Depending on the color combinations you use, these Easter eggs can look either fanciful or all natural.

You can spatter over plain white eggs or put a base color on them first.

Protect your work area, spattering can make a big mess-- but it is lots of fun! A cardboard box, placed on its side, is a good spatter protector. Simply place the egg in the box and try to contain most of the spatters in the box.

When you're ready to spatter, pick up your brush and dip it in the liquid color, hold it close to the egg and starting at the the end of the brush closest to the egg, draw the wooden skewer across the brush, towards yourself (see photo). As the skewer passes over the bristles, this will cause the color to spatter onto the egg. Don't draw the skewer away from yourself as you'll end up spattering you-know-who.

Repeat with as many colors as you desire, turning the egg to spatter all sides. We found that the top of any empty egg carton was a great holder for the egg while it was being spattered, as well as for drying.