We all know what the traditional Easter eggs are like: we\u2019ve been making them for years upon years after years after year.\u00a0 And we all know that traditional Easter eggs end up looking exactly the same as they have since we were about two years old.\u00a0 They are one color, sometimes multiple colors, sometimes they unfortunately turn brown or grey because we try to hard to put too many colors on them in a desperate attempt to create a different looking Easter egg, for once.\u00a0 Well, here is a new twist on those tired old Easter eggs.\u00a0 Follow these directions to create stunning Easter eggs that you won\u2019t be ashamed to display on your dining room table, rather than in your kids\u2019 bedrooms.\u00a0 This craft is for grownups and for older kids, but it may be a little bit complicated for the youngest in your family.<\/p>\n
Materials needed for floral Easter eggs<\/em> Directions for making floral Easter eggs<\/strong>
\n1.\u00a0 hard boiled eggs
\n2.\u00a0 Easter egg dye, either store bought, home made, or completely natural
\n3.\u00a0 some old candle stubs (white candles) or paraffin wax (you can get it at any craft store)
\n4.\u00a0 a tin can that you can turn into something like a spout with some pliers
\n5.\u00a0 a clean empty margarine or butter container
\n6.\u00a0 either a paint brush that you can throw away afterwards or a q-tip
\n7.\u00a0 some small pressed flowers or ferns or leaves; you really don\u2019t even have to press them as long as they are flat and will stick to the Easter eggs.<\/p>\n
\n1.\u00a0 Prepare the Easter egg dye, either the store bought or the natural dye or the home made vinegar dye.
\n2.\u00a0 Put the wax into a tin can.\u00a0 Then put the tin can into a sauce pan that has about an inch of water in the bottom of it.\u00a0 Then put the sauce pan on the stove and turn on the stove on medium low heat.\u00a0 Carefully watch the wax until it turns into liquid.\u00a0 Children should not do this step, since leaving the wax on the heat for too long might lead to the wax igniting.
\n3.\u00a0 Next, using a pot holder (in case the tin can is too warm) pour the melted wax into the empty margarine container.\u00a0 You could also use a plastic bowl for this step, but you will probably only want to use something that you can throw away afterwards.
\n4.\u00a0 Next, put the flower on the egg where you want it to be.
\n5.\u00a0 Now, use the paint brush or the q-tip and gently dab melted wax completely over the flower so that it is totally covered.\u00a0 Work quickly, because wax dries very, very fast and you do not want the wax to dry before you actually get it on the egg!
\n6.\u00a0 Now, dye the egg as you normally would by dipping it in the dye.
\n7.\u00a0 Let the egg dry completely.\u00a0 The wax will peel off of the egg, but the flower or the leaf will be \u201cglued\u201d on to the egg underneath the dye.<\/p>\n