Made by my wife, Mollie. The back side reads, “Jeshua the True Passover Lamb.”
As a family of artists, we have always enjoyed decorating Easter eggs during the Easter/Passover season. We blow out the yolks and date them, so they are kind of biographical. Some are expressions of faith, and some are just silly. Here a few of my favorites, with some notes on how they were made.
Pug egg. Egg dye and acrylic paint. Stomach says, “Puppies on the way…” to memorialize the year we bred our pug. Painted by me using egg dye and acrylic paint.
I wouldn’t say I’m a cat person, but
I made this years ago for a contest at
work when I was employed at Hallmark.
I used egg dye and color pencil. The
ears and tail are made from a kitchen
sponge painted to match.
I often use 3 dimensional fabric paint
because I like the texture and the way the paint stands up when it is dry. It’s also easier to use than a brush when writing words. (The paint also unexpectedly created the halo around the rooster.)
The rooster seems like an appropriate Easter image to me because of Peter’s denial of Jesus on Passover night, before the cock crowed.
Here’s another image that most people probably don’t usually associate with Easter:
(The white lines were scratched in with a pin.)
My wife loves avocados, (and so do I,) so I made this one for her. Plus avocados are kind of already like eggs:
Here are some of my favorites using different media. The top one is egg dye with a fine point Sharpie marker. Mollie used house paint on the middle one. For the bottom one she used bleach with a Q-tip on a dyed egg, and then a Sharpie.
Have you heard of the Easter Armadillo? Me neither, but I just like Armadillos. This was made using a wax crayon resist over a light color dye, and then putting the egg back into a darker dye, with marker on top:
One more. The back of this one quotes 
1 Corinthians 15:20, “In fact Christ has
been raised from the dead, the first fruits
of those who have fallen asleep.”
Remarkably, Jesus was resurrected on the Jewish feast of Early First Fruits. The
resurrection of Jesus is the promise
of a greater harvest yet to come. What an
amazing promise to ponder!
May you and your family have a
joyous Easter/Passover!
(You can see more of our decorated
eggs if you follow me on Pinterest…)
Scott, these are exquisite! Thanks for sharing them!
Thank you for the kind words, Trisha. Of course, we have plenty of not so exquisite ones as well. Maybe I’ll post them next year?
Yeah…ummm…I’m not going to let my kids see this. They’d be pretty disappointed with what their dad comes up with tomorrow afternoon.
“This is an orange egg I made by dropping it a cup with vinegar and an orange colored fizzy tablet.”
Oh, man – an orange egg is a GREAT idea! Just draw a little navel on it, a stem on the opposite side, put a Sunkist sticker on it, and it would be hilarious!
Thanks.
Had so much fun blowing out eggs for some of my grandchildren this year…but the decorating left a lot to be desired. Thanks for the inspiration and good ideas for next year!
You’re welcome. I look forward to having grandkids who can blow out eggs for me. (It puts a damper on the festivities when the adults are passed out on the floor from trying to blow out eggs.)