Friday, March 26, 2010

Dyeing Easter Eggs

Ahh... we still have the lingering smell of vinegar in our household after dyeing Easter Eggs yesterday. Brings back a lot of fun childhood memories...

Amaya was very excited to dye Easter Eggs, although she didn't understand the word, "dye" so I explained to her that we would be "painting" the Easter Eggs. That she completely understood and was THRILLED to get out the "paint."

Amaya added the vinegar and put in the dye tablets.


I told Amaya to GENTLY put the egg in the colored water... she pretty much launched them in the cups on the first try, but that's what the newspaper is for, right? This picture shows her gently placing the egg in the dye... much better!


Amaya thought it was taking a looong time for the eggs to get "painted" and was anxious to decorate them with stickers.

You can never have too many stickers!


A picture of Amaya waiting patiently for the second batch of eggs to dry.


Amaya posing proudly with her decorated eggs.


The finished result! Pretty, huh? Not too bad for her first time dyeing eggs!