3 ways to dye an egg

Easter is a fun time in the life of a child. I remember being super excited to dye Easter eggs weeks in advance. I'm sure you're familiar with the traditional way of dying eggs with the store bought dye and vinegar. Here are some more ways to make your Easter creations unique.

A fun way to dye eggs is to use crêpe paper. After you have hard-boiled your eggs, cut out little strips of different colors of crêpe paper. You can create long strips or little squares or even shapes. Wet the crêpe paper in water and place it on the egg. Take another piece of a different color of crêpe paper, wet it and overlap part of the first piece of paper. This will make a blended new color on the egg. Do this for the entire egg; be as creative as you want. After the egg is covered, let it sit until the dye from the egg has saturated the shell. Pull off the crêpe paper and you have a beautiful multicolored egg!

You can also wrap string around an egg to make an awesome pattern before you dye it. Simply grab thread or a thicker string, depending on the look you want, and wrap it around the egg in a pattern that you desire. Leave the string on while you dip the eggs into the dye. When the eggs are dry, take off the string and you'll have a beautiful pattern where the string once was!

Finally, who says that eggs only need to be dyed? You can make them extra sparkly by adding sequins or glitter. You can cover an entire egg with sequins by simply using craft glue. If you plan on doing this it's probably best to blow the egg out instead of hard boiling it. You also could combine dye and sequins, Sporadically placing the sequins wherever you want. To create a gem like Easter Egg, dye an egg like normal and while it is still wet, you can sprinkle a fine glitter on to it to make a beautiful treasure.

There are countless ways you could dye an egg. You are limited only by your imagination. If you need any Easter gifts be sure to visit our website at www.merryweatherbaskets.com. Merry Weather Baskets provides unique gifts that are perfect for anyone!