More Easter Egg Fun

Howdy!
Today we will go into more ways to decorate those wonderful Easter eggs!

Don't have any kids? So? Decorate some eggs for you!  Then put some in a little basket and give it away to a neighbor, or an elderly relative.
This would be a BIG hit at a nursing home. Check with them first!

What about a local shelter for abused women? Many have children.
Better yet, take all the supplies to the shelter and dye the eggs with the kids!
A maternity shelter would also be perfect for this.

The following eggs have been dyed/hard boiled.

Then place a dab of glue on the egg and press a small felt flower into the glue.

Place a dot of glue in the center of each flower and press a pearl bead into it, or use a dot of pearly dimensional paint.

Some flowers already come with the pearly center!

Why not adapt this to materials you already have, such as silk flowers.

Use the small flower petals for your embellishments.

Or get out your die cut machine and make a few dozen small flowers.

Here is another idea:

These are the fanciest rubber band dyed eggs I have ever seen!

The process is simple.
You need many different cups of dye solution.
Hard boil your eggs.
Place egg in very lightest dye (let's say pale pink) for just a touch of color.
Dry. Wrap several rubber bands around the egg, but leave plenty of pale pink spaces in between.
Dye in medium color dye (such as hot pink, or magenta).
Dry. Remove rubberbands. Dry again.
Wrap several rubber bands around egg, but not where the magenta is. Again, leave some pale pink stripes.
Place in darker dye, like red or purple.
Dry. Remove rubberbands, and you should have a beautiful tri-colored egg!

Answers to some questions/comments:

Yes, you are right. I think instead of rubber bands, at least on the very ends of the hard boiled egg, thin painter's tape was used. Be sure to rub the edges down well after placing, so the dye doesn't get under it.
Wait 20 mins. after dying, and then remove the tape (at least that is what I have been told to do!)

As for colors, try doing some science/art experiments and really get those colors saturated. What if you added 2 dye tablets to 1 dipping cup?
Also, the longer you leave an egg in the dye, the darker it will get.
I have seen some different dying methods/colors in the last couple of years. Try looking around at some different stores and see if you can't come up with a few different methods to try!
Remember however.....ALWAYS ALWAYS dye the lightest colors FIRST!!!
- thanks for your comments and questions!
     inkspired   March, 2012

This egg kind of explains itself -

use GLITTER, and spangles.

Then more GLITTER!

Press in a few stick-on rhinestones.

Plain ones can be the prettiest of all sometimes:



Some Minnie Mouse polka-dot eggs:

Again, so simple!

Simply stick on office supply circle stickers. Press edges with your fingernails.

Dye with pink dye.

Dry, and remove stickers, leaving the original white egg color!



By Janet Herman, found on Pinterest 

Unknown, found on Pinterest

As a final project for today:

What do you do with all those egg cartons?

This crafter has come up with a pretty recycled egg carton wreath!

 Yep, those are cardboard type egg cartons!

 Have a color-filled day!

inkspired

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