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Friends Art Lab / Blog / Black Glue Eggs – Easter Art Project for Kids

Black Glue Eggs – Easter Art Project for Kids

Author: Kristian Klebofski    Published: 03/31/2023     Updated: 03/10/2025

Of all the Easter art projects I have done with kids, these black glue eggs are forever among the MOST beautiful. Use simple art supplies to make these beauties.

A hand holds a black glue egg art. An egg outline has been made with black glue and is filled in with colorful watercolors.
Table of Contents:
  1. Black glue eggs are STUNNING
  2. You don’t need fancy supplies for black glue eggs
  3. Materials
  4. How to make black glue eggs
  5. How do you make black glue for art? It’s easy-just don’t use THIS.
  6. I am so excited for you to try black glue eggs
  7. Frequently Asked Questions

Black glue eggs are STUNNING

Making black glue is something I have loved doing ever since I was a kid.

Black lines ready to be swirled in with color is a love language of mine and something I love doing with kids!

And as I write this, it makes me think of how I create black-line for coloring pages, big and small. Susie from Busy Toddler once told me, “You are big, black lines.” 😂

🥚 Related: Check out this list of the best Easter supplies for kids.

Two pieces of black glue egg art sit beside art supplies for the project: watercolors, a bottle of Elmer's school glue, and a bottle of black paint.

You don’t need fancy supplies for black glue eggs

If you have glue, watercolors, and black paint (I’ll share different options), you’re ready to rock and roll.

I cannot wait for you and your little artists to try these. The fact that they use simple materials makes these something you can hopefully make right away!

Grab your supplies and let’s make these beauties.

🥚 The Easter fun is just beginning!

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A close up of the black glue egg art. There are bumpy lines and flowers made in the egg and they're paint in with orange, teal, pink, purple, indigo, and lime green.

Materials

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  • Glue
  • Black paint – acrylic or tempera
  • White paper
  • Watercolors
  • Jar of water
  • Paintbrush
An egg outline with several types of lines going across it (zigzag, loops, wavy, straight, and zigzag again). Each section is painted in with a different color of the rainbow.

How to make black glue eggs

  • First, make the glue! In a bottle that’s about halfway full of glue, add in black paint. Add in a generous squirt. Shake, shake, shake it up!
  • Next, paint your egg outline. It’s just as simple as it sounds! You can print off an egg shape and have kids trace the outline of it or freehand an egg outline. Add any designs you love into the egg (ex: swirls, lines, dots, zigzags, letters, names, etc.). Let it dry completely.
  • Last, paint in your egg. Once your glue is completely dry, paint it in. Add as many colors as you’d love. We love using our brightest watercolors for extra contrast against the black lines.

Sometimes we cut them out, and sometimes we leave them on the paper. Decide what’s best for you and your egg-cellent art.

💡 Teacher Tip: If your glue bottle is full, pour some into a bowl or cup until the glue bottle is only half full, and then add it back in later.

Kristian holds a yellow tray with three bottles of glue and black ink, black BioColor paint, and black acrylic paint. The blacks have been mixed into the labeled bottles of school glue.

How do you make black glue for art? It’s easy-just don’t use THIS.

I sacrificed many glue bottles to find the best way to dye it, and I only found one thing that did not work. Black acrylic paint, BioColor paint, and tempera paint are perfect.

What’s not?

Ink. 

I use black India ink all of the time for art and thought it’d be perfect for making black glue.

Not only did it not work, it also turned into a complete mess. So I tried it again with a different glue bottle just to make sure, and the second bottle was also a mess.

Something happens when glue and ink touch and it turns it into the consistency of sticky slime. It won’t come out of the bottle, and it’s sticky, gross, and downright impossible to use.

A hand holds a black glue egg art. An egg outline has been made with black glue and is filled in with colorful watercolors.

I am so excited for you to try black glue eggs

No matter the design you make with your glue, every egg turns out beautifully.

Please share the eggs that you make! I know they’re going to be just lovely.

Have fun!

Frequently Asked Questions

How long do these take to dry?

It depends on the weather! When we make these, we usually let the glue dry overnight before going in with watercolors just to be extra sure it’s completely dry.

Can I buy pre-made black glue?

Yes! We make ours simply because it’s easy and less expensive, but you can totally buy some for convenience.

What can I use if I don’t have watercolors?

Paint, crayons, markers, colored pencils…any art supply that you want!

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