How to color eggs with egg. How to paint eggs for Easter with your own hands: new ideas

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Easter is coming soon! Every housewife tries to make beautiful and beautiful things on this bright holiday. unusual eggs. The name of the resulting eggs depends on which method of staining to use.

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For example, eggs dyed the same color are called dyes.

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Eggs with multi-colored dots due to wax droplets are called specks.

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Drapanka- This is a one-color egg with a scratched pattern.

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Eggs with a pattern or pattern made using a special tool - a scribbler - these are pysanky. They are the most beautiful, they can even be called works of art.

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Preparing eggs for dyeing

There are many ways to paint eggs for Easter. However, regardless of the option chosen, the eggs must be properly prepared. Here are some tips:

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• an hour before dyeing, you should take the eggs out of the refrigerator so that they take room temperature. In this case, they will not burst during cooking. The same result can be achieved by piercing the egg with a thin, sharp needle;
• in order for the paint to lie more evenly, the eggs must be thoroughly washed. Color uniformity can also be achieved by rubbing the eggs soapy water or alcohol;
• brilliant appearance colored eggs will be acquired if, after painting, wipe them dry and rub with vegetable oil.

Now you can go directly to painting the eggs. Here are a few ways, among which everyone can find the most suitable for themselves.

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The first way: classics of the genre - onion peel

This is the way of our grandmothers, which is still relevant today. As a result, you can get red eggs, as well as yellow, brown or their shades - it all depends on the intensity of the paint and the duration of the staining procedure.

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1. Pour water into a saucepan and add onion skins. Red-brown color will turn out if you take the husk of eight onions and pour two glasses of water. Based on this, it is possible to calculate the amount of water and husk for a particular case.

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1. Water with husks should be brought to a boil and boiled for 30-40 minutes. Let the decoction stand.
2. The broth should be filtered, freed from the husk, and boil the prepared eggs in it for 7-10 minutes.

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1. In order for the eggs to be well cleaned, they must be sharply cooled with ice water.
2. To obtain a more intense color, the eggs can be returned to the broth and left until they have acquired the desired shade.

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The second way: gifts of nature - natural dyes

Many natural ingredients have a coloring effect. This allows you to get a variety of colors and shades.

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Pink color gives beet juice,

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Pale yellow - lemon, orange, carrot,

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Yellow - birch leaves, calendula flowers.

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Green color can be achieved with spinach or nettle,

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Blue - through red cabbage.

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Beige color of eggs gives coffee,

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Violet - violet flowers.

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Some dyes are not very intense, for example, violet or spinach, so eggs can be left in such decoctions all night.

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1. Pour water into a saucepan, add vinegar (1 tablespoon) and natural dye. Bring to a boil. Let the broth brew (»30 minutes).
2. Boil prepared eggs in broth, depending on the desired shade - from 15 to 30 minutes. If necessary, you can leave the eggs in the broth and longer - for a day.

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The third way: decoupage technique

To decorate an Easter egg with a picture, it is not necessary to buy stickers. You can decorate it using decoupage technique.

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1. Hard boil the eggs.
2. Prepare gelatin glue. To do this, fill the gelatin with water in the proportions indicated on the specific package of gelatin, and soak. Strain it through a strainer and remove excess liquid. Heat the gelatin and wait for the granules to dissolve.

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1. Choose napkins with beautiful color patterns. White eggs look better as a background, although it all depends on the color of the napkin.
2. Separate upper layer napkins and cut out the piece you like.
3. Attach the picture to the shell. On top of the drawing, apply gelatin glue from the center to the edges.

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The fourth way: the food industry presents - food coloring

One of the most trivial and simple ways is to color eggs with dyes from easter sets. There is always a recipe listed, but you can do it like this:

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1. Hard boil the eggs.
2. Dilute the dyes with water - each color in a separate bowl. There should be enough water to cover the eggs. Add vinegar (1 tablespoon).
3. Keep the eggs in bowls until they take on color.

It turns out bright multi-colored eggs, pleasing to the eye.

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Fifth way: colorful palette - colored threads

To get intricate stains, color the eggs multi-colored threads floss:

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1. Wrap the eggs with yarn.
2. Weld hard.

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Sixth way: marble effect

Looks amazingly festive marble eggs. For their implementation, you will need food coloring for eggs of different colors, vegetable oil and artistic flair.

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1. Color the eggs light bright colors eg in yellow, red, orange.
2. Let the eggs dry.
3. Dilute dark colors (blue, brown, purple) with water. Add vegetable oil (1 tsp) to each cup. Gently stir (do not shake) the oil so that there is a lot of oil "money", no larger than a pea.
4. Dip each egg in the dark color and remove immediately. A beautiful marble pattern is obtained if you do this no more than once.

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Seventh way: eggs in silks

Exquisite eggs with drawings are obtained by dyeing them with fabrics. You can use a silk tie or a Pavloposad woolen scarf.

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1. A raw egg should be wrapped in a patterned cloth. The front side should fit snugly against the shell.
2. To prevent the fabric from slipping, sew the egg along the contour. Wrap it over the colored cotton fabric, securing it at the blunt end.
3. Pour water into the pan, add vinegar (3 tablespoons). Place the cloth-wrapped eggs in the pan and cook for 10-12 minutes after boiling.
4. Pour ready eggs cold water. When they are completely cool, carefully remove the fabric. Will remain on the egg fine drawing, such as on fabric.

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Eighth way: fantasies in patterns using improvised materials

Using the methods of dyeing eggs described above (for example, using onion skins), you can.

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• chaotic specks can be achieved if wet eggs are rolled in rice or millet before coloring;
• a drawing in the form of a leaf can be obtained by attaching a parsley leaf to the egg before coloring and fixing it with gauze or stocking;
• in order for the egg to cross straight lines, you can stick masking tape on its shell or pull an elastic band over it for money;
• symbols or letters XB can be glued to the egg before painting, using a plaster or masking tape. After painting, they should be carefully removed;
• checkered eggs are obtained by boiling them wrapped in mesh stockings or in a fruit or vegetable net.
• a lace pattern will decorate an egg if, before painting, an interesting lace motif cut out of a napkin is fixed on it;
• paint the egg with wax crayons. The pattern will appear at the end of the staining procedure.

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The ninth way: to the delight of children - a craft egg

Easter - family celebration so you can decorate eggs with your children. You can make funny chickens from testicles.

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1. We cook hard-boiled eggs.
2. We paint in bright yellow.
3. Preparing gelatin glue.
4. We decorate the eggs with details cut out of colored paper. These are wings, beak, scallop, paws, tail and others (bows, cilia, curls) - it all depends on the imagination. Eyes can be glued or just drawn.

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Tenth way: saving time - thermal stickers

The method indispensable for busy people- decorate eggs for Easter with thermal stickers. They are sold on the eve of the holiday in supermarkets, newsstands and other stores.

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1. Hard boil the eggs.
2. Put a sticker on the egg. To avoid problems with size (the sticker may be small for the egg), it is better to choose medium-sized eggs.
3. Dip the egg in boiling water so that the sticker hugs it and takes the desired shape.

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These are such interesting and peculiar recipes that turned out to be how eggs are painted for Easter. Traditionally, housewives do this in Maundy Thursday. Easter is a wonderful Christian holiday that gives wings and hope for better life. Spend some time dyeing eggs and let a bright spring holiday into your life!

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Since ancient times, people have exchanged eggs and Easter cakes for the Easter holiday. The tradition has evolved over the years, resulting in many ways to color and decorate paraphernalia. With the words "Christ is risen!" men and women, children and older generations exchange eggs, later looking at intricate patterns. Among other things, coloring eggs is a rather exciting process that can rally households. There are basic methods, we will consider them in more detail.

How to prepare eggs for painting

As mentioned earlier, experienced housewives through trial and error, we identified the main options for coloring eggs for Easter. However, regardless of the method chosen, they must first be prepared.

1. Remove the eggs from the refrigerator a few hours before the intended coloring and leave at room temperature. Such a move will help to avoid temperature differences, due to which the shell cracks. An alternative is to pierce the shell with a thin sewing needle, which will prevent the eggs from bursting.
2. If food pigments or onion peels are used as the main staining method, it is recommended to pre-wash the shell. To do this, use a kitchen sponge and baking soda. The end result is paint that will lie flat without streaks or spotty inclusions.
3. Before starting the procedure, degrease the shell by wiping it with vodka or medical alcohol. If neither is available, treat the surface with soapy water, then rinse thoroughly and dry.
4. To give the shell a gloss after painting, wipe the surface of the eggs with a vegetable or corn oil. Do not use cotton pads for this purpose, gently soak your fingers in the composition, then spread over the shell.

When you have prepared the "material", start painting. Choose the best option for yourself, and then clearly follow the instructions.

Method number 1. Food colorings

Food coloring is considered to be the most common type of Easter egg coloring. You can purchase ready-made colors or bring your own shades. Pigments can be pearly, glossy or matte, it all depends on the manufacturer.

To properly prepare the composition, take care of such a number of containers in advance that each color has a separate bowl. Dilute the paint with water room temperature, there should be a lot of liquid so that the eggs completely drown in it.

After diluting the paint, pour in 30 ml. table vinegar solution, then send boiled or raw eggs. The exposure time varies, it all depends on how intense the shade you want to get.

Stencil

1. Purchase tracing paper - ultra-thin paper - online or at a stationery store. Cut out any image from it in the form of a stencil (the inner part is extracted). Anything is suitable as a drawing: favorite cartoon characters, Easter theme, Jesus Christ, etc.
2. A picture for a stencil can be downloaded from the Internet. The final result depends on the quality of the original image and the material itself. When you have made a stencil base, namely printed and cut it out, soak the paper in water at room temperature. The material should become elastic, repeating the shape of the egg.
3. Attach the stencil to the shell, smooth out the creases. If your drawing is small, duplicate it in several places. Fix the stencil with gauze or a piece of nylon stockings (tights).
4. Dilute food or natural dye, send eggs into it and cook them until cooked. At the end of the procedure, remove the eggs, put them on toothpicks or newspaper, cool to room temperature. As soon as this happens, remove the gauze and stencil, enjoy the result.

Vegetable oil

1. A beautiful result is achieved by coloring eggs with the addition vegetable oil. To perform the procedure correctly, prepare two containers with the same shade. Pour oil into the first, and leave the second unchanged.
2. Boil hard-boiled eggs, cool to a temperature of 30 degrees (the coloring composition should have the same indicator). Dip the "material" into a bowl of paint, wait for the required interval (the exact time is indicated in the instructions).
3. After that, remove the eggs, leave the paint to dry. When this happens, send the product to the second container with vegetable oil, again wait for the time. Dry the eggs, evaluate the result.

Insulating tape

1. Cut the tape lengthwise to make thin strips (you can skip this step if you like). Prepare several containers of diluted paint, preferably blue and yellow.
2. Glue the strip in the form of a spiral or any other pattern of your choice. Dip the eggs in a bowl with blue, wait a while, remove and wait for drying. Remove the tape.
3. Now glue the next strips, which will slightly cover the previously obtained pattern. Dip the egg in yellow paint, wait an interval, remove and dry.
4. You will end up with a yellow egg with blue and green stripes. The option is good in that it allows you to experiment with obtaining new shades by applying one color to another.

Stationery rubber bands

1. Purchase rubber bands at the stationery store, which are usually used to tighten banknotes (silicone base). Hard boil eggs, cool, prepare paint of one or more shades.
2. Then you can proceed in two ways. The first involves coloring the egg in any color with prominent white lines (gum bands are attached to a previously unpainted egg). The second option is two-phase coloring, as a result of which the lines are obtained in the color in which the egg was originally painted.
3. Consider the second option, it is more complex. Dye the egg yellow, dry it. wrap rubber bands in a chaotic order crosswise. Dip the "material" into the green paint, wait for the pigment to set. Dry, remove gum. You will see that the egg has turned blue with yellow stripes.

plant leaves
The technique is similar to the stencil technique with only one clarification - plant leaves are used as a pattern, most often parsley and dill act in their role.

1. To get an accurate result, tear off a few leaves, attach them to the shell, fix with gauze or a nylon stocking. Dip in the paint, wait a while.
2. After the expiration date, remove the eggs, cool and dry them. Unfold the fixing material, remove the leaves, grease the surface with vegetable oil and enjoy the result.
3. The same electrical tape, self-adhesive paper or adhesive tape can serve as an alternative to leaves. Cut out the pattern you need from the material, attach it to the defatted shell of a pre-cooked egg. Place the product in the pigment bowl, then remove and dry.

Method number 2. natural dyes

1. As natural dyes onion peel, beets, turmeric, carrots, birch leaves, calendula, orange or lemon, spinach, red cabbage, nettle, coffee can act.
2. The main feature of "folk" staining is considered to be that the composition acts slowly. As a rule, it takes about 8-10 hours to get the result.
3. To prepare the solution, pour water into a saucepan and add a large amount of the chosen dye. Pour in 35 ml. table vinegar, stir. Bring the solution until the first bubbles appear, then reduce the power and boil for another 15 minutes.
4. When the paint is ready, insist it for about half an hour, then send the eggs into the container and simmer them over low heat for 25 minutes. Then turn off the burner, leave the product in the solution overnight.

Turmeric
To give eggs a seductive golden hue, use ground turmeric.

1. Boil water in an enamel pan, pour 90 gr. turmeric, bring to a boil. Place raw eggs in a container, boil them until tender, then let them brew for another 8 hours without removing them.
2. It is recommended to carry out the procedure with extreme caution, since it is quite difficult to remove turmeric from the surface of furniture and clothes, however, like other natural dyes.

red cabbage
A decoction based on cabbage will give the eggs a rich blue tint.

1. grind whole head of cabbage small slices, place in a saucepan and pour over boiling water. Add 180 ml. table vinegar solution, cover and leave for 10 hours.
2. After the expiration date, send the eggs to the container, control the color intensity every 2 hours. Then remove the product and leave it to dry. If desired, paint the surface with gouache or felt-tip pens.

Beet
Beetroot will help color the eggs in a raspberry or pinkish hue, it all depends on the length of time the product is kept in the solution.

1. Grate 4 medium-sized beets, then mash the mixture with a potato masher or chop in a blender.
2. Pour ready mix boiling water so that the water covers the beets completely. Pour in 150 ml. vinegar with a concentration of 9%, wait 6 hours.
3. Put boiled eggs in a saucepan, let it brew for 5 hours. After the time has elapsed, remove the product, leave to dry.

onion peel
Onion peel will color the eggs a red-brown hue with a bronze sheen.

1. To prepare a coloring solution, you will need to take a husk from 4 kg. Luke. The material must be sent to large saucepan and pour boiling water over.
2. Put the container on the stove, bring the mass to a boil and simmer for 1 hour. After that, cover with a lid, leave to infuse for 24 hours.
3. After the due date, pass the broth through a colander or cheesecloth, boil the eggs in it for about 10 minutes. Then do not remove the product from the pan, leave the liquid to cool completely.

Regardless of the chosen coloring method, you can create patterns on Easter eggs with the help of available materials.

1. Boil round or long grain rice, soak an egg in water and roll it in the rice to make the grains stick. Tie with a stocking or gauze, fix on both sides with elastic bands.
2. Prepare the coloring pigment, dip the eggs into it and wait the required period of time. For this method natural dyes are better.
3. When the eggs are colored, remove them and leave to dry completely. Remove the cloth, remove the rice, grease the surface of the shell sunflower oil.

Silk fabric
Eggs can be dyed with fabrics; silk or cotton with existing patterns is ideal for this purpose.

1. Moisten the egg in hot water, wrap it with a piece of cloth so that the design fits snugly on the surface of the shell with the front side. Sew the egg with threads around the entire perimeter so that the fabric does not slip.
2. Wrap with a piece of nylon, tie on both sides, creating a kind of candy. Pour in enamel pan 100 ml. vinegar (6%), add water, send to the eggs. Boil them for about 15 minutes, then turn off the stove.
3. Let the eggs stand in the solution for another quarter of an hour, then place them in a bowl of cold water and leave to cool completely. Carefully remove the retainer and stocking, evaluate the fruits of your labors.

First, prepare the eggs for painting: take them out of the refrigerator, leave them at room temperature, pierce them in the shell thin hole sewing needle. Consider coloring with food or natural dyes. Use a stencil, parsley leaves, silk fabric, or scrap materials to create a unique design.

Video: how to paint eggs for Easter (different ways)

For many, Easter is associated with eggs painted in different colors. Indeed, they are the main attributes of this happy holiday. The tradition of coloring eggs came to us from the distant past. There are several versions of its origin.

Why are eggs dyed for Easter?

One of the most common versions explaining why eggs are dyed for the Easter holiday is associated with the legend of Mary Magdalene.

According to her, Mary, having learned about the resurrection of Jesus, decided to convey this news to the Emperor Tiberius.

In those days, it was possible to visit the ruler only by presenting something to him as a gift. But the woman had nothing, then she decided to take the first thing that came to her hand - it was an ordinary chicken egg. Having extended her gift to the emperor, she said - “Christ is risen!”, To which Tiberius laughed and replied that he could believe it only if the egg turns red. At the same moment, the egg changed its color to bright red. Then the astonished ruler proclaimed - "Truly risen!".

Since then, people began to dye eggs red, and then presented them as a gift to each other. Over time, this tradition has changed somewhat, the eggs began not only to be painted in different colors, but also

How to paint eggs for easter

If you plan to eat eggs, color them only with natural or food coloring. Before you start painting, you need to prepare the eggs, for this:

• If the eggs have been stored in the refrigerator, take them out an hour or two before dyeing so that they warm up to room temperature. This will help to avoid cracking the shell during cooking.
• In order for the paint to lay down well, be sure to wash the eggs. To ensure high-quality staining, they can also be wiped with alcohol.

How to color eggs with food coloring

As a rule, on packages with food coloring sold in retail chains, there is detailed instructions. If it doesn't exist, you can do the following:

Coloring eggs for Easter with natural dyes

Ready-made dyes, of course, are very convenient to use, but the safest and most “environmentally friendly” are eggs that were dyed with natural dyes. To do this, you can use completely different products- berry juices, shells walnuts, calendula flowers, birch leaves, beet juice, red cabbage, spinach, onion peel and much more. Consider the most affordable staining methods:

Easter eggs with polka dots

Boil the eggs, when they have cooled, glue circles on the shell so that they fit as tightly as possible to the surface. Immerse the egg in the dye container for one minute or more (less than longer egg will remain in the paint, the darker its color will be). After the dye has completely dried, remove the stickers.

Easter eggs in stripes

They can be glued around the egg or in random order, made the same or different thicknesses. Now dip the egg for five minutes in dark paint. When it dries, remove the tape.

Similarly, you can create multi-colored stripes or any other ornaments, for this, each time dip the egg into the paint darker than the previous one and stick and remove pieces of masking tape.

Wrap the egg several times with a rubber band so that it stretches well and fits snugly to the surface. Then dip the egg into the dye for a few minutes.

Easter eggs in spots

Eggs with floral pattern

Attach a leaf of any plant to a boiled egg, then wrap it with a nylon sock or tights and tie it, securely fixing the leaf. Then dip the egg into the paint for ten minutes. When the dye dries, remove the nylon and leaf from the egg.

How to dye Easter eggs with fabric

Pick up a piece of fabric (a square with a side of 15 cm is enough) with an unstable dye, usually chintz, natural silk, satin or muslin have these properties. It is desirable that it has a small and bright enough pattern, for example, old silk ties are well suited for dyeing.

On Maundy Thursday folk custom you need to not only finish cleaning the house for the holiday, but also paint the eggs. All popular methods are presented for you in this article.

You need to paint the eggs yourself, for several reasons:

1. You will be sure of the freshness of the eggs and their expiration date
2. You will be confident in the natural ingredients in the composition of dyes
3. This is great fun for the whole family and not to be missed.

Despite the traditions, the modern pace of life does not always allow time for painting on a working day, so most families devote themselves to this process on Saturday evening, on the eve of the holiday.

What colors can be used to paint eggs?

If you have decided to traditional painting eggs, then choose either natural dyes, such as beets, turmeric, tea, etc., or carefully read the composition on the paint box from the manufacturer. Food coloring is usually used, and the paint is well etched with vinegar.

How many eggs to paint for Easter?

Before painting directly, you need to decide on the number of eggs that you want to paint. One of the main Easter traditions consists in exchanging colored eggs with friends and relatives, respectively, you can calculate exactly how many of them you need - 10, 20.30 pieces or more. If you still want to celebrate Easter at work on Monday, then you also need to think about a small supply.

Do not forget to consecrate the eggs in the temple - such eggs cannot be thrown away, only burned. Well, accordingly, how many eggs you gave, the same number will return to you - you need to prepare for the protein diet that awaits you all next week.

How to decorate original eggs for Easter?

The most original ways of painting eggs are born in creative process when most of the materials and products have already been spent. A new idea always comes unexpectedly and forces you to reconsider the whole concept of presentation.

For example, some interesting options:

• gradient fill- all eggs are made in the same color, but in different shades, that is, the exposure time in the color solution gradually and evenly increases. As a result, you will get a series of eggs in colors that smoothly transition from light to saturated.

• Engraving — special devices or a regular cutter allow you to apply patterns on an already dyed egg, exposing white shell. You can use any drawing or translate an interesting image. First, paint the egg in the desired color, let dry. Then draw a drawing with a pencil and carefully engrave it.

• space eggs, are obtained by using toothpaste and golden paint for the final decor.

• Easter sets today are very diverse. You can dress up your Easter treat in the form of dashing musketeers, cheeky minions or little chicks. The kit already has all the necessary parts.

Ways to paint eggs for Easter with your own hands

There are many ways to color eggs, below you will find detailed instructions for each of them.

How to dye eggs for Easter in fabric?

You can dye the eggs with the help of bright shreds of fabric that are available in any household. Best of all, the paint is transferred from silk, so you can use old ties or scarves. You will also need white calico, pieces of 15 * 15 centimeters.

1. Wrap a raw egg with a cloth so that the wrong side is outside. Sew on the fabric so that it fits snugly around the egg and the pattern does not slip.
2. Now wrap it with a white cotton cloth on top, tighten the ends with a thread near the blunt end.
3. In a pot of water, add 3 tablespoons of vinegar and put a wrapped egg, put on fire and cook for 10-12 minutes after boiling.
4. After cooling, unpack the egg - a pattern will remain on it.

How to dye eggs for Easter with beets?

A beautiful festive shade will give the eggs a beet color, depending on the intensity of the color, you can get a shade from pink to marsala. To prevent the egg from cracking during cooking, let it come to room temperature before putting it in the pot. A spoonful of salt will not allow the contents of even a cracked egg to leak out.

Beetroot painting has several ways:

• put boiled eggs in beetroot juice overnight
• grate boiled eggs with beet pulp
• boil eggs with beets

To add pattern to such eggs, wrap them with thread or use stickers before dyeing. The closed place will remain white. Beetroot is a natural dye, so you can be sure that the finished product is environmentally friendly.

How to paint green eggs for Easter?

Experienced housewives have long been using brilliant green for coloring eggs, as a result, you can get green tint from light to rich emerald. The essence of the method is to add a few drops (light green) or the entire bottle (emerald) to the pan before cooking. Vinegar in this case you won't need.

How to paint eggs for Easter with onion skins?

Dyeing eggs with onion husks is probably the oldest method of dyeing, as well as the most budgetary. The husk, which is usually not used at all, is useful to give a noble golden brown hue.

1. Collect the husks from the bulbs, the more there are, the better. It is better not to take the very first layer.
2. Put the husk in a saucepan, fill with water. The amount of water is determined based on the number of eggs that we want to color. After half an hour of soaking, put on fire and cook for 20 minutes after boiling.
3. The resulting solution must be allowed to cool, and then filtered.
4. We use the cooled solution for boiling eggs, after 10 minutes they will acquire a beautiful brown hue.

How to paint marble eggs for Easter?

Marble eggs are obtained by combining the two above methods, that is, brilliant green and onion peel. First, you wrap raw eggs in chopped husks and fix it with gauze or pantyhose, then add a few drops (spoons) of brilliant green to the water when boiling. As a result, the eggs will resemble brown marble with green speck in color.

How to paint eggs with polka dots for Easter?

Eggs with polka dots - what could be easier? Use adhesive tape or round stickers. Before painting, evenly distribute them on the egg, check that there are no gaps anywhere for the paint to penetrate and feel free to lower them into the solution. After drying, remove the stickers - you will see white circles. According to the same scheme, you can paint eggs in a heart, striped, square, etc.

How to dye eggs for Easter with turmeric?

The turmeric will give the eggs a sunny yellow hue. For painting, you will need a bag (20 g) of this spice, as well as vinegar. In an aluminum (all other materials will stain) saucepan, bring the turmeric dissolved in water to a boil and use this solution to boil eggs by adding 3 tablespoons of vinegar.

Be careful: turmeric absorbs very quickly and can stain not only the dishes, but also your hands and table. Use gloves when working, it is better to cover the table with newspapers.

How to paint eggs for Easter with rice?

An unexpected result and texture can be obtained using rice for coloring.

1. Grab a few plastic cups, boiled eggs, and different colors of food coloring.
2. Pour a small amount of rice into cups and add 15-20 drops of various paints to each.
3. Shake or stir the rice to distribute the dye evenly.
4. Now add the boiled eggs to the rice and shake the glass. After a few minutes, the egg will be evenly colored and can be removed and allowed to dry.
5. The finished egg can be dyed again in a different color if desired.

How to color emoji eggs?

Funny emoticons are suitable for children, it will be close to them, because they communicate online mainly with the help of funny faces. First, color the eggs yellow with food coloring or turmeric. After complete cooling, arm yourself with a black marker and draw funny faces.

How to decorate eggs for Easter with napkins?

The technique of decorating with napkins is called decoupage. For work you will need:

• starch
• napkins

You can choose napkins with Easter symbols or a neutral pattern, then you need:

1. Boil the eggs and let them cool. If you wish, you can paint them in the desired color.
2. At this time, remove the two lower white layers on napkins, and cut out your favorite motifs from the remaining color.
3. Using water and a brush, spread the tissue paper over the egg.
4. Cook a paste from starch and fix napkins on the egg with it.

When decorating, only natural ingredients, so you can be sure of the safety of the resulting product.

How beautiful to paint an egg?

To paint an egg, you need to be patient, it usually takes some time. Before starting, practice on a piece of paper to feel more confident.

Today, the following painting techniques are used:

• Bonded painting acrylic paints and cotton swab
• hot wax painting
• Painting with a brush and paints

1. eggs decorated with hot wax are called Pysanka
2. evenly colored Krashanka
3. engraved- Drapanka
4. mixture of hot wax and paint Krapanka

How to paint wooden eggs for Easter?

Before the holiday, you can buy a sawn and sanded wooden blank in the shape of an egg and paint it. Paints will last for a long time if they are fixed on top with varnish. With a wooden egg, you can not think about the environmental friendliness of paints, but use the technique that you like or are comfortable with: gouache, watercolor, acrylic, etc.

All of the above staining methods chicken eggs also apply to a wooden egg, of course, the color of a beetroot or turmeric wood surface will not be as bright as that of an egg, but the shade will be similar.

Needlewomen and craftsmen who are used to working with wood can try out the carving technique, such an egg will not need additional decor. wooden egg- a wonderful gift for Easter, it will decorate the house for a long time and remind you of who gave it.

Decorating eggs before Easter is wonderful family tradition. Teach it to your children, involve them in joint creativity. When the family gathers at the table, you can tell the younger ones the history of the holiday, explain the meaning of symbols and signs. Do not limit your imagination with templates, use non-standard methods colors, experiment with colors and materials, and don't be afraid to make mistakes. Happy Easter to you! Christ is Risen!

Video: How to dye eggs for Easter without dyes?

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. Also, as we do not forget in these significant spring days cook and bake

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.

For it will come very soon Orthodox Easter. 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 show 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
• so that boiled and dyed samples have a beautiful holiday 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 beautifully arrange this easter symbol and show off 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. It's very simple and affordable way, allowing 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. For more rich 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 onion, and its husk is of different colors 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 the husk different color, cut it arbitrarily with various geometric shapes, not more than 1 cm in size. Cut plain paper in the same way.

2. Mix the husk and paper.

3. Moisten eggs at room temperature 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 fire, boil. Cook for 7-10 minutes.

7. Rinse under running water. Then remove the gauze and rinse again.

8. Dry and grease with marlechka with 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 an 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. 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 using it, you get a bright saturated green color. 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 lemon peel you can get different shades of yellow.
• 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.

Can also be dyed 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. Here 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 brush with 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 one. colors. 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
• breed her 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 next way to get 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 dip 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 next way in Lately became 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, as I don’t really want to cook a food product together 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 ordinary water until a mushy state. The sugar mass is placed in cream injector and apply beautiful three-dimensional patterns.

It turns out just great.

Decoupage with napkins

Recently, this technique has become incredibly popular in different areas 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 filled a small amount water, allow to swell slightly, then excess water drain. 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 staining 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, and 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 in ancient Egypt there was a tradition of coloring 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 different cultures find eggs, 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 Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene presented the first Easter egg 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 treatment various diseases, getting rid of the evil eye and damage. 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 with the upcoming you Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!!!