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March 17, 2013 By Chelsey 20 Comments

Easter Craft for Kids: Easter Egg Art Inspired by Rechenka’s Eggs

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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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Easter Craft for Kids Based on the Story, Rechenka's Eggs

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I absolutely LOVE the book, Rechenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco! It’s such a beautiful story about kindness, friendship, and forgiveness and full of the most beautiful illustrations. The kids and I have been reading it over and over the last few days. Since we have been mesmerized by all the beautiful eggs in the book, we decided to make our own patterned eggs using paper, oil pastels and watercolors to decorate our home for Easter!

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 for inspiration.

 

Easter craft based on Rechenka's Eggs

 

3. Use watercolors to paint over your designs and let dry.

 

Using oil pastels and watercolors for Easter egg craft

 

4. Let your Easter egg craft dry.

 

Easter Craft for Kids: Oil Pastel & Watercolor Eggs Based on the Story, Rechenka's Eggs

 

5. Once they’re dry you can cut them out and hang them somewhere special!

 

Easter Craft for Kids: Oil Pastel & Watercolor Eggs Based on the Story, Rechenka's Eggs

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Comments

  1. Vicky @ Mess For Less says

    March 19, 2013 at 7:51 am

    Love your take on the book. The colors on the eggs are so vibrant. Just pinned!

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      March 19, 2013 at 7:47 pm

      Thank you, Vicky! I do love how the colors turned out!

      Reply
  2. Mary Catherine says

    March 19, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    Beautiful, and I love how the craft is related to such a wonderful book!

    Mary Catherine of Fun-A-Day!

    Reply
  3. Kristen S- Craft Gossip says

    March 19, 2013 at 6:33 pm

    I love the way these turned out!! Can’t wait to try it with my littles! Happy Easter!!

    http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/?p=7814

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      March 19, 2013 at 7:44 pm

      Thank you so much, Kristen! Happy Easter!

      Reply
  4. Hannah says

    March 20, 2013 at 6:57 am

    These 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

    Reply
  5. Tracey@We-Made-That says

    March 20, 2013 at 11:53 am

    I 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!

    Reply
  6. Julie Grasso says

    March 21, 2013 at 2:02 pm

    Wow, 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

    Reply
  7. piwimama says

    March 22, 2013 at 11:47 pm

    They are so beautiful!

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      March 24, 2013 at 7:37 pm

      Thank you! We love seeing them every morning above our fireplace!

      Reply
  8. Alexia Francesconi says

    March 23, 2014 at 9:18 am

    Loved 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!

    Reply

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