We're just about ready for the Easter Bunny. The girls were over this morning, and we colored eggs. Then they put tattoos on all the eggs, plus their hands and their arms. We had a grand time, and they were very good Mommy....When I was young I always would go to one of my girlfriends house before Easter and her mother would help us dye Easter eggs using material. She had cut out little shapes about 2" each from material she had saved throughout the year. We would wet the material and then place many of the pieces on the egg. Finally we took a piece of white cloth and covered the egg, and tied it in a knot at the top. The egg was then lowered into boiling water and vinegar. I don't remember how long we kept it there, but when we took off the white cloth, and the pieces of material the egg looked just like a stained glass window. Of course 50+ years ago the material would bleed through, and those eggs were beautiful. Another method we used was yellow onion skins done in the same way. Wrapped around the egg and then covered with the white cloth and boiled. The end result was a yellow and brown pattern. Really neat !
Hope everybody has a wonderful and safe Easter.
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