Egg colouring with a difference
24.3.2020
Translation: machine translated
Bunnies, chocolate and coloured eggs - Easter is always the same. That's why I'm trying out a new egg colouring technique this year and giving you more decoration ideas.
Colouring Easter eggs year after year gets boring after a while. As a mum, I still want to pass on this tradition to my children. I have therefore tried out an unconventional way of colouring. My children love it.
Off to the Easter workshop
I make salt dough for the egg cups. You need flour, salt, water and oil. To paint the salt dough, use various watercolours and a brush. To colour the hard-boiled eggs, you will need food colouring and a freezer bag.
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Egg colouring with a difference
1. Put a few drops of food colouring in a freezer bag and place the hard-boiled egg inside. It will be interesting if you use two different colours.
2. Close the bag and move the egg back and forth by hand until it is sufficiently covered with colour. You can leave the egg to dry directly in the bag. However, I recommend taking it out and leaving it to dry in an open egg carton. This way, you can dye as many eggs as you like in the same bag and also save colour.
Tip: If the paint has not dried completely overnight, you have used too much of it. Simply wipe off the wet paint with a paper towel.
Egg cups and decorative figures made from salt dough
1. For the salt dough, mix together two cups of flour, one cup of salt, one cup of water and one tablespoon of oil and knead the mixture into a dough.
2. Now shape the dough into egg cups and figures. Kneading tools such as rolling pins or knives are suitable for this. Leave the dough to dry for a few days. If you need it faster, you can harden it in the oven at 50 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes per 0.5 centimetre thickness.
3. Paint the figures with watercolour.
Experimenting with Easter colours
If you have a curious and adventurous child, they will have great fun with this craft project. They will notice that the watercolour behaves differently on the salt dough than it does on a sheet of paper. Two colours can be turned into a completely new colour. Give your child time to observe this in detail.
Especially in the current situation, we are all happy to have a few creative ideas to keep us busy. For more craft ideas, take a look at my author profile or treat yourself to a "Bsüechli" on my craft blog.
My students, but also my own children, inspire me every day with their wild imaginations. I love to document the creative projects that come from them on my blog Fantasiewerk. I hope to inspire many moms and dads to do crafts with their children. [Fantasiewerk.ch](https://fantasiewerk.ch)
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