My children have been asking to color eggs this Easter season. We are getting ready for a week long trip to visit my family but I wanted to make sure we did this activity before we left. We picked out this fun kit from the store and were excited to try something new.
Sadly, the box was missing all the dyes. I quickly went to my baking cupboard only to find a few drops of yellow and red food coloring. Enough to make some pale eggs. Needless to say they were not so excited about this.
Thankfully my amazing neighbor was able to save the day. They had been making Ukrainian eggs and had a jar of black and purple dye. These made some gorgeous eggs which you can see in the back row. The kids enjoyed decorating them and the afternoon was saved!
We also decided to try to make some felted eggs. We took a plastic egg and wrapped it in colorful wool.
We then dunked it in warm soapy water and rubbed it all over until they felted. Once they dry, we will make a small slit in them and slip the plastic egg out. I've never done this before. It was a little messy but fun. I will have to post the finished eggs tomorrow.
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