APRIL 2015


Kids Get Ready for an Egg-Citing Easter By Laurie Malmstrom with Sophia Hawkins An adult will need to help you hard boil the eggs and ready them for design.


Then, let your imagination run wild. We’ve used several different crafting ideas to create some one-of-a-kind Easter eggs.


Materials: • One dozen hard boiled eggs, cooled to room temperature • Package of Easter Egg coloring kit or food coloring and vinegar • Rubber Cement • Adhesive tape, or stickers of your choice • Rubber bands in varying widths and lengths • Wax crayons


Most of the above materials are available at dollar stores or hobby/craft stores. Begin by selecting your design technique:


1. Let rubber cement glop and dribble all over the egg. When the cement has dried, dip the egg into a bowl of die. When the color is bright, remove the egg and let dry. Peel off the glue and repeat for additional colors, if desired.


2. For tiny fingers use paper reinforcements or stick- ers. We used star stickers and covered our eggs with the stickers and then dipped the eggs until the color was bright enough. Let the egg dry and remove the stickers.


3. Twisting rubber bands around an egg can be a challenge but the result is snazzy and colorful. When you dip the egg, the dye will seep under the bands in some areas and be blocked out in other areas. Allow the egg to dry before remov- ing the rubber bands.


4. Using a wax crayon, add your name or a design to the egg before you dip into the desired color.


Note for parents: We used brown eggs at the request of one of the parents. They absorb color differently, but the kids had a good time trying to make purple out of the blue and red coloring.


Naturally dyed eggs can also be made using: • Spinach for green dye


• Blackberries for purple dye • Onion skins for tan dye • Coffee bags for yellow dye • Beets for pink dye • Carrots for peach dye


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