Can you color brown eggs? Yes! Learn how to COLOR natural brown eggs for Easter with this super easy Easter egg decorating hack.
Have you ever tried to color natural brown eggs for Easter? Until I figured out this Easter egg decorating hack, I could never decorate or dye brown eggs for Easter or get them to turn out how I wanted them to look. They just never turned out as lovely as the white ones do. Today, I use a technique to color and decorate natural brown Easter eggs that works every time. Please scroll down to learn how my family does it.
First published in March 2015, this Easter egg-decorating hack for brown eggs is updated and republished to improve the content and add new coloring tips and useful egg-decorating hacks. You might also enjoy this list of Easter Traditions and fun things to do on Easter.
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How to Decorate Natural Brown Eggs for Easter:
Learn how to COLOR natural brown Easter Eggs quickly and easily with this easy egg decorating hack! The decorated, natural brown Easter eggs on Kaley Ann inspired our version of this creative twist.
She used a white, non-toxic paint pen to make gorgeous, natural brown Easter eggs. While white looks spectacular, kids love to color eggs! So, my family decided to use colors to decorate our natural brown eggs!
Decorating natural brown Easter eggs with paint pens
or the Eggmazing egg decorator and markers is easy; even my one-year-old toddler can do it! Look at the first egg she decorated with paint pens in the photo below. Isn’t she cute!?
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Supplies Needed to Decorate Natural Brown Easter Eggs
- Natural brown eggs
- Stockpot
or easy pour-and-drain saucepan - Kitchen timer
- Choose one of the following craft supplies for coloring brown eggs:
- Water-based, non-toxic paint pensÂ
- This smaller pastel color set of paint pens
- Peeps Bunny Eggmazing Egg Decorator Set (With six colorful quick-drying non-toxic marker pens.)
- Classic Eggmazing Egg Decorating Set
- Please note: the Eggmazing egg decorating sets do not include white marker pens, and the marking pen colors look slightly different when painted on brown eggs.
- Water-based, non-toxic paint pens
or easy pour-and-drain 
 
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How to Color Natural Brown Eggs for Easter Step by Directions
Use the simple step-by-step instructions below to color natural brown eggs for Easter baskets, egg hunts, and other celebrations. You might also enjoy reading about Fun Easter Traditions to start with your family.
1. Hard-boil eggs:
Look at the tips below to learn our favorite way to hard-boil eggs without cracking them!
How to Hard Boil Eggs: The Best Method to Make Hard-Boiled Eggs:
- Place eggs in a stock or sauce pot with room temperature water on the stove.
- Bring the water and eggs to a boil.
- Set a timer and allow the water and eggs to boil for 1 minute.
- Turn off the stovetop under the boiling water, cover the pot, set a timer, and allow the eggs to sit and cook in the hot water for 12 minutes.
- Rinse and soak eggs in cold water to cool.
2. Allow the hard-boiled eggs to cool completely before painting:
- Give the natural brown hard-boiled eggs time to cool completely before using paint pens to decorate them.
3. Use Colored paint pens to decorate the Easter eggs:
- Using extra fine-tip paint pens to decorate Easter eggs with children is enjoyable and easy.
- Paint pens and Eggmazing marker pens are water-based, non-toxic, and easy to use!
- Update 2025: The Eggmazing egg decorating sets allow you to make only lines, not the different designs shown in the photographs of colored brown eggs in this Easter egg decorating tutorial. They do not include white marker pens, and the marking pen colors look slightly different when painted on brown eggs.
- Look at the easter egg decorating ideas HERE for fun ways to color natural brown eggs and decorate them with paint pens.
- If you don’t have an Eggmazing egg decorator, here’s an eggcellent Easter egg-decorating tip for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners:
- Placing the eggs in an egg carton makes it easy for toddlers and preschoolers to color them with paint pens.
- Put an egg in a carton and invite your kids to draw on it.
- Allow the decorated Easter eggs to dry before flipping them over to decorate the other side of the Easter Egg.
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How to Color Brown Eggs:
Coloring brown eggs with paint pens is a fun Easter Egg decorating idea for young and old alike. This simple Easter Egg coloring hack makes it easy for kids (toddlers to teens) and adults to decorate and color natural brown eggs. For more ideas, look at all the fun ways we use paint pens to decorate Easter Eggs.
Try this simple Easter egg decorating hack with the kids today. It’s so easy. Even a toddler can do it! Use paint pens to color natural brown eggs for Easter. They look gorgeous in Easter Baskets and are easy to spot on Easter egg hunts.
Have you ever wondered how the Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs, and Easter Baskets came to be associated with Easter? Hop over to learn a few interesting theories we uncovered in Easter Traditions to Start with Your Family.
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These are beautiful – and so simple! Where did you find/what brand are the non-toxic paint pens?
Thanks Meghan! We LOVE the extra fine tip water-based paint pens by posca. You can find the link to purchase in the supplies section. 🙂
These look amazing! We will try it for sure! Very simple, and very beautiful!
Thanks!