We dyed Easter Eggs Saturday evening. We each got to color four eggs. Last year we tried the regular dye with tablets and cups for the first time. The dyes worked okay with no major messes, but the kids kept wanting the same colors and it was a lot of waiting for popular colors to come available. So this year, I bought two sets of coloring cups. I also skipped the decorating kits with stickers, glitter, and other accessories.
Having two of each color worked much better. The wax crayons also worked better this year. The kids got into drawing designs on the eggs and dipping the eggs into multiple colors. The really deep blues and greens are the result of multiple dippings in different colors.
Three of the eggs we dyed are hollow, and we will add them to our Egg Tree. We keep our egg tree decorated for all 50 days of Easter, until Pentecost, so we can enjoy them for longer and remind the children that it is still Easter.
Some day I hope to make a Faberge inspired egg. The exhibit we saw at the science museum was one of my favorites.
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