Paint-Filled Easter Egg Activity

I’m a boy-mom: the more active and messy we can get, the better.

So, this Easter activity was a perfect fit for Jackson. Paint? Check! Throwing eggs? Check! Let’s get into it:

Paint-Filled Egg Throwing

Thankfully, our family has some egg-laying ducks, because as I’m writing this, I know the price for a dozen eggs has peaked in the last year. I had this activity in mind for a few weeks, so as we ate duck eggs for breakfast I saved the shells. Maybe try some extra egg recipes this week to collect your own.

I cracked the eggs open at the top, to have a circular opening at the top for the paint. I washed the eggs with hot water and soap then let them dry out in an empty egg carton.

After the eggs were dry, I poured paint in each one. I used DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paints. I did add a little water to the paints to make a mixture that spread a little better on our canvas. You could also easily use washable paints.

Typically I’ve seen this activity done using a canvas, but being the cheapskate I am, I scrounged around my craft room and found an unused matte board. This activity could work just as well on a cardboard box if you also don’t want to spend the money.

After setting up the eggs, I told Jackson we had a new game to play. He was immediately interested once he saw the eggs. With the first throw, he just splashed the paint out of the shell without throwing the egg. Once I told him he got to smash the entire egg…well he’s a boy, so I had him at the word “smash”.

Duck egg shells are a little harder than a typical chicken egg, so he really had to throw these to get the shell to crack. Once he got the hang of it, he was all in!

We don’t mind getting messy at our house, but if you don’t want clothes to get dirty I recommend changing before this! Overall, this was a great activity and now we also have a cool piece of art for our play area.

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