at 1:20 pmI too remember your “Easter tree”. Your Mom was so great about decorating for the seasons, and for the children. I am thinking about making these for some spring color, and grandchildren fun. Thanks Amy!
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March 18, 2013 at 9:15 amIt would be fun to do some all together!
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March 13, 2013 at 12:26 pmThanks for sharing! Just made these with my girls and I can’t wait to get our tree up :)
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March 19, 2013 at 9:14 pmI was wondering if anyone has done these with the kids coloring the eggs with markers? Are the eggs too breakable for young kids to decorate with markers?
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March 20, 2013 at 12:36 pmMarkers are perfect Amanda! As young ones, we colored our fair share with markers too. :)
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March 23, 2013 at 9:10 amMy grandaughters and I are making these this afternoon to decorate next weekend!!! Love the idea. Thanks for pinning it!!!
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March 24, 2013 at 12:39 pmThanks for such a cute idea! My grandmother always had an Easter tree, and now I know just how to pass the tradition along to my son! Will be making these today!
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March 28, 2013 at 2:10 pmjust made these, my daughter is having a party tomorrow and thought this would be cute for the little girls to decorate. unfortunately after following the directions as written, the eggs bubbled up and turned brown while baking. i am still trying to spray paint them but they sure didn’t turn out like the ones in the pin :/
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March 30, 2015 at 3:59 pmmine did the exactly same thing :(
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May 2, 2013 at 2:39 pmWould these be okay to use as decorations outside?
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May 2, 2013 at 2:56 pmMost definitely Lyn! Especially if you use spray paint!
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December 8, 2013 at 3:40 pmWhat kind of knot did you secure the twine with?
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February 19, 2014 at 6:10 amI love these! We made them last year but set them on newspaper for spray painting. The paper stuck to the eggs. So lesson learned, we are going to try them again this year, here’s hoping they turn out better.
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March 9, 2014 at 2:31 pmYou may have covered this and I missed it, but do you paint the eggs before you bake them, or after? And what types of spray paint do you use? Can you use the apple barrel craft paints or a nicer acrylic paint? Or will anything work? Thanks so much!! Excited about trying out this project :)
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April 3, 2015 at 8:52 amThe recipe worked great in my case. For those who use C instead of F, baking the eggs at 120 C for 2 hours gave excellent results. If you do not want to have air pockets building up, you may try to make the dough thinner: 1/4 inch thickness did not do the trick for me, so I made them thinner. Once painted and thoroughly dried, they came out pretty sturdy.
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April 7, 2015 at 3:17 amThanks for such a cute idea! My grandmother always had an Easter tree, and now I know just how to pass the tradition along to my son! Will be making these today!
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January 25, 2016 at 12:55 pmHi there! These are so cute. How many eggs did you get out of one batch?
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March 26, 2016 at 9:43 amThis is such a cool and pretty DIY for easter. Totally sharing this one. <3
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September 17, 2016 at 12:35 pmI love making DIY stuff and this one seems to be great to make indeed and love what you do gal!
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