Comments on: 6 Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs

By: Marion

Marion — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:24:31 +0000

One year I made a beautiful centerpiece for a friend – I dyed a few eggshells (just crack the top off and pour out the egg, rinse) robin’s egg blue, then put them in a really nice rustic carton. I put a little water and then single daffodils in the eggs, using them as bud vases. The effect was awesome,like fluffy yellow chicks popping out of eggs, and it smelled nice too!

BTW if you are stuck for dye, koolaid powder or jello will work in a pinch.

By: Marion

Marion — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:17:02 +0000

My Baba used onion skins and beets to dye eggs.

Pysanky are incredibly fragile, because eventually the yolk hardens to stone and will crack the egg from the inside if you don’t handle them carefully. You can do home pysanky with white crayon, and if you want to really learn how to do it pro, you can take classes at your local Ukrainian/Russian community centre.

My mother taught us how to make simple pysanky eggs when I was a teenager, and my brother covered his with the names of heavy metal bands!

By: old hippy chick

old hippy chick — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:18:21 +0000

My chickens lay colored eggs. That’s the easiest method of all.. I have chickens that lay different shades of brown, but I also have Easter Egger chickens. Their eggs range between blue, green and pink! That being said, since I’m over-run by eggs, I’m going to try carving egg shells. I’ll bet my dremel would be perfect for that. Maybe some hinged egg boxes, too.

By: Christopher Radko

Christopher Radko — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:51:00 +0000

The marble and panda eggs are amazing!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:29:00 +0000

Ah — the marbled eggs freak me out… They remind me a little too much of the gross, cold dyed eggs they served in my elementary school cafeteria during Easter as a kid.

Currently, my family draws on the eggs with crayons before sticking them in the dye. We used to use the clear crayon they included in the mix, but found the entire box of crayons to be a lot more fun.

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:16:00 +0000

use colorful patterned SILK cloth, cut into squares and tie-wrapped over raw eggs. then wrap the eggs in white cotton cloth and tie the tops as well. boil the wrapped eggs for 20 to 40 minutes. cool and unwrap for amazing, colorful and original eggs. the cotton keeps the individual colors from running onto other eggs in the pan. only silk cloth works for this, but not other fabrics.

By: Jake Le Master

Jake Le Master — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:49:24 +0000

Wow, someone actually has the same last name as me?

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:53:50 +0000

@ Aileen–I love this type of art! If you don’t have some already, could you maybe post some photo’s of this year’s batch?? I’m sure mentalfloss would love to show them, and if not, just respond to this and maybe we can coordinate a way to share.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:30:39 +0000

When I was in grade school, one of my classmates was Ukrainian, and every year at Easter she’d bring in a pysamky egg for the teacher (made by her older sister). I remember trying in vain to re-create those elaborate designs with my Paas home kit.

By: Aileen

Aileen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:53:41 +0000

Love the article!

I’ve always been fond of eggs as art. My grandmother had three very old pysamky eggs which I loved to look at when I was little. Their fragility and antiquity made them even more beautiful.

My own little Easter decorating tradition is to draw strange, surreal faces on my eggs using ink after they’ve been coloured. I did it as a joke initially, arranging these little spooky little characters in a basket of cheery pastels…but everyone liked them so much that I’ve kept it up.

I spend a good deal of time on each, cross-hatching and detailing. Someday I may use hollowed shells, but so far I do my art on hard-boiled eggs, and after I photograph them, they are eaten.