How to make a very hard egg for Easter. How to boil eggs

Spring is on the street, which means that soon the whole country will celebrate one of the main Christian holidays - Easter. Both adults and children are looking forward to this bright day, preparing traditional dishes and treats with pleasure. On the eve of the bright Easter holiday, we want to tell you about interesting and unusual, as well as well-known ways to paint eggs.

Since ancient times, it has been customary to exchange painted eggs during the Easter holiday. Since childhood, in many families, relatives came to each other and even played out some kind of battle with eggs. Two people chose their testicles, in their opinion the strongest, and hit them against each other, first with sharp tips, and then with blunt ones - whoever didn’t break an egg during a collision won, taking the opponent’s egg for himself. It was possible to continue this action as long as there are those who want to fight for victory.

According to memories from childhood, painting Easter eggs is a very entertaining activity. The kids so enthusiastically and diligently immerse the eggs in multi-colored solutions, stick stickers, tie them with threads and improvised materials to get spectacular lines and patterns.

All preparations for Easter begin at Clean Thursday , the day when the soul and body are cleansed spiritually and physically. It is not for nothing that Thursday is called clean, according to Christian customs on this day you need to take a good bath, swim in running water, and even better go to the bathhouse. On Good Thursday, in addition to everything else, you need to thoroughly clean up, wash dirty clothes, and scrub everything off, because on the following days before Easter it will be impossible to do household chores.

And, of course, on Maundy Thursday they bake Easter cakes, make Easter, paint eggs.

Have you ever wondered why eggs are dyed for Easter? And do you know what traditional color they should be painted in?

The most beautiful legend says that during the existence of the Roman Empire, in order to get an audience with the emperor, it was required to bring him something as a gift. The rich brought gold, and ordinary people carried everything they had in their households. So, Mary Magdalene, about to inform the ruler Tiberius about the resurrection of Christ, was able to bring as a gift only a white chicken egg with the words: “Christ is Risen!”

Seeing him, the emperor laughed and said that he would believe it if only the egg turned red, and at the same moment the testicle acquired a bloody hue. Then the stunned Tiberius exclaimed: “In truth, He is Risen!”

After that, the traditional color for coloring the testicles became red, purple, and the custom of christening is still known to both old and young.

How to color Easter eggs

onion peel

One of the most popular ways is still considered to be coloring eggs in onion skins. In order to make the testicles even more attractive and pretty, you can press dried leaves, blades of grass against them and tie them with threads, then lower the husks into the coloring solution. The color can vary from lighter to darker depending on the time the eggs are in the broth.

natural dyes

brown or beige color will give coffee to the testicles;
blue color gives red cabbage;
husks of black sunflower seeds not fried, red onions, poplar catkins, mallow flowers, snowdrops, blueberries and elderberries will give the testicles a blue and purple color;
eggs will acquire green color by staining in a decoction of spinach leaves, nettle, lily of the valley, primrose, buckthorn bark, ash;
the testicles will turn pink if they are rubbed with beet juice;
yellow color will give a decoction of birch leaves, calendula flowers;

a light yellow color will turn out if you rub boiled eggs with lemon, orange or carrot juice;

violet flowers will turn the testicles purple.

In order for the testicles to stain in the broth, you need to add 1 tablespoon of vinegar to it (into a small saucepan of the solution). Let the broth brew for about 30 minutes and start laying eggs. You need to boil the eggs for 15-30 minutes, depending on what color saturation you want to get, in some cases you can leave the eggs overnight in the solution, for example, when stained with spinach or violet flowers.

You can make different patterns on Easter eggs, wrapping them with an elastic band for money, colored threads, cut out blanks, again tying them with threads. You can dip the egg in water, and then roll in rice, or some other cereal, and wrapped in gauze, boil in a coloring solution.

The marbled effect of the testicles will be obtained if a little vegetable oil is added to the water a minute before the end of cooking, or you can spread already cooked krashenki with it.

Easter food coloring

Probably the easiest way, for those who have no time to bother. As a rule, in small bags there are multi-colored powders that are diluted in boiling water with the addition of a spoonful of vinegar. Our testicles are placed in this solution for 5-15 minutes, depending on how intense the color you want to get.

Thermal stickers for testicles

Easy, fast and convenient way to decorate your eggs for Easter. You can apply the film on pre-boiled and painted eggs, or on ordinary white or brown ones.

Decorating testicles with cereals and improvised means

Very unusual testicles are obtained if they are pasted over with cereals, while still drawing various patterns. Try to paint the egg with wax crayons, and then color it - you get an original design. Another idea is to wrap the eggs with insulating tape and paint in this form, the output will be beautiful smooth lines, or any word or sign that you stick.

Decoupage technique

First you need to prepare a gelatinous mass, a kind of glue. Then take a beautiful napkin with your favorite picture or ornament, or flower. Cut out a fragment and press it against our testicle, and apply a layer of gelatin glue on top. Let dry and enjoy the beauty of your creation.

Coloring testicles with felt-tip pens, markers, paints

Inventive and non-standard people can prepare such eggs for Easter.

And the kids will definitely like eggs in the form of their favorite characters. The children themselves will be happy to color them, dry them and admire their work.

Coloring testicles with fabrics

Eggs dyed with a variety of fabrics look very expensive and uncomplicated. In order for the pattern to move from the fabric to the egg, you need to tightly wrap the raw egg with a cloth (front side), and tie it with elastic bands, or simply stitch it, making a few stitches along the edges so that everything does not slip during the cooking process.

Then boil in water for about 10-15 minutes, with the addition of a spoonful of vinegar. After putting in cold water, carefully remove the fabric and evaluate the resulting masterpiece.

Here are some beautiful testicles obtained after dyeing with fabrics

Permanent makeup for testicles

The original way, which requires only a little patience, skill and a marker. Put the egg on a special stand and display the most beautiful patterns either according to the scheme or to your taste.

Foil, confetti, beads - egg decorations

Fashion does not stand still, now eggs are not only dyed, but simply wrapped in colored foil, beads, sequins, confetti and other bells and whistles are glued, and hand-made eggs are obtained.

Patterns on eggs with sweet powder, varnish, paints

Cute and not too hard to make the testicles fresher and more fun, you can use a variety of squiggles, flowers, sticks, specks, dots and other patterns. It all depends on the flight of your imagination. Easy to color with a toothpick.

And adorable testicles

Cut and pasted fabric patterns

The testicles, which are pasted over with fabric flowers, pieces, look very cute and cozy. They are so soft and warm to the touch that it is even a pity to break them later.

Another option for testicles for children

But in this way you can unusually hang the testicles, it looks almost like a Christmas tree, even more beautiful.

Choose from this variety of ways to decorate testicles the most suitable for you, experiment, because creating is always so pleasant and exciting.

Recommendations and tips for boiling eggs, preparing eggs for dyeing

1 hour before the start of cooking, testicles stored in the refrigerator must be pulled out and allowed to lie at room temperature. Then your testicles will not crack when cooked;
another option is to gently pierce the shell of a raw egg with a thin needle. In this case, the egg will not burst in boiling water;
wash and rub the testicles, you can use a soft sponge, you can use a soapy cloth. This is necessary so that the layer of paint lies as evenly as possible on the egg;
in the water where the eggs are boiled, add a couple of tablespoons of salt - again, it will help from possible cracks, and the shell then peels off better when cleaned;
before painting, eggs can be rubbed with vinegar, so they will absorb dyes more intensively;
at the end, for a glossy effect, you can lightly rub the testicles with vegetable oil.

Some kind of bright feeling reigns in the soul when you are preparing for Easter, the feeling that everything will be fine. May there always be love and happiness, health and joy, comfort and prosperity in your home! Happy Easter to you!

The tradition of painting Easter eggs with your own hands has a long history. According to legend, Mary Magdalene, having learned about the resurrection of Christ, appeared in Rome to the emperor Tiberius. According to tradition, the emperor was supposed to give gifts, but since Mary Magdalene had nothing but faith in Jesus, she presented him with an egg with the words “Christ is Risen”.

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The emperor considered that a miraculous resurrection was as impossible as turning a white egg into red, but before he could finish the phrase, the egg turned bright red. Since then, the egg has been considered a symbol of the miraculous ascension of Christ into heaven, and with it the purification.

For Easter, most Russians paint Easter eggs burgundy, by boiling in onion skins. This is the least expensive and easiest way to follow traditions. But, in order to approach this matter more creatively, many make a herbarium of leaves and plants in advance. And someone has already grown fresh herbs. Let's see how all this can be applied to DIY Easter egg painting.

Beautiful Easter eggs with your own hands

Painted Easter eggs with onion skins with ornament

There is nothing complicated here. Prepare for the ornament some greens, leaves, grass, and even something carved with your own hands. Nylon tights that you do not wear, but wanted to throw away, and a thin rope, or vice versa, a thick thread.

We will glue the leaves and other things to the eggs with the help of a paste, so that for sure it will not move out. This is a universal paste recipe that will come in handy when decorating Easter eggs with your own hands, and in other ways.

Paste preparation: For one glass of water, one teaspoon with a slide of starch is taken. Dilute starch in a small amount of cold water and pour a glass of boiling water in a stream, stirring all the time. The starch should turn from white to clear and thicken. You can put it on the stove and boil for a couple of minutes.

All the paste is ready, cool down and you can use it. Starch is a food product; kissels and much more are made on its basis. Therefore, using starch paste when decorating Easter eggs, you should not be afraid of anything, feel free to use it. Further, when decorating eggs, where the words will be used: glue, stick, grease with glue. So keep in mind that a paste is used here.

Let me give you one more hint: Well, you don’t have starch, or you just don’t want to mess with it, you can lubricate the surface with egg white and stick whatever you want. But, in this case, your art can peel off faster. Because, when the protein solidifies, it turns into a film. In a word, you choose how to stick decorations on Easter eggs with your own hands.

For coloring eggs in onion peel with an ornament, we naturally take the onion peel itself, the pan. We put the husk in it, fill it with cold water. For boiling eggs, it is advisable to salt the water, since it is impossible to see microcracks on the eggs. Such eggs will simply leak out when boiled, but this will not happen in salt water.

Remove the eggs for dyeing and boiling from the refrigerator in advance so that they warm up to room temperature. We take an egg, stick a leaf on it, or whatever you have prepared there. We cut off a piece of nylon (tights), carefully tighten the egg with a leaf so that it does not wrinkle and tie it with a thread.

We do this with all the eggs, put them in a saucepan and cook, as usual, no more than 10 minutes. I cook for 5-7 minutes, then turn off and leave the eggs in the husk (they will reach) so that they gain more color. Then we take out, remove the stocking, wash the eggs, dry them. They are all ready!

By the way, this same process can be done with food coloring. Only the eggs should already be cooked, do not forget about it.

Coloring Easter eggs with stains and different intensities

I also think this process of coloring eggs is not difficult, but a little more laborious. Boil the eggs first. While they are cooking, we dilute a different dye, in different containers, of course. We put boiled eggs in dyes, paint to the color that you need.

Take out, dry. And in the container to the dyes, add a teaspoon of vegetable oil. Again we release the eggs into the dye with the addition of oil. We take it out, blot it with paper napkins and at this moment beautiful and unusual stains appear on the eggs.

Another way of dyeing Easter eggs, where the colors will be of different intensities. In containers (preferably in glasses), we dilute food coloring, and add not much water at all, for starters. We release the boiled egg, it should only hide the bottom.

Then, as the eggs are colored, we add water all the time. And you get very beautiful stripes, different in color.

And now for those who want to get more creative with the process, here are some ideas for decorating Easter eggs with your own hands. To do this, of course, you need to go to the nearest store to purchase what will be needed. And, we will look for something at home.

We will go with you to buy paints, brushes, colored paper, permanent markers, multi-colored beads, culinary sprinkles (if you haven’t already bought them for Easter cakes). Various interesting stickers for Easter eggs (in the form of eyes, smiles, different faces), multi-colored napkins, colored threads, elastic bands of different widths, adhesive tape (if you don’t have one), gold foil.

Decorating Easter eggs with decoupage

For work, as you understand, we will need: hard-boiled eggs (it is highly desirable that they do not crack, since an egg with cracks, you see, somewhat worsens the appearance of the product). Well, we begin to create, with decoupage. What is decoupage, I think it is not necessary to explain?

We take the multi-colored napkins we bought, cut out the drawings we like and glue them on the eggs with the help of a paste. Here we give free rein to our imagination and create for our own pleasure. See how beautiful do-it-yourself Easter eggs look with the help of decoupage.

To keep the napkin stronger, you can varnish the egg. But, if you eat it, then you do not need to do this. Just keep in mind for the future, if you want to give someone a gift, then you can apply a transparent varnish on a pasted napkin.

Hand drawn Easter eggs

This type of art on Easter eggs is suitable for those who love and know how to draw. On a painted egg, first we apply a drawing with a pencil (any subject of the drawing), then we take a very thin brush and circle it with paints. Let's dry. And to fix the picture, you can cover it with varnish.

Drawing on Easter eggs with a permanent felt-tip pen

This type of egg decoration is also more suitable for people who can draw. And, I will tell you this, it is not necessary to draw some unpretentious patterns. Draw what you want, the main thing is that you like it.

DIY Easter eggs with patina and gold

Golden eggs are not difficult to make. Gold food coloring, diluted in water and dipped boiled eggs into it. I just think that golden eggs must be on the Easter table. Just like in a fairy tale, a chicken laid a testicle not simple, but golden ...

Under the patina, boiled eggs are first painted with colored dyes. Then grease with paste, wrap tightly in gold foil. Dry, unfold, rub over the egg with a brush or nail file, revealing the main color in places. It turns out a very beautiful color.

Coloring Easter eggs in an interesting ornament

This will require silk material, or an unwanted tie that your husband no longer wears, and you are about to throw it away. Do not hurry! Such a tie will turn Easter eggs into a real masterpiece. Cut the tie into strips, wrap the egg in the front side, tie. Put to boil in water with the addition of vinegar.

Cool, untie and you will get such a beauty.

Coloring Easter eggs with glitter

Scatter glitter on newspaper. Spread the boiled egg with paste and roll in glitter, let dry. And, if desired, you can draw pictures and sprinkle with sparkles. Looks very nice.

Easter egg coloring with lace

We wrap the boiled egg in lace fabric, tie it, let it go into the dye, take it out, wash it, dry it.

Easy dyeing of Easter eggs with colored threads

It's quite simple here. Gently wrap multi-colored threads around the egg, tie the ends, and boil the eggs in water with the addition of vinegar. Then remove everything, wash the eggs, dry them and you're done.

DIY Easter egg coloring with scotch tape

Also not a difficult option for coloring eggs. With your imagination, everything can be done wonderfully. Cut out squares, stripes, of different lengths and widths from adhesive tape, stick on the eggs as you like and cook in the husk. Or release into dyes. In this case, you can make multi-colored eggs by changing the shape of the tape and releasing the egg into a different dye. It will be bright, beautiful and interesting!

Coloring Easter eggs with rubber bands

Wrap the boiled egg with rubber bands, you can have different thicknesses and release it into the dye. Then remove the gum, rinse and dry. It turns out not bad.

Coloring Easter eggs with your own hands marbled

Here, we will not color the shell, I am the egg itself. So, if you have eggs that cracked during cooking, do not despair. Now we will color them. Break the shell with a spoon, pour strong tea leaves or soy sauce. Let stand for a while, then peel, and ... voila, you have a marbled and very beautiful egg.

We decorate Easter eggs with our own hands with beads

Pour the beads on a plate or paper. Lubricate the boiled egg with paste and roll the eggs in beads, let dry. They look very beautiful.

We decorate Easter eggs with confectionery topping with our own hands

This is the same as in the previous two versions. Pour the culinary dressing into bowls, grease the eggs with paste, roll, let dry. Not difficult, but eggs look very rich and beautiful.

Decorating Easter eggs with seeds and cereals

Also a very original way to decorate eggs. You will need cereals, what you have, peas, rice, lentils, beans, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, you can sesame seeds, flower vermicelli, etc.

Lubricate the boiled egg with a paste and lay out any ornament from cereals and seeds. Let dry. It turns out very original, interesting and beautiful eggs. See for yourself.

By the way, eggs can even be colored with colored sugar. The technique is the same as that of beads or culinary sprinkling, just smear a boiled egg with a paste and roll in colored sugar. Simple, fast and beautiful!

How to make colored sugar: Take a tight plastic bag or jar, pour sugar into it, drop dye and shake until all the sand is the same color. That's all! And, even such sugar can be used to decorate confectionery. For example, whip cream with colored sugar, it will be beautiful and festive.

We decorate Easter eggs with our own hands using a mosaic

The decorating process is not fast and creative, but it's worth it. The eggs turn out amazing. Here you will need eggshells and always multi-colored. We spread different, beautiful ornaments from the shell of a different color on the painted eggs. See what beauty can be done. Glue with glue.

We make crafts from Easter eggs with our own hands

For such crafts, I propose to invite children and grandchildren to help you, let them help you with their participation. I think they will gladly agree. Boil and color the eggs, prepare everything you need, various stickers, scissors, felt-tip pens, pencils, colored paper, paste, and let's get started.

We make colorful bunnies. We cut out the ears from colored paper, glue or draw, eyes, nose, mouth. Naughty bunnies, ready!

Cute faces with eye and mouth stickers peek out from the egg stand.

The same pretty, but the eyes and mouth can be drawn.

Folk-style stickers are used for these faces. Nice.

And these cute animals are made and glued from colored paper. The eyes are drawn.

I think your children and grandchildren will be very pleased with their results. Of course, there is far from everything that you can think of for decorating eggs with your own hands. But still, a lot of ideas. Take, use, decorate eggs, give joy and kindness to your loved ones.

Well, finishing my article, I want to give a few photos of natural dyes. This is just in case, so that, as they say, it was. And for those people who do not use anything but the nature of products to decorate Easter eggs with their own hands. Christ is risen!

1 - Beets, 2 - hibiscus tea, 3 - spinach, 4 - chokeberry, 5 - blue cabbage, 6 - turmeric

With spring warmth and sun, the bright holiday of Easter comes to us. Tall stately Easter cakes, tender cottage cheese Easter, a variety of pastries in the form of chickens, rabbits and, of course, colored eggs. If dishes are prepared for family and guests, then eggs are presented to all acquaintances and strangers. From children who bring the news of the Resurrection of Christ in the morning to work colleagues. "Christ is risen!" - they say at the same time. "In truth, he has risen!" - they hear in response and receive a testicle in return.

What are Easter eggs?

Interestingly, dyed Easter eggs have their own names, depending on how the eggs were dyed. Krashenki are plain eggs, krapanki are eggs covered with multi-colored spots, which are obtained with the help of droplets of wax. And if we paint the eggs and scratch out the drawing, then we get a drape. Separately, it is worth noting the Easter eggs. This is not just an Easter attribute, but a work of art! Drawings on eggs are made with a special tool - a scribbler.
In the article, we have collected both the well-known ways of painting eggs, which everyone knows very well, but may have forgotten the nuances, as well as the more interesting and “unhackneyed” ones. In addition, we will talk about quick options for beautifully painting eggs with the least effort, about decorating methods that you can do with your child, and about such original ways where you can let your imagination go free swimming and expect great results! For convenience, all 20 methods are divided into thematic blocks.

Key to start - preparing eggs for painting

First: never start boiling eggs without first taking them out of the refrigerator at least an hour or two before coloring. Eggs should be at least at room temperature so they don't burst during cooking. You can prevent the explosion of eggs in another way. They need to be pierced with a thin sharp needle. However, the first option is much easier and safer.
Second: when cooking, add 1 tbsp. l. table salt per 1.5-2 liters of water. It is believed that this is done so that the shell does not burst. In fact, it is correct to say that salt will prevent the protein from leaking out and forming white “growths” if the shell suddenly cracks.
Third: the eggs should be thoroughly washed, perhaps even using a dish sponge. This is done so that the paint lies more evenly. You can also wipe the testicle with soapy water or alcohol.
Fourth: you can paint eggs for Easter not only chicken, but also quail. It turns out very interesting and unusual! We also pre-keep them at room temperature, rinse and cook for 4-5 minutes.
Fifth: in order for the paint to hold better, vinegar (9%) is added during the dyeing process. On average, 1 tbsp. l. for 1.5 l. water.
Well, one last piece of advice. how to give already dyed eggs a festive look. Rub them, after wiping dry, with vegetable oil.

How to dye eggs in onion skins

First: classics of the genre - onion peel and its variations

The traditional crimson, brown or dark yellow eggs are obtained by dyeing them with onion skins. In this case, both the husks of ordinary onions and red onions are used. When calculating the color, you can focus on such a hint. If you take the husks of 8 onions for 2 glasses of water, you get a red-brown color.

Second: a tandem of husk with brilliant green

A very interesting option is burgundy-green or brown-brilliant eggs. For their execution, you will need onion peel, brilliant green (standard vial, 10 ml per 1.5 l.), nylon stocking (or gauze), gloves (to protect the skin of the hands from brilliant green).

Third: coloring in the husk with patterns

You can diversify the coloring with onion peel if you first apply a patterned figure to the egg and fix it with a piece of nylon. At the same time, to obtain a pattern, you can take what is at hand. For example, parsley leaves, parsnips, dill, peppermint, fresh or dried flowers. Dry material must first be soaked with hot water, and then applied to the egg.

The chosen motif - a leaf or flower, tightly fix with a nylon stocking (or bandage, gauze) and carry out standard staining with onion peel. Then remove the stocking, remove the stencil for the pattern, and an egg painted with onion peel, but with an imprint of a leaf or flower in the natural color of the shell, will appear.
By the same principle, you can decorate the dot with chaotic dots of the color of an unpainted shell. To do this, roll a wet egg before painting with onion peel in rice, crushed peas or millet, or attach a piece of lace to it. Fix the croup or lace patterned motif with stocking capron.

You can get a variety of patterns without using a fixing material:

for straight lines in the natural color of the shell on the egg, put rubber bands on it for money;
any pattern can be made from masking tape, plaster, self-adhesive paper, or simply paint the egg with wax crayons;
eggs in the "cell" will turn out if you put on them mesh stockings or a vegetable mesh.

Methods with dyes - natural and not very

Fourth: gifts from nature - natural dyes

Pour water into a 1.5 liter saucepan and put a natural pigment - the source of color.
Bring to a boil, let it boil a little and leave to infuse for half an hour.
Strain the broth, pour in 1 tbsp. l. 9% vinegar and put eggs in a saucepan.
Simmer over low heat until at least tender (12-15 minutes). If the color is taken poorly - up to half an hour.
If the coloring is not successful even within half an hour, leave the eggs in a saucepan with a coloring solution overnight.

Fifth: a scientific alternative to natural dyes - food grade dyes

Multi-colored eggs on young grass, what could be fresher and more attractive for Easter? To make them quickly and without much hassle, you can buy a special Easter set in the store. When choosing it, please note that dyes are different according to the method of application.
One of the options is exactly the paint that needs to be applied directly to the boiled egg. The other is a powder or tablet for diluting a colored solution. Eggs are lowered into it and kept there until the paint is taken.
The staining method must be indicated on the dye packaging. There is nothing complicated in using ready-made liquid paint. It is applied to the prepared egg, evenly distributed and allowed to dry. The method of coloring with water-borne dyes in the general case looks like this:

Sixth: with the world on a string - a colorful egg

A riot of colors in one egg is a method of dyeing with floss threads. Very simple and beautiful:

Wrap multi-colored floss threads on a raw, room temperature, pre-washed egg. Combine colors and arrangement of threads as your fantasy tells!
2. Boil them in the usual way until hard-boiled (12-15 minutes).
3. Remove threads.

Seventh: fabric translators

Transfer a beautiful pattern from fabric to an egg? It is quite possible. Just take the choice of fabric seriously. In our age of the extremely developed chemical industry and the desire to reduce the cost of things at any cost, you can run into a chemically dyed fabric. Despite the beauty of the drawing on it, it is better to refuse to use it. Examples of permitted material are a Pavloposad shawl or a silk tie with an interesting pattern.

Place the selected fabric with the right side on the egg. Secure it by stitching along the contour.
From above, you can additionally fix the matter by wrapping the egg with a nylon stocking or white cotton cloth.

Add 9% vinegar (3 tablespoons per 1.5 liter saucepan) to the cooking water and boil the hard-boiled eggs (12-15 minutes).
Drain the water, cool the eggs and free them from the tissue. The drawing should appear with gentle contours on the shell.

We paint with the children

Both adults and children look forward to Easter with the same impatience. Give the kids the opportunity to make a beautiful craft egg and give it to, for example, grandparents. Being engaged in such creativity, we encourage the children's desire to make beautiful things and give it to loved ones. Moreover, it is very interesting and fun!

Eighth: craft egg

From krashenka you can make a perky chicken:

Color the egg yellow with food coloring. Although chickens can be of other colors: blue or pink, for example. Even a child from 3 years of age can cope with coloring with colored powders or tablets diluted in water. Of course, under the supervision and strict guidance of an adult.
Cut out details for decorating a chicken from colored paper: eyes, wings, tail, beak, scallop. And also: a bow - if it's a girl or a bow tie, a tie - if it's a boy. You can also use decorative fluff from a needlework store. It turns out cool and very cute!
Use gelatin glue to fix the prepared parts. To do this, soak the gelatin as indicated on the package. Drain excess liquid, and heat the granules until they dissolve. It is not necessary to bring to a boil.
Apply gelatin glue with a brush on the details, the egg and gradually turn it into a chicken!

Ninth: funny faces

Show your children that you can draw on the egg in an unusual way. But since this is a product and it is then eaten, the paints must be natural. For example, it is very easy to make an edible "gouache" from cocoa powder. She can draw the face of an animal, the face of a funny weirdo, or even a portrait. Eyes can also be depicted, but it will be more interesting to glue ready-made ones from a needlework store.

Boil the eggs. If necessary, color with food coloring, for example, if you are making a lion's face - yellow.
Slowly pour warm water into a tablespoon of cocoa until sour cream is thick.
Plant the finished eggs on stands, such as plastic bottle caps, and draw.
Let the chocolate gouache dry.
Then glue the eyes with gelatin glue if they do not initially have an adhesive base.

Tenth: wax crayons (pencils)

This is a way for school children. Since you have to work with a hot, freshly boiled egg.

Take them out of the pot, pat dry with a towel.
Place the egg on a stand, such as a bottle cap.
Start drawing with wax pencils. The wax will diverge from the heat and create bizarre transitions, overflows. Choose colors carefully!
You can paint eggs in this way not only with pencils, but also with the help of sprinkling with wax crumbs. To obtain it, the crayons are rubbed on a fine grater. And then poured onto a hot, freshly boiled egg.
And another way to decorate with wax crayons is to melt them and dip an egg into it.

Time saving

When a woman is not only a housewife, but also the main earner in the family, there is not so much time for home life. Moreover, Easter eggs are painted on Maundy Thursday. Until the weekend, this activity is not postponed. Therefore, in the absence of time, you can resort to "quick" ways to make Easter eggs.

Eleventh: thermal film stickers

Once and done - this is about one of the easiest ways to create an Easter mood using thermal stickers. How beautiful they are: with Gzhel-style painting, Khokhloma, with intricate patterns, butterflies, flowers, church plots, as well as rabbits, kittens and even children's cartoon characters! If you plan on using thermal stickers, choose smaller eggs. Otherwise, they simply will not enter the thermal basis. Stickers can be applied to unpainted boiled eggs, and you can also use them as a fallback option, if the shell cracked when painted with husks.
Please note: eggs in thermal stickers are stored less than, for example, dyed with husks or food coloring.

Boil the eggs in the usual way.
Put the thermal base on the egg and put it in a strainer.
Dip the strainer in boiling water for a few seconds. As soon as the thermal sticker "hugs" it, pull it out.

Twelfth: holiday attire

Being one of the most important Easter symbols, the egg requires an appropriate outfit. So far, we have talked about its color, but you can do it differently. It is enough to wrap a boiled egg in bright foil. Voila! And it is in the spotlight. And in addition, it will be decorated with exquisite decoration.

Boil the eggs.
Cut multi-colored foil (sold in stationery stores) into rectangular pieces of such a size that it is enough to wrap an egg.
Prepare decor elements or just use confetti.
Wrap cooled eggs in foil. Attach decor to them with glue.

flight of fancy

If the standard traditional methods of dyeing eggs seem boring and monotonous, let your imagination fly and follow it like a white rabbit.

Thirteenth: the power of the rainbow

This method is a variation of food coloring. The combination of colors, the depth of staining, the number of layers ... All this is chosen individually. Therefore, such dyes are 100% original. However, in order for the eggs to turn out like in the picture, you need high-quality dyes that give rich colors. You need to breed them, following the instructions. Another tip: you need to start with light tones, gradually resorting to darker and darker ones, and finish with the darkest ones.

Boil the eggs.
Take one and paint it completely in the lightest color.
Dip the painted egg into the paint a tone darker, but not completely, but up to half.
Wait for the paint to take. Then dry it.
Then do the same, applying paint in layers.

Fourteenth: eggs "on style"

Easter, originally a religious holiday, has now become more secular. Therefore, eggs are not only traditionally painted red or a pattern corresponding to the holiday is applied, but they also approach this activity more simply and creatively. For example, eggs will be stylish if you apply a pattern to them with a permanent marker. You can come up with a coloring book yourself or get ideas from the Internet.

Boil the eggs, be sure to hard boil.
Set them on stands and apply the chosen pattern with a permanent marker.
After finishing work, let it dry. This will take approximately an hour.

Fifteenth: stencil work

This method is relatively traditional. We find a stencil, apply it to the egg, paint it with natural or food coloring. A flight of fancy should manifest itself in the choice of a stencil. Here everyday experience, information from books, magazines, the Internet can come to the rescue. Or maybe you have family symbols. The main thing to remember is that the selected color and stencil should be in harmony with each other.

Choose a stencil pattern.
Apply it to ultra-thin paper (tracing paper).
Moisten the paper so that it becomes plastic and can be easily applied to the egg.
Firmly fix the attached stencil on the egg with a nylon stocking or bandage (gauze).
When the preparation for coloring the eggs is completed, do it in any way: onion peel, food coloring. Only if the eggs are dyed with onion skins, they do not need to be boiled first. And if the method of coloring with food coloring is chosen, then they must be pre-cooked “hard-boiled”.
Remove the fixing material and stencils from the finished cooled eggs.

Sixteenth: marble effect

Artistic flair will be needed for those who decide to paint eggs in marble color. It is not difficult to do this. The main thing is to choose colors beautifully and purchase high-quality dyes.

Boil the eggs.
Color them in a light-colored dye: yellow, orange, blue. Let dry.
Dilute in a deep narrow container (in a glass, tea cup) a dark-colored dye: purple, brown, dark blue. Add 1 teaspoon to each cup of dark solution. vegetable oil. Stir so that a spoonful of oil disperses into many small oil droplets.
Dip light dyes in dark dye. It's ideal to do it once.
Let dry. Marble eggs are ready!

Options for decorating ready-made dyed eggs

If the simple coloring of eggs is not enough and the soul asks for an artistic continuation, choose one of the proposed options. Turn paint into a work of art!

Seventeenth: 3D decor

Quite laborious, but worth it. To decorate eggs, you will need a wax or paraffin candle, as well as a variety of cereals, small pasta, confectionery sprinkles and whatever else your heart desires.

Take the finished dye.
Light a candle and use melted wax (paraffin) to apply a pattern on it. Do it very carefully. The flame should not touch the shell, otherwise a gray trace of soot may remain.
Roll the egg in the material of your choice. You can also put decorative elements on the adhesive base with your hands.
When the work dries, you can grease the decorated surface with vegetable oil for a more presentable look.

Eighteenth: sugar lace

Eggs in voluminous lace are very stylish, festive and go well with any traditional pattern on krashenka. To make them, you need powdered sugar (about a glass) and water. If powdered sugar is not at hand, you can make it yourself. To do this, you need granulated sugar and a coffee grinder.

Slowly pour water into the powdered sugar so that a white mass of thick consistency is obtained.
Place the decorative sugar mass into a confectionery syringe.
Take the finished dye.
Put a pattern on it.
Let dry.

Nineteenth: decoupage technique

In order for a picture to appear on the dye, it is not necessary to apply a thermal sticker on it or transfer the pattern from the fabric. You can remember about the decoupage technique. It is designed to decorate not only plates and furniture, but it can also be transferred to the plane of Easter decor. To do this, we will have to use beautiful napkins or their elements and gelatin glue. To prepare the glue, gelatin is soaked according to the instructions on the package. Then the excess moisture is drained and heated, without bringing to a boil, until the granules dissolve.

Twentieth: drapanki

Colored eggs with a white pattern can be made not only by applying a stencil. The pattern can be scratched on the surface of an egg painted with onion peel with a clerical knife or a thick, sharp needle. This method is laborious, but applicable when it is planned to make a thin, elegant pattern on the egg, which is difficult to achieve by applying a stencil.

Make dye with onion skins.
Draw a pattern on it with a simple pencil. You can do without it if you feel confident or your hand is full.
Walk along the line drawn with a pencil with a clerical knife, scratching the outline.

Easter is a family holiday that gives hope for the future and faith in a miracle. Touch and you a piece of beauty - choose the way you like and paint the eggs for the Easter table. There is only one minus in dyeing eggs according to the methods described. It can turn out so beautiful that it will be a pity to eat!

POPPY CAKE
Dough:
2 cups of 250 gr poppy seeds,
0.5 cup raisins.
0.5 cup nuts
5 table spoons of breadcrumbs,
10 eggs
13 table. spoons of sugar.
Cream:
1 can of boiled condensed milk
0.5 kg butter,
juice of 1 lemon.
Poppy steam for the night.
Turn 2 times through a meat grinder, add raisins, nuts and crackers.
Separate the whites from the yolks, beat until a strong foam
-proteins with 7 tbsp. l. Sahara,
-yolks from 6 tbsp. l. Sahara.
Spoon eggs into poppy seeds.
Line a springform pan with foil and brush with oil
pour the dough, put in a hot oven for 1.5-2 hours.
Cool completely, cut into 2 or 3 cakes, grease with cream.
Drizzle with chocolate icing.

Cake "Love me"
Separate the whites from the yolks. Mix 9 proteins and 3 cups of sugar without beating, and put in the cold for an hour, then beat until a meringue consistency. Sprinkle a baking sheet with flour or put tracing paper and put the whipped squirrels on a baking sheet in small cakes (the size of a Soviet penny, for those who no longer remember what it looked like - 3 cm in diameter), put in a warm oven and dry until cooked. Rub a pound of butter and 3/4 cup of sugar until fluffy and gradually add a little beaten yolks. Finely chop the nuts or pass through a meat grinder. Pour nuts into the beaten mass, vanilla to taste, pour in 50 grams of vodka and beat again until fluffy. Collect the cake immediately in the dishes that are served on the table. Lubricate each dried cake with cream and place on a dish, grease the whole hill with the remaining cream, decorate with the remaining cakes or sprinkle with chocolate or nuts and put in the cold.
eggs - 9 pcs., sugar - 3.75 cups, walnuts - 1 cup
vodka or cognac - 50 g, butter - 0.5 kg

Cake "Turtle"
Dough: 6 eggs + 1.5 cups sugar (dissolved) + 2 tablespoons cocoa + 1 teaspoon baking soda + 2 cups flour.
GLAZE: 2 tablespoons milk + 2 tablespoons sugar + 50 g butter (butter) + 2 tablespoons cocoa. Cook the glaze over low heat until the state of liquid sour cream. CREAM: 2 cups sour cream + 200 g butter + 1 cup sugar. Whisk everything.
Sprinkle a baking sheet lightly with flour and spread the dough in the form of small cakes with teaspoons. Bake at t 200C. Dip each tortilla in the cream and stack on a shell-shaped dish. On the sides make 4 paws and a head. Pour glaze over the shell (if there is not enough glaze, make another portion) Put the cake in the refrigerator overnight - soak.
Eggs - 6 pcs., Flour - 2 cups, Sugar - 2.5 cups, Cocoa - 4 tbsp. spoons
Soda - 1 teaspoon, Milk - 2 tablespoons, Oil - 250 g, Sour cream - 2 cups.

Cupcake "Christmas"
Rub the butter with sugar until white, add the yolks and continue to rub the mass until the sugar crystals disappear completely. Then add warm melted honey with cinnamon, add sour cream, salt, soda, add flour and add whites whipped into a stable foam, quickly knead a light fluffy dough of the consistency of thick sour cream, also quickly spread it into a cupcake form liberally greased with softened butter and dusted with flour, carefully place into the oven and bake at t = 180C for an hour or a little more.
flour - 600 g, butter - 250 g, honey - 250 g, powdered sugar - 250 g
sugar - 1 cup, eggs - 6 pcs., sour cream - 500 g, finely chopped nuts - 100 g
soda - 1 teaspoon, cinnamon - 1 teaspoon, salt - a pinch

Norwegian cookies "Bantiki"
3 eggs, 2 tbsp. Flour, 0.5 tbsp. Melt Drain. oils, powdered sugar.
Grind the yolk of a hard-boiled egg well. Add 2 raw yolks and grind the mixture until a smooth mass is obtained. Pour in 1 tbsp. flour, add melted plums. Oil and 1 tbsp. flour. Knead a smooth dough, separate walnut-sized pieces from it, pull them out in the form of a ribbon and tie them with a bow. baking sheet. Bake in a very hot oven.

"Orange"
Dough: 8 eggs, 8 tbsp. l. ground, not peeled almond kernels, 1 orange, 1 tbsp. l. grated breadcrumbs, 8 tbsp. l. Sahara.
Cream: 4 yolks, 5 tbsp. l. sugar, 5 tbsp. l. milk, 1 orange, 180 gr. vanillin 175 gr. sour cream.
Decoration: 1-2 oranges.
Yolks 8 eggs with 8 tbsp. l. grind sugar with a mixer or manually (20 min). Add zest and juice of 1 orange. Put the mass in two identical forms, greased with oil and sprinkled with flour.
Cream: Yolks, sugar, milk, juice of 1 oranges and vanillin, steam until thickened. Remove from heat and add a piece of butter, without ceasing to stir. Put the cream on one cake and cover with another. Top the cake again with cream. Garnish with sour cream, whipped with sugar and orange slices.

"Lady fingers"
On fire 1.5 tbsp. water + 150 gr. oil and, when it boils, add 1.5 tbsp. flour, stirring. Cool the dough, beat in 6 eggs alternately. Put the custard dough on a baking sheet, greased with oil, with oblong small sausages.
Cream: 2 tbsp. cold sour cream + st. Sahara. Dip the baked fingers in the cream and put on a dish with a woodpile. Sprinkle cocoa or grated chocolate on top.

Cupcakes with fruit juice

sugar - 1 glass;
egg - 8 pcs.;
ground walnut (or hazelnuts) - 1/2 cup;
flour - 1/2 cup;
butter -3 tbsp;
fruit juice (preferably cherry) - 100g;
grated lemon zest of lemon and orange - to taste;
vanilla sugar - to taste;
cream - 1.5 cups;
egg - 8 pcs.

Egg yolks (6 pcs.), 2 eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, beat until foamy, then add vanilla sugar, strong foam from 6 egg whites and 3 tbsp. Sahara. Mix flour with ground almonds, zest and add to the prepared mass. After that, mix the whole mass with melted butter.

Grease small muffin pans with oil, fill halfway with the mass and bake at low temperature. Ready muffins put on a dish and pour fruit (cherry) juice.

Whip cream with 2 tbsp. sugar into a strong foam, fill them with a pastry syringe and decorate the surface of the cupcakes. You can put fresh or canned berries on top.

Cupcake with nuts and raisins
To make cupcakes you will need:
flour - 1 cup;
egg - 6 pcs.;
peeled nuts - 1 cup;
raisins (pitted) - 1 cup;
sugar - 1 cup.

Proteins are whipped into a strong foam, the yolks are ground with sugar, then all this is mixed and nuts and raisins are added. Mix well again. The prepared dough is poured

In a form with oiled paper sprinkled with breadcrumbs. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 45-50 minutes.

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COFFEE CAKE WITH RAISINS (KATERINA)

350 g flour
250 g butter margarine or butter
250 g sugar (powdered sugar is better)
5 eggs
100 g raisins
1 teaspoon baking soda quenched with lemon juice or vinegar
2-3 tablespoons of ground coffee brewed in 100 ml of water, chilled and strained

Separate the whites from the yolks of three eggs. Grind white margarine with sugar. Without stopping rubbing, gradually add 3 yolks and 2 eggs one at a time, pour in coffee and mix everything gently. If you don't have ground coffee, you can replace it with instant coffee. Pour flour and quenched soda into the dough. Roll slightly steamed raisins in a small amount of flour and add to the dough. Mix everything thoroughly. Then beat the whites into a strong foam and quickly combine them with the dough, gently mixing with smooth movements from top to bottom.
Put the dough into a form, previously carefully greased with oil and dusted with flour. Bake in the same way as in the recipe "Curd-lemon cupcake-2". Sprinkle the finished cake with powdered sugar.
You can bake small cupcakes instead of a whole cupcake.
SALTED OLIVE CAKE (NATY)

200 g ham (or boiled sausage)
100 g cheese
50 g grated cheese
30 g olives b/c
50 g cottage cheese
50 g butter
4 eggs
150 g flour
1/2 liter dry white wine
salt
pepper
baking powder

Grind the cottage cheese and butter until smooth, add the yolks, flour, stirring constantly, pour in the wine, salt, pepper, grated cheese, half a bag of baking powder, then add the ham and cheese, cut into pieces, and finally the olives, cut into halves. Put the whole thing in a greased rectangular cake pan and bake in a hot (200 °) oven for 45 minutes. Before serving, cut into slices, arrange beautifully on a dish, scatter olives on top.
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