Easter Egg Coloring Pages
An egg is a blank canvas, and these free Easter egg coloring pages give you plenty of them. There are empty eggs to pattern yourself, eggs already banded with zigzags and flowers, a dozen in a carton, a nest in the grass and big single eggs covered in fine folk-art detail. They double as templates for decorating real eggs, so you can test a color scheme on paper first.
Polka dot eggEasy
Egg-shaped mandalaDetailed
Branches hung with decorated eggsDetailed
Giant egg with a detailed floral patternDetailed
Folk-art egg with geometric bandsDetailed
Folk-art egg with a star patternDetailed
Eggs and cups of dye on a tableMedium
A dozen decorated eggs in a cartonMedium
Chick peeking out of a cracked eggMedium
Nest of eggs in the grassMedium
Patterned eggs in a basketMedium
Egg tied with a ribbon bowMedium
Egg with tulips and vinesMedium
Egg covered in daisiesMedium
Zigzag eggEasy
Three eggs with simple patternsEasy
Decorated egg in an egg cupEasy
Egg with wide stripesEasy
One large blank eggEasy
Six small blank eggsEasy
Easter egg designs you can print
- Blank eggs: one large egg or six small ones with nothing inside the outline
- Classic patterns: stripes, zigzags, polka dots and wavy bands
- Floral eggs: daisies, tulips and leafy vines wrapping around the shell
- Eggs in a basket or carton: a dozen different patterns side by side
- Hatching eggs: cracked shells with a chick or duckling peeking out
- Folk-art eggs: fine geometric designs inspired by Ukrainian pysanky
- Giant eggs: one egg filling the page, divided into many small sections
Egg decorating traditions and natural dyes
People have decorated eggs in spring for a very long time, and eggs became an Easter symbol of new life. In Ukraine, pysanky are made by drawing on the shell with melted beeswax, dipping the egg in dye and repeating with darker colors. The wax protects each layer from the next dye, and it's melted off at the end to show the whole design. At home you can dye hard-boiled eggs with kitchen ingredients. Yellow onion skins give orange and rust, red cabbage gives blue, turmeric gives yellow and beets give pink. Add a spoonful of vinegar to help the color hold.
What to do with Easter egg coloring pages
- Plan real eggs: try three color schemes on a six-egg sheet, then copy your favorite onto a real egg.
- Paper egg hunt: color, cut out and hide paper eggs indoors when the weather won't cooperate.
- Pattern practice: ask kids to continue a pattern around the egg, such as stripe, dot, stripe, dot.
- Egg garland: punch a hole in the top of each cut-out egg and string them across a window.
- Wax resist: draw on a blank egg with a white crayon, then brush watercolor over it and watch the lines appear.
Frequently asked questions
Are these Easter egg coloring pages free?
Yes. Every Easter egg coloring page here is free to print and download for personal and classroom use.
Do you have a blank Easter egg to design myself?
Yes. There's a single large blank egg and a sheet of six smaller ones. Draw your pattern in pencil first, then color.
What patterns are easiest for young children?
Wide stripes and big dots. Draw two or three bands across the egg and let them fill each band with a different color. Zigzags and flowers can come later.
What are good Easter egg colors?
Pastels are traditional: pale pink, baby blue, mint, lilac and butter yellow. For folk-art eggs, try the bolder set often used on pysanky, which is red, black, yellow and white.