One of the Easter Traditions

It is time to decorate the eggs!

Certainly, decorating eggs and Easter go hand in hand. We thought you might enjoy these ideas that we found from Charlyne Mattox of Country Living. (The lavender one above is also one of Charlyne Mattox’ creations.)

For this beautiful lavender one above, dye an egg purple, then wrap it several times with white string and thread dried lavender sprigs through string. And, just like that, you have created this beautiful piece of art.

Raddish Eggs

Good enough to eat, these radish eggs can either be painted or dyed.

To make: Paint or dye three-quarters of a blown-out white egg pink. Create roots by attaching pieces of off-white twine to the bottom with hot-glue. Roll up light green crepe paper to create a stem; seal seam with glue. Cut leaves from crepe paper; wrap around stem, and attach with glue. Glue stem to top of egg.

Speckled Egg Garland

Display this simple to make garland year after year.

To make: Use an awl to poke holes in ends of papier-mâché eggs, then paint eggs white, robin’s-egg blue, and turquoise with acrylic paint. Once dry, spatter with dark blue paint. Thread twine through holes, and hang, adding a tassel detail, if desired

Basket-Inspired Egg

Talk about a meta Easter egg! To achieve this look, draw a basket on the front of a white egg using a brown paint pen. Next, use pastel paint pens to draw eggs. When the paint is dry, add details on the eggs with a white paint pen.

Three-Dimensional Butterfly Easter Egg

We can’t get over this lovely design. To mimic the look, brush both sides of a small piece of ditsy floral fabric with Mod Podge, then hang it to dry. Draw a butterfly on stiffened fabric and cut out, then hot-glue the beautiful creature to a natural or dyed egg.

Button Flower Easter Egg

Hot-glue small white and yellow buttons, arranged in a flower shape, to a natural or dyed egg to achieve this pretty look. Attach paper leaves with hot glue to finish it off.

Cross-Stitch Initial Easter Egg

It’s easy to make a “cross-stitch” egg, and no, you don’t have to be an artist to make it happen: Draw small x’s (to mimic cross-stitches) with a paint pen in the shape of an initial on natural or dyed eggs.

Happy Easter to all of our Chums who celebrate Easter and for those of you who do not celebrate Easter, we hope you find a sense of rejuvenation as you celebrate springtime.