Easter Nail Art

Springtime and Easter offer so many fun nail art design ideas to create a beautiful manicure or pedicure for yourself.

You can create fun and adorable Easter nail art for your fingernails at home with your favorite nail polish colors or by picking out a few new colors or even colorful nail art pens. Let your creativity loose and get ready to paint your nails with adorable Easter nail art designs.

Before you get started, make sure you gather a few supplies to help you paint your Easter nail art designs on your fingernails or toenails. You’ll need: nail polish, nail art pens or a tiny paintbrush or toothpick, paper towels or a napkin to protect your table or painting surface, nail polish remover, Q-tips, and a clear topcoat to seal your Easter nail art to your nails. Once you have all the supplies you need, you can start thinking about the kinds of Easter theme nail designs you would like to paint.

Read on for specific instructions and photos of each type of do-it-yourself Easter nail art you can try.

DIY Easter Nail Art Design #1: How to Paint an Easter Bunny Nail Design

To create adorable Easter Bunny nail designs, follow these steps:

Note: Allow the nail polish to dry completely between steps if your Easter nail art designs involve any overlapping colors.

1.    Paint your nails the desired base color.
2.    Allow the base coat to dry completely.
3.    Paint a small, skinny loop for an ear, and then another one next to it.
4.    Paint a circle to be the Easter Bunny’s face.
5.    Paint two dots for eyes. (Tip: Blue is a nice color for Easter Bunny eyes.)
6.    Paint a single dot or smudge for a nose on your Easter Bunny nail design.
7.    Paint a small dash or smile for a mouth.
8.    Paint three horizontal or angled lines for the Easter Bunny’s whiskers.
9.    Paint a clear topcoat to seal your design.

DIY Easter Nail Art Design #2: How to Paint an Easter Chick Nail Design

To create adorable Easter Chick nail designs, follow these steps:

1.    Paint your nails the desired base color.
2.    Allow the base coat to dry completely.
3.    Paint a circle for the head and then a circle for the body.
4.    Paint two triangles, one on either side of the body circle. These are the Easter chick’s wings.
5.    Paint a triangle for a beak.
6.    Paint two dots for eyes.
7.    Paint two sticks for legs.
8.    Paint three smaller sticks for toes on each stick (leg).
9.    Paint a few short lines on the top of the head circle if you wish. This can be a cute tuft of feathers for your Easter chick nail art design.
10.    Paint a clear topcoat to seal your design.

DIY Easter Nail Art Design #3: How to Paint Your Nails Like Candy for Easter (Easter M&Ms)
To create adorable Easter candy nail designs, follow these steps:

1.    Paint your nails the desired base color. For Easter M&M candy nail designs, consider the pretty, pale pastel colors of nail polish that would easily match the true colors of Easter M&M candies.
2.    Allow the base coat to dry completely.
3.     Using a white paint pen or a bit of white nail polish on the end of a tiny paint brush or a toothpick, carefully add a letter “m” to each nail as desired.
4.    Allow all the Easter nail designs to dry completely.
5.    Paint a clear topcoat to seal your design.


DIY Easter Nail Art Design #4: How to Paint Pretty Easter Flower Nail Designs

Pretty spring flowers and Easter flowers come in countless shapes and sizes. Use these instructions as a guide to get you started, but don’t hesitate to create your own beautiful spring flower nail designs. To create adorable Easter flower nail art designs, follow these steps:

1.    Paint your nails the desired base color.
2.    Allow the base coat to dry completely.
3.    Decide if you would like an Easter flower nail design with thin, long petals, short, round petals, or abstract petals and designs.
4.    Paint the petals of your flower, carefully.
5.    Paint a dot for the center of your flower, if desired.
6.    Allow the Easter nail art designs to dry completely.
7.    Paint a clear topcoat to seal your design.

Enjoy painting your own Easter nail art designs, and use these tips and ideas for Easter nails as a springboard to give you even more ideas for clever and beautiful nail art designs.