Dyeing eggs for Easter on the eve of the Resurrection of Christ has long grown from a sacred rite into traditional family activities that bring joy and help decorate the interior. There are a huge number of ways to decorate these attributes of the spring holiday; many non-trivial recipes have accumulated in every family. And yet, try to find something new for yourself and surprise those around you with needlework skills.
Birds in a willow nest
This way to decorate eggs in an unusual way for Easter will appeal not only to adults, but also to children. First, it is recommended to build a nest from willow twigs, which are sold in abundance in the markets in spring. Do not try to create an absolutely symmetrical, complex braid - negligence will add naturalness and special charm to the product. Just roll the branches into a wreath and secure with thin flexible wire.
Cover the bottom of the nest with sawdust or a beautiful 100% linen (cotton) linen napkin. After that, prepare the "chicks": boil hard-boiled chicken eggs in a weak broth of onion peel so that the shell acquires a golden hue. Cut the wings out of tissue paper and glue them on the sides of the figures with potato starch paste and boiled in boiling water. Attach a cardboard beak from the sharp end of each egg and draw the eyes. You just have to place unusual Easter souvenirs in the nest.
Plant motives
Dyeing eggs for Easter using plant elements is not a new method, but each natural herbarium is unique and the decorations will be truly exclusive. For coloring, you will need a suitable natural material, if you have prudently dried it in summer and autumn: small curly leaves, blades of grass, inflorescences. In addition, a food net comes in handy - it is usually used in stores selling vegetables and fruits. As a last resort, replace it with a thin nylon.
Sort out the plant elements and think over the drawing that should end up on the Easter eggs. Gently stick leaves, herbs and flowers to the workpieces, slightly moistening them with water. After that, carefully wrap the eggs with a net, fixing it at the ends, and boil it hard-boiled in a coloring broth. Spinach and nettle will give the shell a green color, onion husks golden to brown, birch leaves yellow, oak bark bronze, beets reddish. Unpack the finished eggs and remove the natural material.
Melting beeswax
Decorating eggs with wax is quite easy to master, but you can't do without imagination and artistic flair. All thermal treatments should be carried out with the utmost care. First of all, you need a base - beeswax melted in a water bath (the best option) or paraffin.
Gently dip one half of the egg into a hot bowl, then the other. Use a fine brush to draw out random veining patterns. When the wax is at its original hardness, place the blanks in warm food coloring. As a result, you will get an original pattern: only areas free from the wax layer will be covered with pigments. If you later want to remove the decorative surface from the shell, simply refrigerate the eggs.
Improvised means as an element of decor
With a simple starch paste and any small things that are suitable for creating ornaments and patterns, you can decorate eggs really effectively. It is enough to lower the blanks into the adhesive and you can start a painstaking task - laying out cereals, figured pasta, beads, buttons, beads and other improvised material on the surface.
Even a piece of gauze can magically transform Easter trappings … into "dinosaur eggs"! To do this, you need to tightly wrap them in a netting, securing the ends on both sides, and place them in any dye solution. To get the effect of real "fossils" with white veins, it is recommended to give the blanks a natural shade: dark green or gray. A little imagination - and you will come up with many more ways to paint Easter eggs. Just don't forget to place them nicely. For example, tie it with ribbons and hang on the willow branches.
