Holiday Fun: Decorate your own Easter Eggs
The Easter Holidays are always a time of joy, Easter egg hunts and of course the time to reflect and be thankful!
Most people like to go away during these holidays, but for those who are staying at home, this fun DIY arts and craft can be done with your children. You can use hollowed eggs, or even boiled eggs to decorate the Easter breakfast table.
What you’ll need:
- 6 Eggs
- Food colouring
- Ribbons to decorate
- Slotted spoons or pasta tongs to help pick up the boiled or painted egg.
- 1/2 teaspoon food colour of choice
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
To hollow the eggs, puncture the top and bottom of the egg with a needle, shaking the egg, blow the yolk into a bowl and leave the egg to dry.
Colouring the eggs (boiled):
Take white eggs (they hold the colors better) and place them into a saucepan filled with cold water, with the water at least 2 cm’s over the eggs. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and let the eggs cook for 10 minutes. Remove the eggs and place in a bowl of cold water until cooled.
An easy way to help you tell when the eggs are fully cooked is by spinning them …
Take an egg out of the pan when you think it may be done. In the middle of your kitchen counter, spin the egg like you would a top or coin. If the egg easily spins on its axis, then the inside has cooked and is now solid. If the egg wobbles and spins slowly, moving around the counter, then the inside is still liquid.
The Dye:
Take half a teaspoon of food colouring and add 3/4 cup of hot water and 1 tablespoon of vinegar to a bowl. Add the boiled or hollowed out egg to the dye and let it rest until it has reached it’s desired colour.
Drying the Eggs:
Once you have colored your eggs, you will want them to dry without interruption. Take an old paper towel roll and cut it into 2 cm tall pieces, using each as a stand for an egg. You won’t mind the color dripping on them and can throw them away when your decorating is done. You can also use and old egg carton, but sometimes the colors from the eggs drip onto each other. Try cutting up the egg carton to form individual slots for each egg to avoid the colors mixing.
Decorating:
After you’ve finished, you can tie the ribbon around the egg and have it hang on a tree branch or to give your eggs a decorative twist.
Have fun decorating! And don’t let the Easter Bunny hide those eggs to far away ;)