Egg-stravaganza

Day 1 of spring break: egg dyeing.

We are an egg-loving family. We go through more than 2 dozen eggs every week. But I'm the only one who likes hard-boiled eggs (which I already buy in bulk from Costco). So we definitely didn't need any more hard-boiled eggs. Hence the epiphany I had this year: we dyed raw eggs!

It was brilliant. I wouldn't recommend this with toddlers, but since my kids are old enough to be careful, no eggs were broken in the making of these pictures.

We used three techniques: traditional dip-dyeing (with glitter added), the spinny machine from last year, and the tie-dyeing method with paper towels. Afterwards, Little Man's Breakout Beast helpfully blow-dried the eggs.

Little Man's are the four on the left; CC's are the middle four; and Sweet Pea's are the four on the right.

Now, the kids get to pick which of their egg creations we use when they ask for scrambled eggs, or an egg-and-cheese sandwich, or we use an egg in a recipe. (And, since it's Holy Week, there is a lot of baking going on! Stay tuned!)