Make An Easy Easter Egg Wreath DIY With Real Eggs

Step 1: Easter Egg Wreath Supplies

Step 2: How to Prep Eggs for Use in Decorating a Wreath

If you’re using real eggs in your Easter wreath, the starting point is to prep them first. Raw eggs or hard-boiled eggs will spoil after a week or so.

Personally, if I’m putting time and energy into making a craft project, I want it to last so that I can reuse it. If that’s you too, then you’ll need to clean the eggs out first.

Here’s a tutorial on how to clean your eggs properly before decorating. In brief, you need to:

• Make a small hole in the top and the bottom of the egg
• Use a toothpick to break up the yolk inside
• Use a straw to blow air into the top hole, so that the yolk comes out of the bottom
• Rinse through with water until it runs clear 

And remember to save those eggs. The ones from this DIY Easter wreath made some delicious omelettes!

Step 3: Painting the Eggs for Your Easter Egg Wreath

Because of their shape, painting eggs can be tricky. They like to roll around and it’s hard to dry them without a painted surface touching something. But, I have a good solution!

The best way to keep them in place is to use a toothpick and peg.

Start by holding the egg between your finger and thumb and paint the bottom. Paint as much of the egg as possible while holding it, without touching painted areas. Then put the egg bottom side down (the painted side) onto a toothpick so that it is supported by that and the peg.

Then go over the missed areas until the entire egg is painted.

Leave them to dry on the toothpick and follow the same steps for coat two.

Depending on the paint you use, is how many coats you’ll need. I used these beautiful pastel paints in purple (Morning Sunrise), yellow (Sand Castle), green (Sea Glass) and pink (Conch).

Only the yellow paint needed three coats. The other colours had perfect coverage after two coats. 

Step 4:  How To Attach Eggs to the Wreath

As there are holes in the eggs, you can secure eggs to the wreath with floral wire. But if you use a hot glue gun then you have more flexibility with the placement of the eggs.

You just need to hold them in place on the wooden wreath frame until the glue sets.

Glue works well to secure the eggs because they don’t lie completely flat. I placed these in different directions and slightly raised them to give them more dimension.

If you have a combination of both larger eggs and small eggs, plan your layout before painting them. It will look best to mix and match the different sizes and colours into groups.

Step 5:  Add Letters to Decorate Eggs

If you’ve got a steady hand for lettering, you can paint or draw on the letters of ‘Happy Easter’. Personally, I don’t trust myself not to make them uneven or wonky. So, I cut out the letters on sticky PVC using a blade-cutting machine.

It’s a good idea to not adhere the letters until the eggs are attached to the wreath. This is because if the eggs don’t attach in exactly the place you expect them to, the letters will be wonky.

So, best to attach the eggs first and the letters after, to ensure they’re straight. 

Step 6: Hide the Egg Holes

You can see from the above photos that some of the holes in the eggs were quite large. There are a few simple ways that you could hide these holes. You could add bows, sticky gems or flowers over the top.

As I didn’t want to detract from the simplicity of the pastel eggs, I filled the holes with wood filler. You can do this before or after painting the eggs. I did this after the eggs were attached in case I needed to secure the eggs more firmly with wire.

Add the wood filler to the hole with a lollipop stick. Then clean up any excess from around the edge with damp paper towels. Leave the wood filler to dry then paint over those filled areas.

Step 7: Add Extra Decorations to the Easter wreath

Now the main decoration of the wreath is in place, you can add a few embellishments as finishing touches. There are all kinds of things you could add here. A little bit of ribbon, faux flowers or bunny shapes.

I like to repurpose things wherever possible. These almond-shaped pieces of wood were leftover scrap from a sun catcher project. Some of them had holes in the bottom but nothing that couldn’t be disguised by how they were placed on the wreath.

To make a flower-like decoration, you can glue three pieces together. With two overlapping a bottom piece. They were painted in the same colours as the eggs, so each colour had one flower.

You can place flowers around the wreath so that they poke out of different areas. They have more visual interest if you place them next to an egg of a different colour.

For the finishing touch, you can add ribbons. These look best with similar colours to the pastel eggs. Such as lilac, pastel pink and yellow. To tie a ribbon, make two loops and knot it together.

Pastel Egg Easter Wreath DIY

This is such a pretty DIY Easter egg wreath. The colours are delicate and fresh. The little flowers and ribbon accents add a touch of whimsy. It’s all about embracing the gentle, Springtime feel.

While it takes a bit of time to clean the eggs out, as long as you’re using them for a recipe, it’s a good use of both the food and the shells.

This cute wreath is a lovely way to welcome someone to your front door. And will bring a smile to their face in the sunshine and warmer weather.