I grew up in an era when PAAS cornered the market on Easter egg dye. In fact, for a good 15 years or so, I didn’t even know you could color eggs without PAAS. These days Easter egg decorating options are seemingly unlimited… and you don’t have to have Martha Stewart’s crafting abilities to complete them.
The following Easter egg-decorating ideas are simple enough for kids to complete with little adult supervision. The end results will impress even the Easter Bunny, and will have you wondering why you stuck with boring colored eggs for so long.
STRING EGGS
Materials:
Small oval balloons
Liquid starch
Scissors
Pin
Embroidery floss or sewing thread (choose one color or a variety of matching colors)
Directions:
Inflate and tie small oval balloons.
Soak 12- to 24-inch lengths of embroidery floss or sewing thread in liquid starch.
After a few minutes, remove wet thread from liquid starch and squeeze gently between your thumb and forefinger to remove excess liquid.
Wrap the wet threads around the balloon one at a time. The thread will stick to the balloon.
Continue to cover the balloon by crisscrossing the threads in any pattern you desire, making sure to cover the entire balloon.
When you are done covering the balloon, tie an additional piece of dry thread around the knot of the balloon and hang it until it’s dry and hard to the touch.
When the threads have dried, pop the balloon with a pin and pull the deflated balloon from the egg.
Make enough string eggs to fill an Easter basket.
RUBBER BAND EGGS
Materials:
Hard-boiled eggs
Easter egg dye
Rubber Bands
Directions:
Wrap each egg with several rubber bands, and then place them in a container of dye.
After a few minutes, remove the eggs from the dye and let them dry.
Once the egg has dried, remove the rubber bands.
Tip: To make a multi-colored egg, take off one or two rubber bands before placing the egg into a second color.
SPECKLED EGG
Materials:
Hard-boiled eggs
Aluminum foil
Acrylic paint
Directions:
Crumple up and then flatten out a large square of aluminum foil.
Coat the foil with acrylic paint.
Set one hard-boiled egg in the center of the foil and wrap it loosely.
Gently press the foil against the egg, then remove the egg and let it dry.
Repeat with other colors, to make a multi-colored speckled Easter egg.
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