One of our favorite Easter crafts is this oil pastel and watercolor egg art project based on the story, Rechenka’s Eggs. It’s fun for a wide variety of ages and is the perfect way to decorate your home for Easter!
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I absolutely LOVE the book, Rechenka’s Eggs
Materials for Easter Craft
- Watercolor paper
- Oil pastels
- Watercolors and paintbrush
- Scissors
- Rechenka’s Eggs (optional)
Directions for Easter Craft
1. Draw or trace a large egg shape on your paper. (I printed this one out and then traced it onto the back of an old cereal box so the kids would have a sturdy egg shape to trace.)
2. Use oil pastels to draw and color designs on your eggs. Lucy, Theo and I studied the beautiful eggs in Rechenka’s Eggs
3. Use watercolors to paint over your designs and let dry.
4. Let your Easter egg craft dry.
5. Once they’re dry you can cut them out and hang them somewhere special!
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Vicky @ Mess For Less says
March 19, 2013 at 7:51 amLove your take on the book. The colors on the eggs are so vibrant. Just pinned!
Chelsey says
March 19, 2013 at 7:47 pmThank you, Vicky! I do love how the colors turned out!
Mary Catherine says
March 19, 2013 at 5:39 pmBeautiful, and I love how the craft is related to such a wonderful book!
Mary Catherine of Fun-A-Day!
Kristen S- Craft Gossip says
March 19, 2013 at 6:33 pmI love the way these turned out!! Can’t wait to try it with my littles! Happy Easter!!
http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/?p=7814
Chelsey says
March 19, 2013 at 7:44 pmThank you so much, Kristen! Happy Easter!
Hannah says
March 20, 2013 at 6:57 amThese are beautiful! I love combining abook and art! I’d love it if you’d share your post with us at Eco-Kids Tuesday Link-Up
Tracey@We-Made-That says
March 20, 2013 at 11:53 amI need to get that book! And those eggs came out so pretty! Love them hanging from the mantel! Thanks for sharing on We Made That!
Julie Grasso says
March 21, 2013 at 2:02 pmWow, this is such a great idea and a beautiful book. We will have to check it out. Thanks so much for linking in to the Kid Lit Blog Hop. We hope to see you again soon. Cheers Julie Grasso
piwimama says
March 22, 2013 at 11:47 pmThey are so beautiful!
Chelsey says
March 24, 2013 at 7:37 pmThank you! We love seeing them every morning above our fireplace!
Alexia Francesconi says
March 23, 2014 at 9:18 amLoved the designs! Looks like you three were having a great time!
Nice to do with kids…I think I’ll try it with mine!
Alexia F!