Easter Eggs - Cool, Unusual Ideas
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Easter eggs - cool and unique ideas to use on yours this year.
Go beyond the typical Dudley's kit this year with traditional Ukrainian egg decorating, egg carving or using natural dyes. Or, you can just have a look at some beautiful and interesting ways to decorate your Easter eggs and vow to do them next Easter before you head out to get your Dudley's egg decorating kit!
Easter Egg Design Techniques
Easter Eggs With Flair Using Simple Tricks With Common Household Items
I got an email from Disney's Family Fun and it had a bunch of ideas for getting unique designs on your eggs - no specialty tools require. Have a look at their suggestions.
Sticker Stencils Egg decorating couldn't get much simpler than this method: all you do is apply stickers to your egg before dyeing to create cool shapes and silhouettes. Click here for more Easter Egg Decorating ideas.
Rubber Banded Eggs Twisting bands around an egg can be challenging, but the result is a snappy, colorful creation.
Leaf Print Eggs Instead of opting for the classic egg-dyeing technique this Easter, turn a new leaf with this reverse-stenciling method.
Dripped On Eggs Kids will get a kick out of letting the rubber cement gloop and dribble and squiggle all over (the Easter egg, that is).
Cool Crayon Colors Go ahead and break the mold when decorating your eggs this year and have an eggs-traordinary time in the process. We've substituted crayons for conventional egg dye, coloring right on still-warm hard-boiled eggs. The heat melts the wax, creating smooth swaths of color.
Dry Your Designs Quickly
Make a quick Easter Egg holder when you cut circles into an old cardboard paper-towel tube.
Its On The Inside That Counts
Surprise someone
I found this "eggsalent" idea on one of my favorite food websites, Epicurious.com. The recipe is called "Chocolate Filled Delights". Basically it involves hollowing out egg shells and filling them with melted chocolate, then allowing them to dry.. No need to keep them white, you could dye them as well! Either way, I think its a cool idea! Eggs on a stick?
Well, they're not really eggs..
I came across this blog entry while looking at ideas for kids birthday cakes actually! There are a lot more Easter themes than just eggs (chicks, bunnies, etc..) but I thought it would fit well right here. Check out the Bakerella Blog to view all of these Easter "Cake Pops". Looks like they're just small cakes or brownies on a stick, dipped in some royal icing and decorated. You could even dip them in melted chocolate or whatever else takes your fancy. Very cute indeed! What a great idea for arranging an Easter basket!
Easter Egg Votive Candles
By JonMatthew Photography
Follow these easy directions provided by JonMatthew Photography to make colored egg votive candles.
- Make small holes in the top and bottom of the egg.
- Empty the egg so just the shell remains by blowing air in one hole and letting the egg drain out of the other hole.
- Boil the eggs to kill any harmful bacteria (approximately 10 minutes).
- Drain and dry the eggshell.
- Dye the eggshell.
- Drain and air dry your colored egg shells again.
- Tear away the top part of the shell carefully, leaving 2/3 to 3/4 of the egg intact.
- Warm your candle wax
- Place a pre-made wick in the bottom of the egg shell.
- Pour liquid wax in the shell and let it set.
Votive Easter Egg Candle Tools
"Easter Egg" Decorations and Natural Dyes for your eggs
Made from a sugar solution and balloons
I subscribe to a newsletter on different chemistry projects and topics put out by about.com author Anne Marie Hellmenstein, Ph. D. She's put out an Easter-themed newsletter, with several cool Easter Egg projects. One of them contains instructions for how you can make a string Easter egg, modelled on a balloon and constructed of a sugar solution and string.
Hellmenstein also includes detailed instructions on how to color your Easter eggs with natural dyes. Natural Dyes
Subtly color your Easter eggs this year with natural dyes
If dying your Easter eggs with natural dyes, you can both hard-boil and dye your eggs at the same time. Simply boil some water (add a little vinegar for more intense color) and hard-boil your eggs as normal! Check out Michelle Starkey's eHow tips on how to make organic Easter egg dyes. She has some excellent tips on how to get your color to develop more fully.- purple grape juice - lavender
- small quantity of red onion skins or red wine - violet blue
- spinach leaves - green
- turmeric - yellow
- carrots - orange
- coffee - brown
- beets - pink
- lots of red onion skins - red
- red cabbage - blue
Kool Eggs
Use Kool-Aid To Dye Your Easter Eggs
Hey Jen Renee Did a great post on using Kool Aid to dye your Easter Eggs. Jen Renee has previously blogged about dying her hair as well as some yarn with kool aid. Because of the citric acid already in KoolAid, this technique requires no vinegar. Not only that, but at a general cost of 5 packets for $1, KoolAid makes for an inexpensive egg dying adventure.Read Hey Jen Renee's blog post on Kool Aid Eggs HERE.
Silk Tie-Dying
Transferring designs from silk ties to your Easter Eggs
Who would've guessed that Martha Stewart would have a few ideas up her sleeve (or previously around someone's neck) for decorating Easter eggs? Check out her article on how to dye eggs from scraps of old silk ties!Clear out overstuffed closets or make a trip to a local thrift store to get your supplies for this project.
Eve's Eggs
Making a Pysanky
Watch Eve make a beautiful Pysanky. She makes it look so easy!
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Tools needed to make Ukrainian Easter Eggs or "Pysanky"
You can buy the eggs, vinegar and dye on your own
I wouldn't suggest you buy your eggs on eBay! It might be a good place to pick up a Kistka, Kistky, Beeswax or Egg Lathe though!
Buy an Egg Lathe on eBay
Perfect your pysanky or other egg designs
An egg lathe will allow you to perfectly map out and sketch your egg designs before you start applying wax to your pysanky or other original egg art. Buy one secondhand at eBay from a once-ambitious egg designer (you might find a bargain!).
Books on Decorating Pysanky Eggs
Carved Eggs
View a video of some intricately carved eggs. This might be too much for the beginner, but its inspiring to watch.
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Purchase Egg Carving Needs On eBay
You need a Dremel rotary tool and 2 bits, a sanding disc and a diamond bit.
Show off your cool new Easter eggs!
Proudly display your new creations
If you've put time and trouble into making beautiful and unique Easter eggs, you want to proudly displaly them for all to see. Invest in an egg-holder and frame your creation in style.
Eggshell Land
Perhaps the most unusual Easter Egg display
Ron and Betty Manolio of Lyndhurst, Ohio, color tens of thousands of Easter eggs every year and set them up as an elaborate display in their homes' front year at Easter. I doubt you'll find a more unusual or unique Easter egg display ever!
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Which Easter Egg Decorating Method Do You Prefer?
Are you a Dudley's traditionalist or do you opt for something more extravagant?
How do you do your Easter Eggs? Do you just pick up a Dudley's kit and stick with that? Maybe you like to go a bit more extreme and try the Ukrainian method with wax? Do you hard-boil your eggs or blow them hollow?
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Atreyusmommy Apr 21, 2012 @ 5:54 pm | delete
- My family and I still use the Dudley's kit and hard boil the eggs.
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Pinkchic18
Apr 6, 2012 @ 3:54 pm | delete
- I grew up with the Dudleys kit and crayons so it brings back memories :)
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Pippi2011
Apr 6, 2012 @ 6:52 am | delete
- I love your ideas for dying Easter eggs with natural dyes and I'll try some of them.
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MelonyVaughan
Apr 1, 2012 @ 8:59 pm | delete
- Brilliant ideas! The votive candles are beautiful.
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nyclittleitaly
Apr 1, 2012 @ 1:47 am | delete
- What fantastic ideas for coloring eggs with natural ingrediants.
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- Cool lens. Thanks for sharing
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Pinkchic18
Apr 6, 2012 @ 3:55 pm | delete
- You have some really fun ideas here! Thanks for sharing these!
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wheresthekarma
Mar 27, 2012 @ 10:25 pm | delete
- Love this lens, will feature on my Easter Eggs lens!
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Michey Mar 19, 2012 @ 11:03 am | delete
- I never try applying stickers, I will try. Usually I paint my eggs, and I have a lot of fun.
Regards
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amyrechar
Jan 10, 2012 @ 5:03 pm | delete
- Lots of neat idea's...I am going to try a few of them this Spring.
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