Want to preserve your Easter eggs for years to come? Blow out the interiors of each egg before decorating, then hand-paint with various shades of acrylic paint. Once dry, use a liner brush to paint polka dots, swirls or other designs with glue onto painted eggs. Then sprinkle the wet glue with glitter. The end result will be a batch of glamorous and glittery eggs to display for spring guests.

Add a fun, multicolor twist to plain eggs with a marbleized effect. Simply add olive oil to the dye solution to create an unpredictable, mottled look to your eggs.

Whether you refer to them as mirror balls or disco balls — you can’t escape the popularity of these shiny orbs. You might get lucky enough to find readymade mirror-covered Easter eggs perfect for that disco-ball-themed basket, but if not, never fear you can make your own. These tiny glass mirror tiles are stickers. You cut the strips to the amount you need and adhere. They even stick to plastic Easter eggs.

Let crafty little hands get creative by turning colorfully dyed Easter eggs into adorable bunnies, chicks, sheep and birds. Download and print patterned paper stands and the polka-dotted paper so kids can cut out ears, beaks, feathers, whiskers, etc., to create springtime animals.