Easter Eggs

Because of our oh-so-busy life *grin*, we didn't get around to dyeing Easter eggs before Easter. Viva was insistent that we do eggs, bringing the topic up more than once. So for Family Home Evening last Monday I boiled three dozen eggs and Kara located the egg dyes.

Bentley did 13 eggs. He proudly pointed each one out to me. He preferred to draw on his eggs with a wax crayon and then dye them a single, solid color. He drew butterflies and flowers and mountains and other things. Jake did a few with the crayon, but he preferred painting them with a gel dye and/or rolling them in a bag for a tie-dye effect. Viva didn't use the wax crayon, she preferred the foam roller and paintbrush.




The children enjoyed the activity. Matt kept Lincoln company and so he missed the fun with us, but he had fun with Lincoln so it was all good. Kara did a few eggs--put them in and pulled them out of the dye baths. I did a number of tie-dye eggs. My fingernails are a mess. It was for a good cause, right?

Now we have to eat all those eggs. Last year I tried a new (to our family) boiled egg casserole. It was awful. I vote we charge the eggs to the art supplies budget and throw them out in a few days.