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EASTER EGGS

Prepare the eggs

Place eggs in a saucepan. Fill pan with water to cover 2" above the eggs. Do not cook eggs too fast. Bring to a slow boil for about 10 to 15 minutes. Take off stove. Let eggs sit in the hot water for another 5 to 10 minutes. 

Prepare The Dye

**Vinegar

**Food Coloring in three basic colors: Red,Yellow,& Blue

Fill small glass containers or cups with boiling water. Add 1 Tbsp vinegar and a few drops food coloring. The more drops of food coloring you use, the darker the color.  You only need 3 colors of food coloring.  With these colors you can make a huge spectrum of different shades of colors. Equal drops of red and yellow make orange, blue and yellow make green, and red and blue make purple. Changing the quantity of drops can make different colors like teal, turquoise, magenta, violet, brick red, etc. You will need a different spoon for each color so the colors will remain true.

Using Crayons

Before you put the eggs into the dye, you can draw on the eggs with a crayon. Using warm eggs makes it easier to color or write on with the crayons. As this slightly melts the wax crayon and to make smoother drawings. If you use different colors of crayons, the colors will show through with the dyeing process when you add the egg to the dye mixtures.

Rubber Bands

You can use rubber bands around the eggs to make different banding colors. This process starts out with a plain white egg with rubber bands. Dip the egg in a primary color like yellow, then after the egg dries remove the rubber bands and place egg in red. This will give you an orange egg with red bands. Try it with different color combinations. You can also start with a colored egg like yellow, let it dry and place the rubber bands on the egg and then dip in red. This will give an orange colored egg with yellow bandings. Use different sized rubber bands to make various sized bandings.

Using Candle Wax

Take a piece of white wax from a candle and try to gently sharpen the tip with a knife so you can write with it like a crayon. Use the tip to make eggs look like watermelons, to make intricately beautiful designs or  to write names on the eggs.  Dip the eggs in the food coloring mixture and watch your secret writings and delicate art appear on the egg. 

Marbled Easter Eggs

To make marbled colored Easter eggs you need to add about a tablespoon of oil in your dye mixture. Make sure your dye mixture has plenty of food coloring. The darker color makes better marbling. Make sure to have at least several inches of coloring mixture and oil to marble your eggs. Use a fork to swirl the oil and coloring. You can use a plain white egg or a previously colored one, place it in the mixture and roll around. Remove and let dry. These eggs take a little longer than normal to dry.

Drying Your Easter Eggs

The best way to dry your eggs are in the carton they came from, before using it while you are preparing the eggs poke small holes in each compartment. This will help drain the dipping from the drying egg. Don't forget to place something under the egg carton so you won't get the egg dye everywhere. The egg carton can leave the unwanted marks on the sides of the eggs sometimes. Try this tip. Cut toilet paper or paper towel rolls down to make little egg holders. These can also be decorated and used to set your eggs around the house for decoration. Similar apparatuses come with the egg decorating kits.

Drying eggs takes about 15 minutes. Eggs should be left to dry before doing different steps on them.

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