Color Easter eggs with artistic flair! Ideas for the holiday table

As much as you love classic-style Easter eggs, you'll want to break out of the box a little and try new designs that show off your creativity. We offer you several ideas for the holiday table to surprise all your loved ones!

Decorating Easter eggs is a fun family activity, especially with children. There are many ways to decorate eggs without resorting to traditional dyes. Place them in a saucepan of water over medium heat and let them simmer for about fifteen minutes. Once you've boiled your eggs, get all your ingredients ready and get to work!

Garnish with... shaving cream

Use a regular hygiene product like shaving cream to decorate your marbled Easter eggs. It's easier than it sounds and fun! Use food coloring to create a custom design, then dip hard-boiled eggs in cream to color them. All that remains is to let them dry and then remove the excess shaving cream. Dyeing eggs this way is a fun activity for children too.

Watercolor instead of classic paint

Inexpensive watercolor paints can also be useful for decorating Easter eggs. For marbled designs, use a round brush or an eraser on the end of a pencil. Involve kids in creating their favorite drawings. At the end I can apply glitter. Another trick is to paint the eggs after applying the stickers, which they remove at the end.

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Lace model, elegant

To make your Easter egg basket stand out, you'll need sewing supplies. Start by preparing a row of eggs, dyed in the classic way. Once dry, cut a piece of lace long enough to wrap around the egg. Place the egg on a paper-lined surface and use a small sponge applicator to apply a coat of acrylic paint to the lace. Working quickly, you will transfer the lace design onto the egg, paint side up, onto a stack of paper towels and gently roll the egg over the lace. Carefully remove the string and place the egg to dry.

Also try natural dyes.

Call on nature to prepare Easter eggs. Beets, red cabbage, turmeric or red onion skins mixed with vinegar will turn eggs red, pink, blue and yellow when cooked. If you want to get special designs, before boiling, place flowers, petals or small moistened leaves on each egg, which you secure by wrapping the egg in tights. Once boiling, remove the dressing, herbs and brush each egg with a little oil for extra shine.

Garnish with baking soda or rice

Even the simplest ingredients that you have on hand in the kitchen can come in handy when coloring eggs for the Easter table. Use food coloring, baking soda and vinegar. As the Easter eggs dry, a marble pattern will appear.

Using a spoon, mix one-third cup of baking soda with one tablespoon of water, then add three drops of food coloring of your choice. Mix until you get a paste. Repeat the procedure using a different dye. Then place one egg in a muffin tin and spread the paste on each one.

Better wear rubber gloves. The baking soda paste will add color to each colored egg, but you can make them even more vibrant by drizzling additional gel food coloring onto the eggs for concentrated pops of color. Finally, add a little vinegar to each egg. The reaction between vinegar and baking soda colors the eggs.

Once all the baking soda has dissolved, dip each egg in water to clean it. To dye boiled eggs with rice, you add food coloring on top of the rice layer, then pass the eggs through the dyed rice.

Use rope creatively

Another option for coloring Easter eggs is to tie boiled and cooled eggs with thread to create a pattern. Finally, all you have to do is dip them in your favorite paints. You let them dry, then remove the strings. White stripes will remain in their place.

Advice

To make the stripes a lighter shade of the color you want, first dye the eggs, then tie the strings and dye the eggs again.

Print fabric patterns on eggs

Boiling eggs wrapped in printed silk fabric helps transfer the pattern to the shell. For the boldest designs, choose bright colors and graphic patterns.

Select an old tie and cut it into pieces. Wrap the raw eggs in these pieces and catch them carefully. Try to smooth out wrinkles. The tighter you tie, the clearer the pattern will be. This will prevent the dye from getting onto the eggshells during cooking.

Place the wrapped eggs in cold water to cover them by at least one inch. Add a few tablespoons of vinegar and let them simmer over medium heat for at least 20 minutes. After cooling, you can remove the ties.