Easter Eggs Around the World

Easter is upon us, and therefore eggs around the world have become works of art. There’s no limit, it seems, to how an egg can be decorated and displayed. We show you outstanding eggs from across the globe.

Boston

Embroidered eggs are some of the many nonedible eggs for sale for Easter at Robin’s Candy on Newbury Street in Boston.

New York City

A 2-foot tall Easter egg on display in New York. It is part of ‘The Faberge Big Egg Hunt’ event, happening from April 1-17. The works of art will be sold off and proceeds given to charity.

London

The Third Faberge Imperial Easter Egg is displayed at Court Jewellers Wartski in London. This rare Imperial Faberge Easter Egg was made for the Russian Royal family in 1887.

Vacenovice, Czech Republic

Ludmila Vlasakova decorates Easter eggs in Vacenovice, Czech Republic. The old method of scraping colored eggs with a nail file to decorate them is now used by only two women in southern Moravia.

Saalfeld, Germany

Volker Kraft decorates his apple tree with Easter eggs in eastern Germany. More than 10,000 eggs hang on the tree, attracting thousands of spectators during Easter.

Lodz, Poland

An Easter ostrich egg designed by Jan Kalinski is on display at the “Painted with Hope’’ exhibition in Lodz, Poland. The exhibition of ostrich eggs decorated by Polish artists, made for a charity auction for disabled children, ran from March 31 to April 13.

Lodz, Poland

Another Easter ostrich egg on display at the “Painted with Hope’’ exhibition. This one was painted by Pawel Kwiatkowski.

Moscow

An Easter egg produced at the end of the 19th century is on display at the “Imperial Easter Eggs’’ exhibition in the Kremlin Armory Museum in Moscow.

Warsaw

Handmade Easter eggs for sale in Warsaw.

Vilnius, Lithuania

Easter eggs produced by folk artists are seen during the traditional Kaziukas Fair, a large annual folk arts and crafts fair in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Koprivnica, Croatia

Local artists paint a 2-meter high Easter egg in the northern Croatian town of Koprivnica. The project, which started several years ago, involves painters decorating 2-meter-tall polyester eggs, which are then sent to cities in the country and abroad to be displayed in public squares in time for Easter.

Singapore

A worker prepared to transport the hand-painted giant eggs at the VivoCity shopping mall in Singapore for the Great Egg-Venture Easter Festival, the biggest Easter fiesta in Singapore.

Ovelgoenne, Germany

Russian painter Wassa Rozina-Bergmann painting wooden eggs with religious themes at her studio in Ovelgoenne, Germany. The elaborate eggs are used at Easter and then as ornaments and house decorations all year long.

Hanover, Germany

Chimpanzee Viktoria opens an Easter egg at the Hanover Zoo. The egg was filled with food. The zoo keepers surprised the animals with an Easter egg hunt.

Dresden, Germany

Romanian Easter eggs are on display at the Dresden Easter Fair. Easter eggs are popular in the folk traditions of Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and other Central European countries, where the eggs symbolize new life.

Bali, Indonesia

Painted eggshells displayed at Wayan Sadra’s workshop in Bali, Indonesia. Sadra got the idea to start his eggshell painting business after his niece, who worked in a five-star hotel, asked for his help to paint an egg for an Easter egg competition. Now the business he started in 1997 attracts customers from Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands. Sadra usually experiences a surge in sales ahead of Easter.

Bali, Indonesia

More painted eggshells displayed at Wayan Sadra’s workshop.

Breckerfeld, Germany

A worker packs eggs after they are colored for Easter at Baumeister Frischei egg and chicken farm. The farm is one of the biggest egg producers in the region, producing 120,000 chicken eggs daily to meet the demand for its brightly colored eggs for Easter.

Fojnica, Bosnia

A Bosnian Catholic man shows eggs before an annual egg breaking competition after an Easter Mass in Fojnica.

Sechingen, Germany

A fountain decorated with about 11,000 eggs in Sechingen.

United States

An American mom blogger named Sarah Barrand shares how you can use shaving cream and liquid food coloring to dye hard-boiled eggs, which gives them a tie-dyed effect.