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Apr 07

7 Fun Alternatives to Coloring Easter Eggs Without Real Eggs!

  • April 7, 2025
  • Jacqueline Wilson

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pictures of easter egg dye options and alternatives to dyeing easter eggs with fake eggs with words 7ALTERNATIVES TO COLORING EASTER EGGS (INSTEAD OF USING REAL EGGS!)

Need alternatives to coloring Easter eggs? Cost of eggs too high to dye Easter eggs? Here are fun ideas for kids crafts like fake eggs to dye, dyeing marshmallows, Easter rock painting, and more fun kid activities for Spring.

different dyed easter eggs with words what to color instead of easter eggs for easter party or egg hunt

Cheap Alternatives to Coloring Easter Eggs This Year

With the high cost of eggs, egg shortages, and other rising costs, dyeing Easter eggs may be out for a stretched budget and lack of supplies this year for your Easter party or Easter dinner activities — especially if your boiled eggs for Easter never get eaten and they just get thrown out after hunting eggs. 

No worries, though!

 
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You can still have fun doing a colored egg activity with these fun Easter egg alternatives — and many you can still hide and find for an Easter egg hunt!

pictures of easter egg dye options and alternatives to dyeing easter eggs with fake eggs with words 7ALTERNATIVES TO COLORING EASTER EGGS (INSTEAD OF USING REAL EGGS!)

Easter Egg Dyeing Alternative #1: Dye Easter Marshmallows

You may have already seen this TikTok trend or parents talking about this egg alternative online: color jumbo marshmallows like Easter eggs.

It may sound weird, but it actually works! 

The marshmallows take egg dye or food paint markers well. Just dunk or food paint onto the marshmallows and they will absorb the colors.

Dyed marshmallows are fun for kids to decorate, kids can eat them, use them to decorate the Easter table, and you can still hide them just like Easter eggs.

 

Easter Egg Dyeing Alternative #2: Decorate Wood Eggs or Paper Mache Eggs

If you don’t want to use food alternatives to fresh eggs, decorate wood eggs, cardboard eggs, or paper mache eggs.

I love these specific sturdy eggs because they open and you can still put Easter candy and trinkets in them after the eggs are decorated.

They’re also fun because you can keep them and add more decorated eggs to them each year!

 

MORE EASTER FUN: Fun Games To Play With Plastic Easter Eggs for Fun Easter Activity Ideas

EASTER EGG GAMES FOR KIDS EASTER ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS text over a brightly colored easter eggs sitting on real green grass

 

Easter Egg Dyeing Alternative #3: Color Easter Rocks

Have you heard about decorating kindness rocks like this?

You can do the same thing and decorate Easter rocks that you then hide for prizes!

CRAFT TIP: Just be sure to get the correct markers that will work for drawing on rock eggs. (They’re not the same as the edible food markers!)

 

Easter Egg Dyeing Alternative #4: Make Colorful Jell-O Easter Eggs You Can Eat

If you aren’t looking to make eggs to hide and just want a fun Easter craft for kids to do for the holiday, make jiggle eggs!

Grab Easter molds like these and fun Jello flavors and let kids help with making these fun Easter eggs that they can eat as part of their Easter treats.

 

ALSO TRY GROWING YOUR OWN EASTER BASKET GRASS FOR LIVING EASTER BASKETS

How To Plant Easter Grass EASTER BASKET GRASS MISTED WITH WATER BOTTLE WITH TEXT THEN EASTER BASKET WITH REAL GRASS AT THE BOTTOM

 

Easter Egg Dyeing Alternative #5: Paint Easter Balls

Grab some plain ping pong balls in bulk and use paint markers and Easter stickers to decorate them for Easter.

You can also buy pastel colored ones and bright colored balls and still decorate them.

Then, hide them just like you would for your regular Easter egg hunt.

PARTY TIP: If you’re using the different colored ping pong balls, let kids trade the different colors in for different Easter prizes like these.

 

Easy Baby Chicks Cupcakes for Spring text with a cupcake with an icing baby chick on it

Easter Egg Dyeing Alternative #6: Decorate Easter Cupcakes

If decorating Easter eggs isn’t that big of a deal, have an Easter cupcake decorating contest instead.

You can make our cute Easter chick cupcakes or provide plain iced cupcakes and different cupcake decorations for kids to use.

Also add these cute marshmallow flowers to make for your cupcakes!

Easy Marshmallow Flowers Video and Step-By-Step Pictures white marshmallow flower on a green napkin with small colored marshmallows in a bowl next to it

PARTY TIP: When we had a cupcake decorating party, we used these cute paint trays. I placed a cupcake in the round part and then added different sprinkles, icing colors, candies, and other edible decorations. The kids then each had their own cupcake “tray” and decorations and it worked out really well.

 

Easter Egg Dyeing Alternative #7: Dye Easter Potatoes

OK. Hear me out:

People are dyeing potatoes and they are making really cute fake Easter eggs!

Be sure to use those mini round potatoes like this and use your usual egg dye like you would for Easter eggs or food markers.

 

STILL LOOKING TO COLOR EGGS THIS YEAR? CHECK OUT: Different Ways To Color Easter Eggs At Home

how to color easter eggs at home - different easter egg coloring with words tips and tricks for dyeing easter eggs from natural egg dye to old school food coloring

Happy Easter!

I hope you have fun with these alternatives to coloring Easter eggs!

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About The Author

Jacqueline Wilson has been creating crafts and making theme recipes for over 20 years. She loves making real food fun and cooking recipes with her daughter Ella, creating recipes based on children's book themes, and also creating fun kids activities! She is also an educator, wife, homeschool mom, #1 Bestselling Author, and Parent Busters podcaster. LEARN MORE ABOUT JACQUELINE'S BACKGROUND AND EXPERTISE ON THE ABOUT PAGE

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