10 Tips to Decorate Easter Eggs, LEGO Star Wars Style!

Easter is mere days away. Frightening but true. In honor of the DVD release of the new LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out, here are ten tips for Star Wars fans to create their own LEGO Star Wars-inspired Easter eggs. This step-by-step guide will show you how to re-create all your favorite LEGO Star Wars characters including Yoda, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker.

1. Hard boil your eggs

To save a lot of mess and wasted time, make sure you hard-boil your eggs before decorating them.

2. Choose your characters

There are plenty of Star Wars characters to choose from. Som favorites include Yoda, C-3PO, Darth Vader, R2-D2 and Darth Maul.

3. Prepare your paint and colors

To decorate your LEGO Star Wars inspired eggs it is best use either poster or acrylic paint and to use the right colors for each character. 

4. Prepare your brushes

Eggs are pretty small so it is best to use very small brushes for your eggs. For the really detailed ones like R2-D2 a felt-tip pen is advised. Sharpies come in handy.

5. Use a pencil first

More experienced decorators may want to dive straight in but if you are unsure of your artistic ability then use a pencil to trace where your paint will go before you begin with the brush.

6. Start decorating – take your time

You are now ready to get going. Don’t rush straight in, take your time and make sure that each color is dry before you add any extra details

7. Coat your egg with glue

To protect the paint and give a cool shine to your egg you can coat your themed Easter egg with PVC glue.

8. Don’t stop at one

So you’ve now got a kick-ass LEGO Star Wars inspired Easter egg character, but why stop there? Don’t let your character get lonely, make a whole bunch and begin re-creating your favorite scenes.

9. Make your eggs 3D

To make your LEGO Star Wars inspired Easter eggs even better why not add extras to each character. Maybe you could add some cotton wool to make Yoda’s white hair, or some colored Play-Doh as Darth Maul’s horns.

10. Show off your LEGO Star Wars-inspired Easter eggs
You now have an awesome set of LEGO Star Wars inspired Easter eggs to show-off to all your friends. If you want you can even share this guide with them as well, so you can compare your LEGO Star Wars-inspired creations.

Don't forget to ask Yoda-bunny for The Empire Strikes Out

Available now on DVD

LEGO Summer Brickation - Come Build With Us

The only thing I don't like about LEGO is stepping on them. Other than that, the little plastic bricks give me an instant desire to build something. Anything. I think that's what separates them from other toys- LEGOs can be anything you want them to be, with a little work. They're fun for everybody in the family. Except for when you step on one in the middle of the night, of course…

This Summer, LEGO fans (and really, who isn't a LEGO fan?) will have the opportunity to experience some of the excitement of LEGOLAND theme parks and home block kits on a whole new level, with games and challenges, building activities and life-sized LEGO models. The LEGO Summer Brickation offers a chance is happening in four locations across the USA this season: Myrtle Beach, SC, Lake Tahoe, CA Traverse City, MI and Branson, MO. The latter is only a five hour drive from us, woo-hoo!

photo courtesy of Branson Landing, via Branson Tri-Lakes News

Come Build With Us!

LEGO Summer Brickation

July 25th – September 4th 

Branson Landing

100 Branson Landing Blvd.

Branson, MO 65616

Win a LEGO Summer Brickation pack including a pirate hat, magazine and a packet of Bricks to Click (10 blocks) by using the form below.

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In accordance to the FTC Guidelines and the WOMMA Code of Ethics, I am disclosing that this article was written as part of a compensated GigCoin campaign. We also received a LEGO pack featuring pirate hats, 10-block Bricks to click packs and magazines. All opinions are, as usual, entirely my own.

Marvel's The Avengers: LEGOfied

I've mentioned how excited I am about the Joss Whedon-directed Marvel’s The Avengers, which hits theaters on May 4, 2012, but I'm even more excited now that I've seen the LEGO version of the theatrical poster:

I know. Isn't it amazing?! The Marvel Avengers LEGO sets look pretty epic. Look at the hair on Black Widow and the sheer bulk of the Hulk, so cool. I can't wait for fan-directed Avengers LEGO films to hit YouTube! Maybe I'll get my dream of a Whedon-esque musical version, á la Dr. Horrible…

For more information on the toys coming soon in conjunction with Marvel's The Avengers, as well as updates on the film premiere and events, "like" Marvel's The Avengers on Facebook and follow the @Avengers, Marvel’s @Agent_M and the #Avengers hashtag on Twitter.

In accordance to the FTC Guidelines and the WOMMA Code of Ethics, I am disclosing that I did not receive any incentive for posting about this event. I am simply a HUGE fan of Joss Whedon's many, many excellent productions (most of which ended much, much to soon) and an all-around comic geek girl. If they wanted to ply me with Avenger swag, I'd be totally into it but all opinions are, as usual, strictly my own.