Awesome Super Mario Bros. Easter Eggs!!

My son is going through his Super Mario Bros. phase. I don't know that I ever got over mine. Playing Nintendo for countless hours is one of my fondest childhood memories. With Easter right around the corner, I thought I would surprise him with these Awesome Super Mario Nintendo Eggs.

I'm not an artist and I know these aren't perfect, but I think they still came out pretty cool. I used images from my iphone to replicate the the Nintendo characters. I basically drew the images on with a pencil and then used Acrylic paint to fill them in. I used Sharpie Paint markers to fill in small details like the pupils.

WARNING: These are for fun only. Do not eat eggs that have been painted with Acrylic paint.

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Step 1: What you Need:

For this instructable, you will need the following:

One Dozen Hard Boiled Eggs- some might crack during the cooking process. It's good to have extra.

Acrylic Paint:

Cadmium Red

Deep Black

Burnt Sienna

Brilliant Green

Unbleached Titanium Hue

Medium Gray

Permanent Rose

Azo Yellow Medium

Titanium White

Sharpie Poster Paint:

Red

Floursent Green

Floursent Blue

White

Tools:

Lead Pencil

Paintbrushes

Bowls with water

Old newspaper

Plate for paint

Paper towels

Wet rag- in case you get paint on surrounding surfaces:

Black Sharpie

mischka says: Dec 6, 2012. 10:25 AM

awesome

tedusmaximus1 says: Apr 15, 2012. 7:51 AM

Thanks for posting, I have just made mario for an easter egg competition for school , it looks great! Thanks! :)

lmnopeas (author) in reply to tedusmaximus1Apr 15, 2012. 8:20 AM

Cool! I hope you win!

tedusmaximus1 in reply to lmnopeasApr 18, 2012. 10:25 AM

Thanks! :)

chicopluma says: Apr 7, 2012. 9:10 AM

awsome, but you forgot the yoshi egg ( not yoshi but his egg)

lmnopeas (author) in reply to chicoplumaApr 7, 2012. 12:13 PM

Actually, I did make the Yoshi egg, The detail for him was pretty easy, so I didn't include him in the final pics. Just three circles painted green.

Dusk Shadows in reply to lmnopeasApr 11, 2012. 8:00 PM

i love yoshi

lmnopeas (author) in reply to Dusk ShadowsApr 12, 2012. 10:32 AM

My son does too! He's insisted that he be Yoshi for Halloween.

Dusk Shadows in reply to lmnopeasApr 12, 2012. 5:58 PM

cool i think he will grow up to be awesome =)

mischka says: Apr 9, 2012. 11:37 AM

super cute!

susanchen2011 says: Apr 9, 2012. 1:32 AM

I like playing Mario games. So i love these eggs. So creative.

breumer says: Apr 5, 2012. 8:40 AM

Yesterday wanted our daughter (when she saw mine egg) Also paint a egg .And she did so here is the photo. Tomorrow they come to our site (with a link to you)

lmnopeas (author) in reply to breumerApr 5, 2012. 10:19 AM

OMG! How awesome!

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mikeasaurus says: Apr 4, 2012. 11:32 PM

This is awesome!

(and it made it to Good Morning America's site)

lmnopeas (author) in reply to mikeasaurusApr 5, 2012. 7:28 AM

Totally awesome! Thanks for the link. :)

OCPik4chu says: Apr 5, 2012. 7:06 AM

Wonderful work indeed! I never have gotten over my Mario phase either! lol.

breumer says: Apr 4, 2012. 11:38 AM

I had so much fun by making this Mario egg thanks for sharing !

lmnopeas (author) in reply to breumerApr 4, 2012. 12:37 PM

Awesome! Did you blow out the egg? I think you can put a clear coat on top and it will last longer. Maybe an experienced artist can help us out with this?

breumer in reply to lmnopeasApr 4, 2012. 1:16 PM

Yes Idid blow out the egg. Tomorro i give the egg a coat (painting medium)

ninjanody says: Apr 4, 2012. 8:33 AM

superb....

u wake up old memories.....

lmnopeas (author) in reply to ninjanodyApr 4, 2012. 12:35 PM

;)

breumer says: Apr 4, 2012. 6:32 AM

Wow!!! Awesome!!

poofrabbit says: Apr 2, 2012. 7:36 PM

These are very cool. You might want to blow the eggs out, then you could keep them. When I was younger I loved doing that and oddly 15+ years later I still have some! (Go figure!)

lmnopeas (author) in reply to poofrabbitApr 3, 2012. 10:12 AM

Wow, that's awesome. 15+ years! Originally I just did this for the kids for fun, but I wish I would have blown out the eggs. Guess I'll just have to make them again.

bajablue says: Apr 2, 2012. 5:20 PM

SUPER work! It'll be crying shame to crack one open and destroy the art. ;-( ;-)

lmnopeas (author) in reply to bajablueApr 3, 2012. 10:05 AM

Thank you! I agree! It took a long time to finish all the details. I'm going to let the kids play with them on Easter though. I hope some of them survive, but I doubt it. ;)

AussieAnglerGal says: Apr 1, 2012. 3:09 AM

Love the bullet-bill one! hahahhaha

lmnopeas (author) in reply to AussieAnglerGalApr 1, 2012. 8:48 PM

I figured I had to include him. He's a classic!

AussieAnglerGal in reply to lmnopeasApr 1, 2012. 9:50 PM

defiantly! its great :)

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mikeasaurus says: Apr 1, 2012. 5:50 PM

So fun, great job!

lmnopeas (author) in reply to mikeasaurusApr 1, 2012. 8:49 PM

Thanks!

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Penolopy Bulnick says: Mar 31, 2012. 12:40 PM

Awesome! Though it is a pain, you could poke a hole in each end first and blow out the innards. Though, you would have to be gentle when you paint :)

lmnopeas (author) in reply to Penolopy BulnickMar 31, 2012. 2:08 PM

Thank you Penolopy! I'm going to have to try this trick. :)

Nekochiii says: Mar 31, 2012. 11:06 AM

That's so awesome.. perfect time for Easter!

Maybe you can do the pinhole trick and blow out the raw egg instead of boiling them. That way there's no issue with keeping the eggs for longer.

lmnopeas (author) in reply to NekochiiiMar 31, 2012. 2:07 PM

Thanks!

I've never tried that trick before, but knowing me, I would probably drop the egg and it would shatter to pieces. It's worth a try though. They should keep for a while in the fridge. We'll see how many many make it after Easter!