Decorating Easter eggs is a fun activity for kids and they love to have you put their little artistic treasures on display. You can pile them in a pretty bowl, or nestle them in a colorful Easter basket. Kids can also make egg cups or holders to display the decorated eggs. Here are some ideas on how to decorate them.

Grass Egg Cup/Holder

What You Will Need

• card stock in two coordinating shades of green
• tape
• stick on letters
• scissors

Follow These Steps

1. Cut a strip out of each of the colored card stock. Make them long enough to fit around the bottom of the egg, but overlapping a little. They should each be about eleven inches long. and be between one and three quarter inches and two inches wide.

2. Along one long side of each strip, make cuts about one half inch down, cutting every other one out to look like blades of grass.

3. Put both strips together so they match.

4. Wrap the strips around the bottom of your egg, with the blades of grass facing up.

5. Using the letter stickers, have your children spell their names out on the strip.

6. Place the egg in the holder and place on a table or shelf.

Decorated Easter Egg Cups/Holders

What You Will Need

• empty paper towel roll
• construction paper in a variety of colors
• markers and crayons
• glitters, stickers, buttons, and/or beads
• glue
• scissors

Follow These Steps

1. Using scissors, cut the paper towel into sections two inches wide.

2. Cut the construction paper into strips two inches wide and long enough to cover the paper towel section.

3. Glue the colored construction to the paper towel section.

4. Using crayons and/or markers, have your child draw a design or picture on the strip. Glitter, stickers and even small buttons or beads can be glued on to embellish their design.

5. Put the egg in the cup/holder and display in your home.