Boil, Boil, Boil your eggs first. Did I mention boiling the eggs? If you don’t, the yolks can become hard, dry and green-tinged. That makes for a very ugly egg, so boil them first. When coloring your egg, you can buy a coloring kit or make your own with food coloring. It depends on how adventurous you are and how much time you have. First, cover the table with plastic or paper so the dyes don’t stain the wood. Don’t forget you need one cup for each color, extra if you are planning on mixing colors together. After you paint the first coat, give the egg plenty of time to dry before adding a second coat or design to the egg. Empty egg cartons can be used for drying or a dish rack where you set plates out to dry. Paper towels and rubber gloves are optional, but they can help with getting less stain all over the table and the kids. After they are dry, apply design or second coat of color. If using design, find all kinds of different stamps or stencils, flowers, pieces of wire, leaves, pine cones, and lots of color. Make sure no two eggs are alike. The vibrant colors of the eggs symbolize the sunlight of spring. Make your eggs sparkle with glitter or other shiny beads. Some kids like to color or design on a piece of paper and then wrap the egg in the paper. It is really up to your own imagination as to what you can do with your egg. After you get them designed, let them dry completely and then hang them on your tree or get them hid in preparation for Easter. Pack them away carefully for use with next year’s fabulous creations.
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Easter Quiz
What holiday is always celebrated the first Sunday following the full moon that appears near the Spring Equinox?
Designing Your Easter Egg
Boil, Boil, Boil your eggs first. Did I mention boiling the eggs? If you don’t, the yolks can become hard, dry and green-tinged. That makes for a very ugly egg, so boil them first. When coloring your egg, you can buy a coloring kit or make your own with food coloring. It depends on how adventurous you are and how much time you have. First, cover the table with plastic or paper so the dyes don’t stain the wood. Don’t forget you need one cup for each color, extra if you are planning on mixing colors together. After you paint the first coat, give the egg plenty of time to dry before adding a second coat or design to the egg. Empty egg cartons can be used for drying or a dish rack where you set plates out to dry. Paper towels and rubber gloves are optional, but they can help with getting less stain all over the table and the kids. After they are dry, apply design or second coat of color. If using design, find all kinds of different stamps or stencils, flowers, pieces of wire, leaves, pine cones, and lots of color. Make sure no two eggs are alike. The vibrant colors of the eggs symbolize the sunlight of spring. Make your eggs sparkle with glitter or other shiny beads. Some kids like to color or design on a piece of paper and then wrap the egg in the paper. It is really up to your own imagination as to what you can do with your egg. After you get them designed, let them dry completely and then hang them on your tree or get them hid in preparation for Easter. Pack them away carefully for use with next year’s fabulous creations.
Easter Quiz
What holiday is always celebrated the first Sunday following the full moon that appears near the Spring Equinox?
Using Leftover Eggs From Easter
Leftover eggs can be numerous at my house, because we usually overshoot how many we really need. If you have the same problem, here are some suggestions for those unused eggs:
How To Color Easter Eggs
It’s fun to color Easter eggs. Pink and yellow and lavender eggs are part of the Easter tradition. And of course, kids love colors.
How To Color Easter Eggs
It’s fun to color Easter eggs. Pink and yellow and lavender eggs are part of the Easter tradition. And of course, kids love colors.
Using Leftover Eggs From Easter
Leftover eggs can be numerous at my house, because we usually overshoot how many we really need. If you have the same problem, here are some suggestions for those unused eggs:
Easter Eggs And Traditions
The egg is the most well known symbol of fertility, new life, and the start of a new beginning. Some customs have been around for centuries. Each culture decorates their eggs according to the customs that have been handed down for centuries. In all cultures, it remains true that “All life comes from an egg.” Eggs have been dyed and eaten in Persia, Greece, Rome and ancient Egypt. The egg is regarded as a representation of the universe and the continuation of life. In Germany, the eggs are pierced at the end and the yolk blown into a bowl. The now empty egg is dyed and hung from a tree as decoration. Armenians decorate their eggs with pictures of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and other religious icons. Austrians attach ferns and other plants to the egg. After they are boiled, the plants are removed and a white pattern is revealed on the shell. In England, boys and men would go out on Easter Eve and travel th town begging for eggs before performing an Easter play. Belgium believes that the Bells of Rome bring the Easter Bunny and the eggs together. Because all the bells are in Rome, they have the “Stille Zaterdag” or the Silent Saturday. Norwegians have an interesting way of celebrating Easter. After going skiing in the mountains or decorating eggs for the baskets, they turn to solving murders. All of the media have murder stories and the people tried to solve the mysteries. TV, books, even milk cartons have some sort of murder story that needs to be solved. Americans have a well known tradition as well. We travel to Washington DC to roll decorated wooden eggs on the lawn of the White House and then pretend the Easter Bunny hid them.
Egg Decorating
One of my favorite parts of Easter is when we do the egg decorating. This is always something that was a magical event for me when I was a child. I always loved to watch the little disks of color dissolve in the vinegar and water to form the watery dye, and I loved to decide exactly what colors I wanted to make each and every one of the eggs before me. To eliminate fighting, my mother often split the eggs into two workstations so my brother and I wouldn’t argue over colors or who got to do more eggs than the other.