We had our annual Easter egg coloring adventure and had fun, as usual. This year we experimented with brown as well as white eggs.
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The annual egg dyeing event. |
The tradition of the baseball egg continued.
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The baseball egg. |
Rubber band resists are always a hit at our house. We got more adventurous this year with multiple bands and also introduced some wavy lines.
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Preparing the resist |
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Letting the egg drip dry before removing the rubber bands. |
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Resist dyed egg. |
We found some metallic and Gel FX colors in the Crayola box of 96. These colors produced a richer, more prominent color on the eggs and were easier to see when mark-making.
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Gel and metallic crayons worked very well. |
Free-motion quilting designs are my favorites to do. You can't get enough drawing practice, I always say.
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Free-motion quilting patterns on eggs. |
These are the outcomes with the rubber band resists. A few of them started as brown eggs. Some incorporated crayon drawings as well as the resists. The color palette was warmer and earthy because of the brown eggs.
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Resist dyed eggs. |
We lost 5 eggs due to cracks... which went directly into the makings of egg salad. The rest made this pretty display.
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25 colored eggs. |
Here are several that are packed in a Easter basket, ready to go to mom's house.
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Easter basket for mom. |
Did you do any egg dying this year?