In my family we have always used the dollar kits you see at the grocery store that have all that you need to decorate your eggs with various color dyes. My favorite growing up were the shakeable color kits, dont shake too hard or you’ll crack the egg! Also the  glittered ones were a favorite, all little girls love glitter, glam, and sparkle!

Now days there are so many purchasable kits such as Tye Dye, High School Musical, and Writable Crayon kits.

This year I think I am going to try the Rubber Band technique shown below.

Directions:
-Wrap a few rubber bands around an egg before dipping it into the dye. After the egg dries, remove the bands, revealing white stripes. Try placing the rubber bands in different places and using another color for a striped rainbow effect!

Check out my post I put together on how to cook the perfect hard boiled egg {HERE}.

Click on the title to see full directions on how to make these creations!

Marbelized Eggs from Epicurious

Glittered Eggs from Martha Stewart

Speckled Easter Eggs from Good Housekeeping

Stickered Easter Eggs from Hostess with the Mostess

Golden Chocolate Easter Egg from The Kitchn

Rubber Band Easter Eggs from Purple Trail Party Ideas

Chalkboard Easter Eggs from Apartment Therapy

Heinz Ketchup is holding a kids contest of students from schools across the U.S. in grades K-12 are who are invited to show their artwork creativity for a chance to have their creation appear on millions of Heinz Ketchup packets!

One of the top 12 winners will be chosen as the “grand prize winner” and his/her artwork and will appear on approximately 2.5 million Heinz Ketchup bottles

To The winning student will receive a $5,700 cash prize for the distinction as Heinz’s first Ketchup Creativity bottle artist and grand prize winner!

Here are some of the important dates for the contest:

America votes for grand prize winners: March 22 – March 27, 2010

Heinz selects overall winner: March 2010

Winners publicly announced on or around: April 1, 2010

Winners’ designs exhibited in Winners’ Gallery: June 2010

School awards ceremonies: May/June 2010

Check out this year’s submissions in the Artists Gallery:
http://www.ketchupcreativity.com/Vote.aspx

Here are some of my favorite items I found on their website from the Crate and Barrel Easter Spring 2010 collection!

(Click on the title to see more info and pricing details)

Glass Bunny with Jelly Beans

Sunshine Cake Pedestal

Flower Beaded Napkin Rings

Rustic Egg Shaped Candles

Spring Shaped Pancake Molds

Project inspired by using Bostik supplies:

Supplies Needed:

• 6 Polystyrene eggs
• 6 Small Terracotta pots
• Ribbon, green tinsel, paper or foam letters to spell EASTER
• Colored sticks or straws
• Loose Glitter
• Craft paint
• Super Glue
• Hot Glue Gun
• Multi-Colored Mini Rhinestones, and any other decorations of choice for Eggs

Directions:
1. Set aside 6 small terracotta pots and glue on your Easter letters.
2. Decorate the rims with loose glitter and fill the pots with green tinsel.
3. Now paint your polystyrene eggs with paint and set aside to dry.
4. Then decorate the eggs as desired.
5. Once done, insert a stick or straw into the bottom of each egg and secure with super glue or hot glue gun.
6. Position and secure each straw or stick into the pots with a blob hot glue.
7. Now make and stick little ribbon bows onto the bottom of each egg with super glue.
8. Enjoy!

Project From: Crafty Art World

Supplies Needed:
2 cups water
2 cups sugar or liquid
starch
Pastel embroidery thread colors
1 can of clear spray paint
1 bag of balloons
1 old newspaper

Directions:
1. Cover a large area with
newspaper. This is a messy
Easter craft and the newspaper
will allow for easy cleanup.

2. Mix the water and sugar in a
pan, boil, cool, and poor into a bowl. Place the bowl in the
center of the newspaper. The
sugar is similar to glue in this
project. If you find that the string
is not sticking to the balloon, add
more sugar.

3. Blow up the balloons to be
as egg shaped as possible.

4. Dip one embroidery thread in
the sugar water and lay it across
the balloon. Repeat with a new
color, making sure to overlap the
threads in some areas. Cover
your balloon with these threads in
an artistic tangle.

5. Let dry over night. (typically
these dry best when hung from a
hanger)

6. Gently push in the balloon to
un-stick the threads. Pop the
balloon and pull it out (this is also
messy, so do so over a sink).

7. Spray the Sugar Egg with
clear paint to prevent ants.
Hang or display as desired!

Visit Rockin the Stove’s post on how to Compost HERE!

Supplies:

• Smooth oval shaped rock
• Acrylic paints in red, black, and white

Directions:

1. First paint the lady bug red and let dry.
2. Paint a black line across the top 1/4th of the rock for the head.
3. Paint a line down the center of the body and a small triangle at the other end so that the red looks like wings. Dot black dots onto the red area.
4. Dot 2 small white eyes and let the paint dry.

Ingredients:

• Uncooked pasta such as ziti, penne, wagon wheels, or macaroni
• White vinegar
• Food coloring

Directions:

To a glass bowl, add one large handful of pasta, 1 tablespoon of white vinegar, and 4-5 drops of food coloring. Stir very well, and allow to dry on paper plates.

In honor of our anniversary, I will be holding TwoHeartsTogether’s first Give-Away in the form of a contest!

The goods are…

5 Bloom Soul-Nourishing Quote Cards

These 2 inch window cards open to reveal treasured quotes about kindness, thoughtfulness, and love.

Stash some in your desk or pocket for spontaneous inspiration or give generously and spread some sunshine!

To be entered into the Give-Away contest:

1 entry: Leave a comment on THIS post telling me what your favorite post on TwoHeartsTogether has been so far.

2 entries: Twitter a link to us or Twitter a post we have done, PLUS one comment.

3 entries: Add the TwoHeartsTogether button on your site as seen on our sidebar, or link to us in your blogroll, PLUS ONE comment and ONE Twitter post.

Stop by and let me know WHAT you did (listed above) so I can give you credit for your entries!

Official Rules:

• No purchase is necessary to enter.
• Contest begins as of this posting and ends on April 30th, at 11:59PM Pacific Time.
• Winners will be randomly selected.
• Winners will be contacted and announced  right here on TwoHeartsTogether  May 2nd, 2009
• This contest is open to U.S.  residents.
• Must be 18 years or older to enter.

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