Like many of you, spring is usually a busy time for us. We have spring break plans, baseball and the numerous activities that fall at the end of the school year.
A casualty to all of that business has been the dyeing of Easter eggs. Under the circumstances (global pandemic + strained supply chain), we would not have dyed them this year either. However, eggs are not regularly on the menu for us, and therefore, I happened to have had some eggs that were past their expiration date (win for belatedly cleaning out the fridge).
Also, when we cleaned and organized Skip's office, I found a couple of old egg dyeing kits that my mom had given us several years ago.
These fortuitous finds could only mean that a Sunday afternoon of egg dyeing was in order.
The initial excitement level was restrained, I will admit, because they felt this was something that only little kids do. But since the girls have only done this on a couple of other occasions, and since George has never dyed eggs (he was allergic to eggs until he was cleared with a negative test last June), we pressed on.
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| George is kind of excited, but the girls are skeptical |
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| The "I'll do it for George" face |
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| "Ok... I'll do it" |
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| "Finally! Let's see those eggs!" |
Before you know it, everyone was taken with the pretty spring colors and were focusing on getting the color just right.
The kit was a fun foil technique that was acceptable even to the teenage demographic.
They had a good time, and there were genuine smiles at the end. We are glad to have had the right supplies on hand to make George's first egg dyeing experience fun.
Past egg experiences
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