Holidays & Entertaining Easter Easter Eggs & Easter Baskets How to Make Marble Easter Eggs with Nail Polish These might be the prettiest Easter eggs we've ever made, and the technique is shockingly simple. By Emily VanSchmus Emily VanSchmus Instagram Emily VanSchmus is a digital editor at Better Homes & Gardens, where she covers home decor, holiday inspiration, and all things worth celebrating. She holds a B.A. in journalism and graphic design from Drake University in Des Moines, and has been at BHG.com since she started as an editorial apprentice in 2016. When she's not decorating her apartment for the next holiday, you can find her sipping red wine and watching Hallmark Christmas movies year-round. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on March 2, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Project Overview Working Time: 1 hour Skill Level: Beginner Pastel nail polish is a must for Easter. This spring, your polish collection can decorate more than nails. We're using our favorite polishes to make easy marbled Easter eggs. With only a few household materials, you can make this glamourous Easter egss. Simply drip a few drops of nail polish in water, swirl, then submerge your eggs into the mixture. The result? An Easter basket filled with mesmerizing marble eggs. What You'll Need Equipment / Tools 1 Bucket Materials 1 Plastic bag 1 Water 1 Nail polish 1 Bamboo skewer 1 Wire 1 Eggs 1 Paper towel Instructions Pour Nail Polish PHOTO: Jacob Fox PHOTO: Jacob Fox Line a 5-quart bucket or a large bowl with a plastic bag and fill the bucket with lukewarm water. Nail polish can be messy to clean up, so we found it was easier to use a lining that could be thrown away. Choose 2-3 nail polish colors to marble together. We suggest using a brand like Ella + Mila since their nail polishes are all vegan, non-toxic, and cruelty-free (and totally safe for kids to use!). Take the lids off and carefully drip several drops of each nail polish onto the surface of the water: The paint will sit on the surface of the water and may expand into large dots. When you've added several drops, use a thin wood skewer or toothpick to swirl the paint into a marble pattern. Dip Nail Polish Eggs PHOTO: Jacob Fox PHOTO: Jacob Fox Rather than ruin a good spoon for this project, we found another way to dip the marble Easter eggs into the bucket of water. Bend a piece of craft or florists wire into a spoon shape to make an egg dipper. Balance a ceramic or wood egg and dip the egg into the marbled polish. You can also use hard-boiled eggs for this project, but we don't recommend eating them after they've been dipped in the nail polish. You'll need to dip the egg all the way under the layer of nail polish for it to be completely covered. Then pull the egg straight up and out of the water, and set it on a covered surface to dry. Remove Polish and Repeat Marbling PHOTO: Jacob Fox PHOTO: Jacob Fox Each time you pour and swirl the nail polish, you should be able to dip 2-3 marble Easter eggs. After that, there won't be much polish left on the surface and it won't have a pretty marble pattern anymore. To start over with fresh polish or to swap colors, take a paper towel and run it over the surface of the water; we like to use sustainable tree-free paper towels. The excess nail polish will stick to the paper towel and you'll be able to pour new polish, re-marble it, and start dipping eggs again. Repeat this process until you've marbled as many eggs as you like using different color combinations. Related: Make Easy Shaving Cream Easter Eggs Allow Eggs to Dry Jacob Fox When all the marble Easter eggs have been dipped into the nail polish, allow them to dry completely. Since the polish mixture can be heavy in places, we recommend allowing your nail polish Easter eggs to dry for at least 3 hours before using them as pretty Easter decorations or adding them to an Easter basket. Keep in mind that hard-boiled eggs decorated with nail polish aren't edible—use them for decorative purposes only or choose lasting ceramic eggs for this project.