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Friday, April 22, 2011

easter egging

we carved out a quiet afternoon of chatting and egg dying yesterday. i had the pysanky kit ready to go - but the girls opted for their own approach. their favourites: simple wax relief with a crayon and our stand-by elastic band.

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it has been a lovely week. and a beautiful weekend ahead.

need to prep some food and the eggs today for two hunts on sunday - one at church, and one at our neighbors'. do you have a go-to plastic egg filler? (d makes fun of me - i save the plastic eggs year to year in our linen closet in anticipation of these two hunts!) we usually end up filling them with stickers ... but wondering about something different: cost effective and earth-friendly. any suggestions?

happy friday :)

4 comments:

Mama Urchin said...

What about seed balls? When the bunny visits our house he often fills them with small toys (needle-felted mushrooms, crocheted flowers, etc.) but those are pricey for a church egg hunt. Also, we always save the eggs too. The eggs my mom uses are the ones from my childhood I'm sure.

Tracy said...

Love the idea of seed balls :) And we actually have a bunch we made at a workshop a few months back that we never scattered. Thanks Jennifer!

rebecca said...

i love the 2-color rubber band eggs. beautiful!

so, my egg ideas are cheap but take quite a bit of effort. i love doing it, though! we have an annual hunt where everyone's asked to bring at least 30 eggs. last year i assembled and painted pins. you can see them here. and this year calder's helping me paint strips of thin bass wood with chalkboard paint. i'll cut them into 1"x2" strips. we'll drill holes and string them up as little chalkboard necklaces that will come with a small piece of chalk in each egg. too much? maybe, but i have fun. ;)

Tracy said...

xo rebecca. love the ideas!