How to Make Your Own Traditional Easter Eggs
Posted By Duncan Idaho On March 16, 2010 @ 4:38 pm In Arts & Crafts,Easter | No Comments
Easter eggs are loved by kids and adults alike. Starting around March each year the annual supermarket drive to off load a few hundred extra tons of chocolate begins and it’s certainly easy enough to pick up a few glittering, foil-wrapped eggs for your loved ones.
But what if you want to give something a little more personal, a little more interesting? What if you’d like to involve your children more intimately in the Easter experience?
Making your own Easter eggs is fun and so simple that children of almost any age can help in the process.
To have a go at the type of Easter eggs the ancient Egyptians used to give each other follow the steps below.
If you want to get fancy you can perform the steps above using a very dark food colour first, let this dry, peel off the stickers and then dye again using a pale colour – your eggs will not only be patterned, they’ll be two-tone!
To add a shiny finish put a few drops of vegetable oil on a paper towel and dab the eggs, making sure not to smudge your handiwork.
Traditional Easter eggs are a great alternative to the mass-produced chocolate shells we’re all so used to. They allow children to express their creativity and show that we’ve put more thought and effort into our Easter gift. That said, any parent desirous of a happy home at Easter time is well advised to have a number of the chocolate variety on hand as well.
For more great ideas for making your own traditional Easter eggs check out this video.
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