Easter Eggs
Easter eggs are hard-boiled eggs that are beautifully decorated or chocolate eggs in colorful aluminum packaging. These eggs are hidden in the garden during the Easter season where the predominantly youthful seekers get to find the eggs again.
The hiding or burying of the eggs has strong historical roots. The Germanic people buried the eggs in the ground as a symbol of fertility. So that the fields would be fertile.
If you want to dye the eggs the classic way buy safe paint or use a felt tip pen. After peeling the egg you may find that the egg itself has come into contact with the dye because the egg shell is porous. That’s not a problem when using egg paint, egg-picks or felting pens. Plain watercolor or fingerpaint can also be used. According to the nutrition center, the amount of dye that reaches the egg is so small that there is no danger to your health. Of course, you don’t use wall paint or lacquer.
Besides painting the eggs by hand, egg dyeing can also be easier. Nowadays, you can buy egg dye in the form of tablets. You dissolve these in hot water with a little vinegar. After the hard-boiled eggs have cooled you immerse them in the dye. After 1 or more minutes you take the egg out again depending on whether you want a light-colored or dark-colored Easter egg. One tablet has enough dye for about 3 eggs in practice. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Decorating eggs naturally
Did you know that you can also dye eggs, without chemical additives? You can do this with natural dyes that you often already have at home. Think of foods like beets, spinach, onion skin. turmeric or berries. In the video on the right you can see how to color your eggs naturally. This is a healthy way to make the happiest eggs for Easter breakfast!
If you don’t like paint splattering but find buying chocolate eggs too easy again then you can also buy (Easter) stickers that the kids can put on the eggs.
Easter eggs or easter eggs
Around Easter time or actually months before, Easter eggs are available in almost every store. In almost all varieties of milk chocolate, white and dark. From nuts to pinata Easter egg. Only the shape reminds you of an egg.