I decorated Easter Eggs for the first time yesterday! Here are some ideas if you're planning to decorate too. When I craft, I go a little crazy! So when I decided to do a little egg decorating, I did a little researching on Pinterest and found some awesome tutorials and tips.

1. 'Tie'-dye technique:

I was super excited about this one. You take silk neck ties (they have to be 100% silk to work) and wrap them around the egg--wrap those again in a white cloth--then hard-boil them with 1/4 cup of vinegar and viola! The pattern from the silk ties will transfer to the egg shell.

They turned out ok....for my first time hehe. Find the FULL INSTRUCTIONS HERE.

IMG_5332
Silk tie-dye technique.
loading...

2. Traditional dyeing with a twist:

You know those egg-dyeing kits they sell all over the place around Easter-time??? I found a ton of them at local thrift stores in Boise (for less than half the price than regular stores); we followed the instructions on the packages but decided to switch it up a little bit...

We used small elastic bands (rubber bands would work well too) and wrapped them around the eggs before dyeing them (or after a base color for contrast) and it gave them a really cool design.

credit: zizly
credit: zizly
loading...

3. Marble effect technique:

For this one, we used those same kits (found at thrift stores), but to add the marble effect we added a tablespoon of oil to the color bath.

After dyeing the egg with a base color, we mixed the water and oil as much as possible and dipped the egg immediately after...this created a cool marble effect.

credit: zizly
credit: zizly
loading...
credit: zizly
credit: zizly
loading...

4. Nail Polish Technique

This one is pretty awesome you just take your favorite nail polish colors pop a few drops into some room-temperature water. Dip the eggs (better to use some gloves for this one) in the water and....viola! Get the full instructions HERE.

 

Handbag
Gubcio
loading...

There are so many ways to decorate eggs, and it's so much fun. I definitely recommend it, plus Albertson's has 1-dozen carton of eggs on sale for only 10 cents!!!!

For more fun decorating ideas CLICK HERE!

credit: zizly
credit: zizly
loading...

More From 104.3 Wow Country