EntranceHow to decorate an Easter egg with your own hands. How to color Easter eggs in an original way? Decoration of Easter eggs - drapanki
A bright holiday is approaching, which means that you just need to know how to paint eggs for Easter with your own hands. So that the material does not seem banal, we will talk about dozens of ideas for coloring the main symbol of the Orthodox celebration. So, let's begin!
Why you need to paint eggs
stories there are many about why eggs are dyed for Easter: they start with banal everyday things and end with wonderful Orthodox legends.
If we consider the coloring of eggs from the life side, you can hear an interesting story. Nature is arranged in such a way that the hens did not stop laying eggs during the 40-day fast. Therefore, in order to use the testicles for food after the end of the Christian vigil, people put them in special baskets. To distinguish fresh product, the peasants painted the shells. Its color differed depending on the day it was received.
There are also other story, caressing the ear and being the main version of the origin of the tradition of dyeing eggs among Christians. Mary Magdalene presented an egg to Tiberius on the day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ with the words "Christ is risen". The enraged emperor shouted that he did not believe in this: Resurrection is impossible in the same way as the fact that a white egg will turn red. At the same moment, the egg in Magdalena's hands turned bright red.
Which version to believe is up to you.. However, the tradition of decorating Easter eggs no one canceled, so further we will tell you how to do it right.
What color to paint the eggs
The color of Easter eggs matters. Be sure to read this section before you start painting Easter symbols:
- White
The color symbolizes the purity of the soul and heavenly abode. It is recommended to leave the testicles white and apply dot decoration if there is a child in the house. - Red
A bright color that says that God loves the human race. Dye eggs this color if you believe that Jesus is with you. - Yellow and orange
Colors are symbols of wealth and prosperity. Be sure to use them to bring money into the house. - Blue
The color of purity, kindness, tenderness. Recommended if there are children in the home. - Green
Attracts prosperity to the family. Be sure to stock up on a few eggs of this color. - Black
The color that characterizes misfortune. In this color to paint the Easter beginning absolutely impossible.
Coloring eggs with food coloring
Modern food coloring manufacturers offer high-quality and safe formulations. Color them with eggs without fear that they will deteriorate. Prepare the following:
- white eggs
- Pot
- Vinegar
- Paper towels
- Bowl.
Eggs for coloring with food coloring should not be fresh: use products after 2-3 days of rest. Proceed as follows:
- Hard boil the eggs. Lay out on a paper towel, leave to dry.
- Prepare bowls for dye of each color: pour 250 ml of water into each, dilute with 80 ml of vinegar.
- Add 5-13 drops of food coloring: the more drops, the nicer and richer the color.
- Drop one egg into a bowl of each color. Leave to stain for 6 minutes.
- After the time has elapsed, remove the eggs, lay on paper towels. Wait for complete drying.
After coloring in the desired colors, proceed to decorate the Easter symbols. One of the brightest examples is pasta decor. You can read about it at
How to dye eggs with onion skins
Painting an Easter symbol with onion skins is a popular way to give an egg a vibrant rich burgundy color. To use this method, you do not need special knowledge, just carefully read instructions and execute it in the kitchen:
- Prepare a large number of onion peel. Remember: quantity determines quality. The more material for painting, the richer the color will be in the end.
- Pour 1.5 liters of water into a saucepan, place the husk there. Cook it over medium heat for 50 minutes.
- Cool the resulting mass, strain.
- Add ½ tablespoon of salt and the same amount of vinegar to the colored water purified from the husk.
- Place pre-prepared eggs in the mixture, cook for 10 minutes. After that, dry the product on a napkin.
For coloring in onion peel not necessary use white eggs.
Coloring eggs with beets
Have you noticed that after making beetroot vinaigrette, your hands have a pinkish color? This vegetable makes a great shade range: use it if you want your Easter eggs to have a pink or burgundy color. There are several ways to color eggs with beets. Check them out:
- Method one
Prepare freshly squeezed beetroot juice, place the eggs in it for 12 hours. After the specified time, a rich burgundy color will turn out. - Method two
Peel 3 beetroots, grate. Pour 100 ml of water and 1/2 tablespoon of food vinegar, put on fire, boil for 10 minutes. Dip the testicles in the broth, leave for a few hours. - Method three
An economical and practical way, which consists in boiling beets with eggs. - Method four
Grate the beets on a fine grater, dip the boiled eggs into the fresh gruel. Leave for 3-4 hours for a burgundy color.
How to dye eggs green
Anticipating the question, we answer: It's safe to dye eggs green. Therefore, arm yourself with cellophane gloves and start creating:
- Put the pan on the fire, add 2-3 tablespoons of salt.
- Add brilliant green: for a dark green color, pour the entire bottle, for a weak salad color - 3-4 drops.
- Boil 10 minutes until done.
By the way, to get interesting marble effect, use 5-6 drops of brilliant green when painting eggs with onion skins. When the product cools, you will see attractive red-green stains on the surface of the shell.
How to paint eggs with brilliant green with lace
We'll tell you about one more creative way coloring Easter eggs with greenery:
- Buy lace in a skein. It is not necessary to take expensive, the main thing is to like the drawing.
- Tie each egg with a piece of lace. Tie the ends of the ribbon with thread. It is important that the lace is firmly pressed to the surface, otherwise the pattern will be blurry.
- brew in the usual way with the addition of greens.
- When ready, soak the eggs in cold water for 7 minutes. Then remove the lace and enjoy a pleasant pattern.
How to get green eggs
The desire of many people to play it safe is understandable. Not everyone decides to paint Easter symbols with greenery. If you really want to get green testicles, we advise you to pay attention to other natural dyes. These include:
- Spinach
- Dill
- Parsley
- Nettle.
Coloring eggs with violet flowers
To get lilac or purple eggs, use violet tincture. The instruction is simple:
- Stock up on violet petals. Fill them with hot water, let it brew for about an hour.
- Boil eggs with salt.
- Place the boiled product in violet tincture for 12-16 hours.
Natural dyes for vibrant colors
To get rich and interesting colors, it is not necessary to resort to food coloring from the store. Dig into the bins and you will surely find natural colors for easter eggs
- Turmeric will color the shell into yellow. To do this, you need to cook the chicken product with it.
- Brown color help you get coffee beans or Walnut. Color saturation is determined by the concentration of dyes in the broth.
- Dark blue color the shell will get after rubbing with cauliflower leaves.
- Freshly squeezed carrot juice will color the shell in Orange within 15 minutes.
To get magnificent specks on the treasured shell, apply the instruction:
- Prepare bowls with food coloring: the effect of marble is obtained only when using chemical compounds.
- Add to each 1 tbsp. spoon of vegetable oil, mix.
- Dip the egg for 5-7 minutes.
To testicles were painted correctly and shone with colored barrels, use recommendations to prepare the product for the procedure:
- To prevent the eggs from bursting during the cooking process, prepare them in advance. Remove from the refrigerator, wait until the surface temperature of the shell is equal to room temperature. Add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of salt.
- To add shine, wipe the finished dyed eggs with a cotton cloth dipped in vegetable oil.
That's all! Now you know how to paint eggs for Easter with your own hands! We hope the material turned out to be useful and you will plunge into the world of Easter crafts with us with pleasure!
Pantone color palette on eggs
Graphic designers will not be able to resist such eggs. Instruction.
Black and white Easter eggs
Easter eggs do not have to be decorated in bright colors. Black and white drawings are also interesting, which are easy to depict. Instruction.
Easter eggs dyed with silk tie
Old 100% silk ties, scarves or blouses can also be used for coloring boiled eggs. Non-toxic and original! Instruction.
Super Mario Bros
Great Easter theme for old school gamers. Instruction.
Chalkboard on eggs
This is a version of the miniature blackboard. These eggs can be personalized or you can write Easter greetings on them using chalk. Instruction.
Temporary tattooed eggs
Source: brit.co
Affordable and simple idea to create unique drawings on eggs. Instruction.
Washi Tape Ornament
If you do not want to get dirty with paints, then this idea is for you. You will need some washi tape (decorative Japanese ribbon made from natural fibers) and scissors. Instruction.
These stylish eggs are tempting to give French names like Pierre or Jean-Claude. Instruction.
dinosaur eggs
Another simple coloring technique that produces impressive results. It is enough to dip the eggs in the dye overnight for the color pigments to seep through the peel and form an amazing effect. Instruction.
Painting eggs with paper towels
Dip paper towels in your favorite food coloring, then wrap them around the eggs. After a few hours, the colors, along with the pattern of the towels, will be redrawn. Instruction.
Easter egg garden
To make Easter eggs look like a garden, you will need dye and a few strips of origami paper. Instruction.
Easter eggs with old fashioned silhouettes
With minimal effort, you can make eggs look so elegant and charming. Instruction.
golden globe
You can decorate eggs with gold leaf in different ways, we liked the world map. Instruction.
Easter eggs with thumbprints
Both adults and children can take part in the implementation of this charming idea. Add a couple of strokes and your prints can be anything! Instruction.
Watercolor Easter eggs
To make an Easter masterpiece, just dip the brush into the paint and press it against the egg. Instruction.
Easter eggs on the theme "Doctor Who"
For those who like the idea of time travel and for fans of the cult series. Instruction.
Paper napkin decorations
No time and artistic ability? Take advantage of this idea! Just pick up paper napkins with a beautiful pattern, and voila! Instruction.
Lego mini
Great idea for Lego fans. Instruction.
Easter eggs glowing in the dark
Perhaps the most amazing, almost space eggs! Instruction.
Easter eggs dyed with fabric
Wrapping the eggs in textured cloth before dyeing them will leave an intricate pattern on the skin that looks like painstaking hand painting. Instruction.
Embroidered Easter eggs
Let's not lie, embroidering on eggs is not an easy task, but when you do it, you will get a one-of-a-kind attribute of Easter decor that you can use from year to year. Instruction.
Ombre coloring
Ombre in French means "shading". This method of staining involves applying several shades of color with smooth transitions and gives a fabulous result. Instruction.
Staining with onion peel and plant leaves
Pretty natural patterns are obtained by a completely non-toxic method. You will need sprigs of herbs, onion peel and old tights. Instruction.
The tradition of dyeing eggs has come to us since ancient times. And since then, every year on the bright spring holiday of Easter, we do not forget about it, and create small creative masterpieces with our own hands. Just as we do not forget to cook and bake on these significant spring days
In my opinion, a wonderful tradition and a wonderful holiday! Day of the Resurrection of Christ! The day of spring awakening, the beginning of something new and beautiful! And for the holiday it is customary to prepare all sorts of treats, treat guests with them, and treat yourself.
And today we will paint eggs together with you. Our task is to learn how to do it the most different ways. And there are many such ways among the people. Each hostess probably has her favorite, which she uses from year to year. But each of us has a moment when we want to try something new.
And just today's article for such a case. I will share with you the methods that I managed to accumulate, as well as those that I myself have recently learned. In any case, there will be many ways, and I think that each of you will choose something to your liking. After all, painting them with your own hands is always akin to art.
After all, Orthodox Easter will come very soon. We will all visit each other with Easter cakes and krashenka, "beat" them. And to the statement: “Christ is Risen!”, receive the answer: “Truly Risen!” And together we will rejoice at the arrival of spring, the revival of nature, sunlight and warmth. Rejoice as if it were some kind of miracle, which once was the miracle of the resurrection of Christ.
Easter eggs are the basis and decoration of any table. At present, it is not difficult to decorate them beautifully; a large number of various dyes, materials for blending, decorating and other decoration are sold in stores.
For those who want to express their creativity, there are many interesting ways to design. The main requirement for this is that the painted samples should not be dark, gloomy. Spring colors are welcome, red is required, and all its shades. And the rest - as knowledge will tell, and what is enough imagination.
For proper staining, there are several basic rules.
- for a better and uniform coloring, they must be washed and degreased. You can wash with soap and degrease with alcohol.
- you need to cook them only when they lie down at room temperature for some
- time. Then, while heating them in hot water, there will be no sharp temperature drop, and the shell will remain intact.
- it is better to cook them with the addition of salt, about one tablespoon per 1-1.2 cups of water
- in order for boiled and dyed samples to have a beautiful festive look, they must be dried and wiped with a cloth dipped in vegetable oil. Then carefully polish them with a dry cotton cloth. So they will turn out shiny and glossy.
For decorating Easter eggs, depending on the method of coloring, there are such concepts:
- dyes - painted in one color
— speckles - painted in the main color, but there are blotches on them in the form of specks, spots or stripes of a different color
- drapanki - tinted in one color, but the pattern on them is scratched out by hand
— Easter eggs - have an ornamental or plot pattern, hand-painted with paints or painted in a special way.
And so how can you decorate this Easter symbol beautifully and show your creativity?
Painting in onion skins
The most popular coloring method is the use of onion skins. Our great-grandmothers used this coloring method, and probably their great-grandmothers too. This is a very simple and affordable way to achieve a range of colors from light yellow to dark brown. The more you take the husk for coloring, the darker the color will turn out. The intensity of staining also makes its own adjustments to the shade.
And if you use various devices, you can get not only the intended color, but also the pattern.
Coloring in onion skins
1. Place the husk in a saucepan and pour water over it. Cook it over low heat for 30-40 minutes.
2. Turn off the heat, cover with a lid and leave to infuse for about 1 hour.
3. Remove the eggs from the refrigerator in advance, let them lie at room temperature for 2 hours.
4. Strain the broth, freeing it from the husk, salt. Place eggs in it and cook for 7-10 minutes.
5. Take them out with a spoon and cool them in running cold water.
6. To get a more intense color, they can be returned to the infusion of the husk again, and hold them there until the desired color.
7. Dry and grease with gauze dipped in vegetable oil.
To get a rich red-brown color, you need to take the husk from 8-10 bulbs and pour it with two glasses of water.
Exist different types onions, and its husks vary in color from light yellow to dark brown. Depending on this, you can also get different colors.
Using this, you can color the samples in a very beautiful way.
Marble staining method
1. Prepare husks of different colors, cut them arbitrarily with different geometric shapes, no larger than 1 cm. Cut plain paper in the same way.
2. Mix the husk and paper.
3 eggs room temperature moisten with water, roll in the husk with paper.
4. Prepare a nylon stocking or gauze in advance. Cut it into squares 15 x 15 cm, so that you can put the product to be painted in them.
5. Put them in gauze. Tie the edges of the gauze tightly or secure with threads so that the husk fits snugly against the walls of the shell. The denser, the sharper the pattern.
6. Place the remaining husk in a saucepan, fill it with water and add 1-2 tablespoons of salt. Put eggs in a saucepan, put on fire, bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 35-40 minutes.
7. Take them out with a spoon, place them under the flow cold water. Remove capron.
8. Dry and grease with gauze dipped in vegetable oil.
Marble method of staining in onion peel and brilliant green
1. Prepare the onion peel. If there is a husk of a different color, then this will give the best "marble" effect. Cut the husk as small as possible. There should be a lot of husks.
2. Moisten the main product at room temperature with water and cover generously with the husk. At first, you can simply roll them, and then apply them with your hands.
3. Wrap very tightly with gauze or nylon, tie the ends with threads.
4. Pour a glass of water into the pan, add a tablespoon of salt and pour a vial of brilliant green.
5. Place eggs with husks in a saucepan. They must be completely hidden under water. If there is not enough water, then you can add it.
6. Put on medium heat, bring to a boil. Cook for 7-10 minutes.
7. Rinse under running water. Then remove the gauze and rinse again.
8. Dry and grease with gauze sunflower oil. Polish and put on a dish.
I really like this method and use it often. And especially for you, we shot a video on this topic, which we are pleased to offer you for viewing.
I tried to tell and show everything in great detail, so that anyone who undertakes this task will get only an excellent result.
In onion peel with a pattern
An interesting pattern can be obtained using the same onion peel and rice. We will get the so-called krapanki. How to do it?
1. Moisten eggs at room temperature with water.
2. Apply dry rice to them and wrap them tightly with nylon or gauze, as in the previous version.
3. Place the onion peel in a saucepan, fill it with water and salt. Put prepared samples into it, put on fire, bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 35-40 minutes.
4. Take them out with a spoon, place them under running cold water. Remove capron.
5. Dry and grease with gauze dipped in vegetable oil.
In onion peel with lace pattern
Drawings can be made using various plants, improvised materials or lace fabric. So, for example, such drawings as twigs and leaves are very loved by the people.
1. Prepare dill sprigs, parsley leaves, small leaves from other plants and blades of grass. You can make paper cutouts. The lace pattern is very beautiful. With this staining technique, an adhesive plaster is also used. Various shapes are cut out and glued. Or the drawing is applied with wax.
2. Moisten eggs at room temperature with water.
3. In random order, as fantasy tells, apply a drawing using the prepared material.
4. Wrap them tightly with nylon or gauze.
5. Place onion peel in a saucepan, fill it with water and pour 1-2 tbsp. spoons of salt. Place eggs in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 35-40 minutes.
6. Take them out with a spoon, place them under running cold water. Remove capron.
7. Dry and grease with gauze dipped in vegetable oil.
Put on a plate and put on the table.
In onion peel with a pattern
Patterns on the egg can be created in several ways.
1. For example, wrapping a few rubber bands on it for money. Get strips of different widths. And if you change the position of the rubber bands, and alternately paint the surface with dyes of different colors, you will get multi-colored stripes. You need to paint from light to dark tone.
2. Threads can be wound in the same way. And then dip them into the dye solution.
3. Or stick narrow long strips of adhesive tape.
4. Beautiful patterns are obtained by wrapping the shell with lace and then holding it in the onion solution.
How to dye eggs with natural dyes
It is believed that the use of natural dyes is better than artificial ones. And you can't even explain why. The word "natural" says it all. And while I don't think artificial food colorings are bad, if I have to choose between them, I always choose natural ones.
As you know, many plants, fruits and vegetables have a natural pigment that easily colors some things. And at all times people used this effect.
Let's look at what they are, and how you can use them to achieve a more saturated color.
- Onion peel. When stained, it gives a rich palette from pale yellow to a beautiful, rich dark brown. How to paint, we discussed in detail above.
- Beet juice. Thanks to him, you can get a color from pale pink to burgundy.
To dye in this color, grate the beets, pour water over it and boil for 20-30 minutes. Strain the resulting broth, add a few tablespoons of vinegar and a little salt. Then let it cool down a bit and put the eggs in it. Cook for 10 - 15 minutes, periodically checking what color is turned out. Then let it brew.
- Spinach. When used, a bright saturated green color is obtained. Similarly, we prepare a decoction and boil eggs in it.
To prepare the infusion, you just need to boil the chopped spinach for 30-40 minutes. Then place the samples in a slightly cooled infusion.
- Birch leaves. Thanks to the decoction and infusion of even fresh, even dry birch leaves, you can also get a beautiful green color.
Pour boiling water over them, let simmer over low heat until the solution becomes a saturated color, then turn off the fire, and insist the leaves in water for another 30 minutes. After that, dip the samples prepared for painting into the cooled solution and cook after boiling for 10 minutes
- Nettle. It will also give a green color when dyed.
- Lemon. Thanks to the infusion of lemon peel, various shades of yellow can be obtained.
- Chamomile. Gives beautiful and very delicate shades of yellow.
- Turmeric and saffron. Gives a lovely sunny orange color.
- Orange. Its crusts, infused in a decoction, will give a magnificent golden-orange color.
- Red cabbage. When preparing a decoction and painting eggs, it will give a blue color.
- Coffee. Its infusion will give warm beige shades.
You can also color using raspberry juice, blueberries, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries. Or try making it in infused black tea.
For all of the above natural dyes, there is one staining scheme. There she is.
Universal coloring method for all natural dyes
1. Pour cold water into a saucepan, add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vinegar. Place there the product, which will be a natural dye.
2. Bring to a boil, turn off the heat, cover and let it brew for 30-40 minutes.
3. Place eggs at room temperature in a cooled broth. Bring to a boil over low heat. Cook for 15-30 minutes until desired color.
4. Take them out with a spoon, cool under running water.
5. If you want to achieve a more intense color, then put them back into the broth. Leave for a longer time, you can even all night.
The fact is that natural pigments are less active, and therefore it takes more time to stain than usual.
6. Then dry and lubricate vegetable oil.
Then put on a dish or in a basket and serve.
How to dye eggs with dyes at home
You can also paint eggs at home with the help of paint, which is sold in the store. Now you can buy it for every taste. Among the huge offer, you can find a palette of only 4 colors, or you can purchase it with a richer color scheme. I have seen packages with flowers up to 15 different shades.
As a rule, all packages have instructions for use. Please read it carefully and follow the instructions provided. Basically the recommendations are:
- paint should be diluted immediately before use in a small amount of water
- dilute it in small portions, as under the influence of light and air, it quickly loses its properties
- do not store after use
- when interacting with it, use rubber gloves so as not to stain the skin of the hands
By following the instructions, you will get different colors of eggs. If you keep the eggs in the dye for less time, then the color will turn out to be more delicate, and if longer, then more saturated.
But with such dyes, you can also decorate Easter eggs in a very original way!
Marble way without greenery
For this method, you need to have food coloring.
1. First you need to boil, and then paint the eggs in bright light colors. Good result obtained from red, yellow and orange.
2. Then you should dry them.
3. Now we dilute dark colors with water - blue, green, purple. Each color in a separate bowl.
4. Add 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil to each color. We draw a toothpick through the oil to make oil paths. The more of them, the better.
5. Dip each cooked copy in a dark color only once. Use gloves for this. Then dry and grease with vegetable oil.
There are other equally interesting and creative ways to decorate Easter eggs. From the simplest decoration with beads, ribbons, fabrics to the famous Faberge eggs. Some of them are made for eating, and some for admiring.
And some for both. And let's look at just such interesting ways.
How fun to color eggs
If you use several colored dyes, and dip the egg in them not completely, but only half, or 1/3, then you can apply several layers of paint. And in this way you can set absolutely any colors, including rainbows.
The only thing to remember is that the paint must be allowed to dry after each applied layer.
To do this, you need to prepare either a lattice or some kind of stand, on which we will lay out partially painted products.
Since this process is not fast, you need to stock up on time and patience, but the result will be just great. And everyone will certainly ask how you achieved such a wonderful and original result.
Or you can apply the following method to obtain a rainbow color.
It turns out everything is very beautiful, quite simple and fast!
And you must admit that any housewife will want to have such beauty on the table!
Seven original ways of staining
1. In order to get patterns from matching strips of white and color, you can stick thin strips of adhesive tape on the eggs in random order. After the end of the staining and cooling process, remove the adhesive tape and beautiful geometric patterns will appear to our attention.
2. Thinner strips can be obtained by using rubber bands for money, as we did when dyeing with onion peel.
3. And when sticking rice, we get bright colorful dots. (the method is also described for staining with onion skins)
4. Beautiful specks can be easily obtained with a toothbrush. To do this, you must first set the main tone, and then use a brush to spray drops on them. This procedure can leave a lot of splashes on the table, so take care of this in advance and cover it with napkins.
5. And if you melt the wax and draw patterns or some kind of pattern on the shell, and then lower them into the dye, you can get magnificent beautiful samples that will decorate any holiday table.
It is important here that the paint is not hot, otherwise the wax will melt and the drawing will be smeared, or even invisible.
6. And the following method has recently become very popular. This is also a variant of marble staining, and newspaper is used as an aid in this. She breaks into small pieces. After that, the eggs are placed in a piece of nylon, and the newspaper is poured inside, like onion peel. Then the capron must be tightly tied and put to boil.
After they are cooked, cool them as usual and then remove the capron and remove the paper. The letters of the newspaper text will remain on the shell.
The method is spectacular, but I don’t use it, somehow I don’t really want to cook food product along with printing ink.
7. Samples with a three-dimensional, so-called 3D effect look very nice. It is also not difficult to do this. As usual, we color it, either with natural or artificial food coloring, and dry it. In the meantime, take 200 - 250 gr powdered sugar and mix it with plain water to a mushy state. We place the sugar mass in a confectionery syringe and apply beautiful three-dimensional patterns.
It turns out just great.
Decoupage with napkins
Recently, this technique has become incredibly popular in various fields of creativity. She did not pass by and Easter crafts.
When you watch such a video, you immediately want to leave everything and do such a wonderful kind of creativity as decoupage.
The only thing I would like to draw your attention to is choosing napkins with a small pattern suitable for the occasion, and then you are guaranteed success. Such beauties usually fly like hot cakes.
By the way, this recipe uses egg white. Gelatin can also be used. To do this, it must be poured with a small amount of water, allowed to swell slightly, then drain the excess water. Then heat it up and let it dissolve completely. Glue is ready. We arm ourselves with a brush, take a suitable napkin and create beauty.
Marble coloring with nail polish
Another interesting way to color with multi-colored nail polishes. The technique of water manicure is used.
1. Boil white eggs.
2. Pour water at room temperature into a bowl. Drip nail polish into it. You can use one, two or more colors.
3. When using several colors, they must be dripped in turn into the center.
4. Draw from varnish with a toothpick drawings in the form of abstractions, lines, cobwebs or flowers.
5. Put on gloves, take a sample and dip it first on one side, then on the other side. Let dry.
This method is interesting both in terms of design and in terms of creativity. Instances are original and beautiful. But it should be remembered that varnish is a chemical compound, not food coloring. Therefore, it may make sense to use the other methods listed above.
Or you can just draw figures on the shell with the same nail polish. There is also room for fantasy.
How to dye eggs in fabric
If you know that you have a fabric that has an unstable color, and in simple terms it sheds, then by wrapping an egg in it, you can dye it. For this purpose it is necessary to have samples with a white shell.
1. Wrap the prepared sample tightly in a shedding cloth. Tie the ends with thread.
2. Place it in cold water, add salt, bring to a boil. Boil 10 minutes.
3. Drain hot water and pour finished product cold water. When it cools down, remove the fabric. Dry and grease with vegetable oil.
Lace can be used in the same way. In this case, a beautiful and original lace pattern will appear on the painted surface.
Why paint eggs for Easter
Many people ask themselves: “Why do they need to be painted for Easter?” The answer to this question should be sought even in the prehistoric period.
At all times, the egg was given great importance in absolutely all cultures. It was considered a symbol of rebirth, the spring Sun, which carries light, warmth, Life in all its manifestations, deliverance from winter shackles, darkness. The transition from non-existence to existence.
It was presented as gifts to the pagan ancient gods, and later they began to give it to their relatives and friends. It is known that already Ancient Egypt there was a tradition of dyeing eggs. This was done during the flood of the Nile. This event in the life of the people was the most important, because the river brought life to people. Therefore, it was expected every year, like a kind of miracle. And when the spill happened, there were great celebrations. Painted eggs were exchanged, they were hung in temples and dwellings.
In the Indian Vedas, the god Brahma hatched from a Golden Egg.
In the East, there are legends that say that the world originated from Chaos, which was in a huge egg. Therefore, to this day they attach great importance to it there.
In ancient burials of completely different cultures, eggs are found, both natural and made from different materials. There are also painted ones among them. All the mythologies of the world keep legends associated with it as a symbol of life, renewal, the source of the origin of everything that exists in this world.
They are also one of the main attributes of Christian Easter. According to ancient church tradition, the first Easter egg was presented by the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene to the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Krashenki are considered in Christian culture a symbol of the resurrection of Christ. Russian folk legends tell that at the time of the Resurrection of Christ, the stones on Golgotha turned into red eggs.
By the way, everyone probably knows that they can be left until next year, using them in the treatment of various diseases, getting rid of the evil eye and spoilage. I always leave the one, the most beautiful, untouched. And although we do not heal with its help, and even more so we do not remove damage, but it lies in our house until next Easter. This is the custom passed down from my grandmother.
Well, perhaps that's all!
Today I tried to tell you as fully as possible about the methods of dyeing Easter eggs. Knowing these basic methods, and including fantasy, on their basis, you can come up with other, no less interesting ways.
And now I want to wish you peace, prosperity, kindness! As well as warmth, light, life without disease and sadness! If you wish all this on the eve or day of Easter, and eat a couple of painted Easter eggs, then everything will certainly come true!
Good health to all! And also Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!!!
How to make sure that the eggs in your Easter basket are the most beautiful? We offer 20 ways - both proven for centuries, and completely innovative.
1. Marble patterns
If you add vegetable oil to the paint, then it will lie on the shell with beautiful stains.
Marble coloring of eggs is achieved with the help of oil. Photo shnyazhka.com
2. Paint splatter
Boil the eggs, cool. Take a toothbrush, dip it in the paint and spray the paint on the shell. Don't forget to wear an apron and squirt over the sink so you don't paint the entire kitchen in specks.
3. Lace and ribbons
Eggs must be boiled and cooled. To decorate the eggs, you will need small pieces of ribbons and lace. You can tie one or more ribbons at your discretion. Your basket will contain the most fashionable vintage eggs!
An original and easy way is to decorate the eggs with ribbons and lace. Photo news.online.ua
4. Colored stripes
Take bright woolen threads that shed, or floss. Wrap them around an egg and so, in threads, and boil. The dye from the threads will transfer to the shell and leave a striped pattern.
In order for the eggs to be striped, you need woolen threads that shed, or floss.
5. White striped
To keep the stripes white and the egg itself to become colored, first wrap the shell with thin rubber bands, and then lower it into the coloring broth.
Such eggs will be with the help of thin rubber bands. Photo aif.ua
6. Natural dyes
For those who do not want to use artificial colors, tea can be used, which will give the hibiscus a purple color; black coffee - from beige to brown; beet juice - from pink to red; turmeric - yellow; blue cabbage juice - from blue to dark blue. To get green, you must first color the eggs yellow and then blue. For orange - first to red, then to yellow.
Soft tones will give natural dyes. Photo lady.mail.ru
In order for the eggs to be evenly colored, the paint solution must be hot, and 4 tbsp must be added to 1 liter of the solution. vinegar and 1 tbsp. salt. The coloring time depends on the desired color intensity and can range from half an hour to overnight.
7. Colorful circles of confetti
You can use ready-made confetti or make your own with a hole puncher. You can stick confetti on glue or paste. Your eggs will look bright and festive.
Eggs decorated with confetti. Photo by photobank.ua
8. Onion peel
Eggs may turn yellow or dark brown, depending on the amount of husk.
One of the oldest methods is coloring eggs with onion skins. Photo supersadovnik.ru
Put the husks (calculated: husks from two onions per egg) in water (about 1 liter for 5 eggs) and boil for half an hour. Dip the eggs in the broth and cook for 10 minutes after they boil.
9. Herbs and leaves
From natural remedies for decoration, you can use the leaves and sprigs of parsley, dill, cilantro, thyme, rosemary and other spices and herbs. It is necessary to put a leaf to the boiled egg and cover it with gauze, tie the ends with a thread and cut off the excess. Next, paint the egg with paints or natural dyes. After the egg dries, free it from gauze and leaves. The gauze will let the paint through and leave beautiful prints on the eggs.
Decoration with leaves, herbs and twigs. Photo happy-giraffe.ru
10. Geometric patterns with adhesive tape
Boiled eggs should be pasted over with strips or squares of adhesive tape, lowered into the first dye. After extraction, you need to let the egg dry, and then remove the adhesive tape (you can stick it on other places), lower it into the second dye. Let it dry again and remove the tape.
Such geometric patterns can be obtained using adhesive tape. Photo lady.mail.ru
11. Decoupage technique
This will require beautiful table paper napkins. You need to cut out the drawings in small fragments. Dilute PVA glue in half with water (you can use a paste *), apply to boiled eggs and glue pieces of napkins. Let dry completely.
Decoupage eggs. Photo igrushka.kz
12. Cereals, grains and legumes
In order to create stripes on the egg, you need to apply glue with a strip, dip it in cereal, let it dry completely. Then make the second, third and so on strips from other cereals. Flowers can be laid out with tweezers, or you can simply roll the egg in tinted rice.
Almost like Faberge - decoration with cereals and legumes. Photo kotikit.ru
13. Funny little animals
From eggs you can make funny faces that will appeal to the kids. To do this, pre-boil and color the eggs. From colored paper, cut out noses and ears, glue to the eggs. Draw details with a black felt-tip pen - eyes, mouths.
Kids will definitely be happy with such eggs on the table. Photo lady.mail.ru
14. Sprinkle for Easter cakes
Eggs decorated with this multi-colored sweet sprinkle look very bright and attractive, and decorating takes a matter of minutes. It is necessary to apply glue to boiled eggs and roll them in colored sugar.
Sweet sprinkles can decorate not only Easter cakes, but also Easter eggs. Photo matrony.ru
15. Greenery
Throw a large bunch of greens (dill, parsley, cilantro) into the water in which you boil the eggs, and the shell will turn a delicate green color.
16. Muzzles and grimaces
One of the easiest ways to paint eggs. Here you don’t need to paint or glue anything, but simply use a felt-tip pen to draw faces on the eggs. Adhesive eyes can be purchased at stationery store in the department for children's crafts, if they were not found, then you can simply draw eyes with a felt-tip pen.
One of the simple and original ways decorate eggs. Photo radiosibir.ru
17. Using silk
You will need an unnecessary piece of silk with a beautiful pattern or an old silk tie. Wrap the egg with a shred (front side to the shell). From above, you can tightly tie gauze or tighten it into a nylon sock. Pour water into the pan, add a couple of tablespoons of vinegar, put the eggs and cook for 15 minutes after they boil. Then pour cold water over the eggs. Cool and remove the fabric. On the shell, the exact same pattern should remain as on the shred.
The silk pattern will easily transfer onto your egg when boiled. Photo homester.com.ua
Add a little vinegar to any decoction with paint, then the paint will lie flat. To make the eggs shine beautifully, after boiling, coat them with vegetable oil, and then rub with a towel.
If you paint with watercolors or paint with a brush yourself with any other dye, first wipe the shell soapy water or vodka, then the paint will last a long time.
18. Spotted
Pour the rice onto the cheesecloth. Wrap an egg in cheesecloth with rice. Wrap tightly or put in a nylon sock and tie with a thread. Now boil the egg in paint or a decoction of onion peel. Expand - you get a speckled pattern.
19. Foil
The easiest way to decorate eggs for Easter. We take foil, you can look for a multi-colored one and wrap hard-boiled eggs in it.
Already boiled eggs can be wrapped in bright foil. Photo ikirov.ru
20. Powdered sugar
How to do it: take 1 cup of powdered sugar and stir it with a little water until thick homogeneous mass. Then, with this mass, using a confectionery syringe, we paint the eggs boiled in onion peel or painted with any dye, placing them in coasters, and let them dry.
Decorating with powdered sugar. Photo news.online.ua