How do you decorate Easter eggs?
Easter is just around the corner! If you are already set with a variety of unique Easter-themed foods and recipes, then you might now want to focus on decorating your house or backyard—or wherever it is you are planning to celebrate. Having Easter-themed decorations and trinkets scattered around the house will give your guests that Easter holiday spirit which gives this particular day special and fun. And what better way to decorate every nook and cranny of your home than with a bunch of colorful Easter eggs? Here’s how:
Hard-cooked eggs:
- Place the eggs in room temperature water.
- Bring to a boil then turn down to a low boil for 12 minutes.
- Remove from stove and let cool before decorating.
- Refrigerate within 2 hours of cooking and use within a week.
When decorating the eggs, be sure to use a food-safe dye and work with chilled, hard-cooked eggs.
Hollow Eggs:
If you would like to display your eggs, it is a good idea to “blow out” your eggs before decorating. Poke a whole at each end of a raw egg, the largest whole on the large end, with a pin. With the pin, break up the yolk on the inside of the egg. Blowing through the small end of the egg, blow the egg through the large whole. Wash egg and let dry before decorating.
How do you decorate a hard boiled egg for Easter?
Eggs are a staple when it comes to Easter – be it in a recipe or for decoration. You can do tons of activities with these colorful Eggs during your Easter celebration such as an Easter egg hunt, Easter egg painting, and more! There are many unique ways to decorate your eggs from buying decorating packages at the store or using craft supplies such as crayons, glitter, stickers, paint and ribbon. Here are more unique and creative ways on how to decorate your Easter eggs:
- Easter Egg Tree – This one will help you use your colored Easter eggs in a unique way aside from just scattering them all over your house and backyard. To make an Easter Egg Tree, you can gather some branches from your garden or at your local florist and have some eggs hanging on it! The different colors of the eggs will definitely be a fun sight to look at.
- Easter Egg Flower Box – Do you have an empty vase or flower pot lying around? Why not make an Easter egg flower box out of it? You can just simply use some fake grass and decorate it with some colorful dyed eggs!
- Pressed Flower Easter Eggs. Add some more details to your Easter eggs with flowers! Once you have a bounty of dried and pressed flowers, buds, and leaves, adhere them to the egg’s surface with a flat paintbrush and glossy Mod Podge.
- Washi Tape Easter Eggs. Do you have a bunch of decorative washi tapes lying around your home? If so, then feel free to try it out on your Easter eggs!
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