dye and crack.

in a first for us, we've stayed home all week. all week, i tell you. three whole days without leaving the house. that's my way of avoiding all the places we usually go that are full of kids on spring break this week.

we've invited a few friends over and spent lots of time playing outside.

on sunday, i boiled a dozen eggs. good for snacks, lunch and tie dying.

we've dyed a few at a time over the last three days. at first, lane didn't take to it. then yesterday, he decided it is his new favorite spring craft. i think we might continue to dye our eggs well past easter.

if you haven't dyed your eggs yet, here's an easy way to color your eggs using items you more than likely already have at home.

tie dyed easter eggs

items needed:
white vinegar
boiled eggs
paper towels
liquid food color

pour vinegar into a bowl. cut a piece of paper towel in half and dip into vinegar.
wrap towel around the egg one time.
using the food color directly from the dropper, drop one color at a time onto the covered egg.
rotate egg and colors.
remove towel and place egg in holder to dry.

to keep work surface free from dye, i placed the wrapped eggs on a plastic plate covered with extra paper towels. to keep kids hands free from dye, plastic gloves would work.
i, however, thought the dyed hands were almost as cute as the dyed eggs.