Easy Decorating with Plastic Easter Eggs

This weekend we did some Easter decorating in the yard. My philosophy for holiday decorating is to make sure it’s fun for the kids and easy enough for them to help with, and decorating with plastic Easter eggs fits that description well. One thing we like to do is to thread eggs on heavy duty thread and hang them from the trees and shrubs in our yard – we actually made these eggs last year.

Another easy trick is to stick wooden skewers into the bottom of plastic eggs and line them up in the garden or lawn – I had to use a bit of force with the skewers to get them into the bottom of the eggs but once the stick is in it’s pretty stable. As long as the ground is reasonably soft the kids can stick the skewers into the ground themselves. We’ve stuck them into planters as well and those usually have nice soft potting soil.

Finally, my daughter decided to place eggs into little nest piles around the lawn – someone else in our neighborhood actually covers their lawn with plastic eggs. We initally didn’t weight or fasten them down but it got quite gusty this morning and eggs were flying all over our cul-de-sac so I ended up adding stones to each egg to keep them in place. We’re not in a busy part of town so I don’t think any eggs will ‘walk off’ but it could happen – we’ll see.

Another super simple idea for plastic Easter eggs is to draw or doodle on them with sharpie pens. I did these last year with a henna style and they were fun to do. The only thing to note is that if they’re handled much the sharpie markings will rub off – these were played with a bit too much so you can see some worn spots in the photo.

What other ways have you come up with to decorate with plastic Easter eggs? I’d love to hear them or link up to your blog in the comments so I can check them out!