Friday, April 3, 2015

Fantastic Easter Egg Dye Jobs

Tattoo Eggs

Simply apply fake tattoos to eggshells the way you would to your own skin. Instead of bright colors, you’ll get eggs stamped with spiders, superheroes, and more.


Impressionist Eggs

Using short brush strokes with acrylic paint, create a basic pattern around a hardboiled egg and let dry!


Lazy Daisy Eggs

Dye egg desired color and let dry completely. Adhere the stickers and smooth well with your fingers. That's it! No need to stick with daisies; use other flowers or any design that tickles you.

Bling Bling Eggs

Dye egg desired color and let dry completely. Working with one side of the egg at a time, squeeze different size circles of glue on the egg. Holding the egg over a plate, pour glittering glue over the egg and shake off the excess (the egg will still have unwanted glitter, but don't worry about that yet). Let the egg dry and repeat on the other side of the egg. Let dry several hours at least. When completely dry, carefully brush egg with the dry bristles of an old toothbrush to remove the unwanted glitter. Tip: Use the fine tip on the glue to help you 'draw' the circles of glue. Varying the circle size takes the pressure off of squeezing perfect circles.


Have a Nice Day Eggs

Dye eggs yellow and let dry completely. Draw faces with black marker. Feel free to break from tradition and let your egg express other emotions. Above: 'Oh no!' 'Happy' and 'Tee-Hee.'




Angry Birds Easter Fun
To get started, simply pull out your handy paint set and get to work on creating your favorite oh-so-crotchety characters. And for families that are hoping to use their angry birdies for an Easter egg hunt -- consider painting one egg completely gold for the ultimate grand 



Easter Sticker Fun
To make your own unique stenciled Easter eggs at home, you'll need to have painter's tape, freezer paper, and a decorative hole punch on hand. The options are truly endless with what stencils you can add to your eggs! Once you've got your sticker stencils in place, simply add your eggs to the colorful dye and then wait to peel them off. Easy peasy!



Marvelous Easter Marbling
To get started on your own, simply take your cooled hard-boiled eggs and roll them gently across the kitchen counter, just enough so that the eggs are cracked, yet the shell stays on. Since you're supposed to leave the eggs in dyed water for 5-7 hours, Jayne experimented with doing hers with cool water in the fridge (so that they could also eat them) and it worked like a charm. These would also be a fun idea for making colorful Easter deviled eggs!

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