It's too late to do this for Easter unless you have the supplies lying around and can whip them up today, but keep this craft in mind for next year. I found the original instructions at http://www.ourbestbites.com/2012/03/silk-dyed-eggs-aka-tie-dyed/
I used the eggs my chickens lay which are brown and blue-green. I asked my husband, dad, and brothers for old, 100% silk ties that they were ready to get rid of. You wrap a square of the tie around the egg tightly and secure it with a twisty-tie. Then you take a piece of cotton cloth, put it around the egg/tie and secure it with a twisty-tie. I blew out the insides of my eggs so these would last and the website listed above had a cute idea for stringing them on ribbon and embellishing with beads. When it came time to put the eggs in a boiling water and vinegar bath, I used a small colander that fit inside my pot to hold the eggs down. But the small colander started floating so then I had to weigh it down with a large colander.
This craft was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to collecting more colorful ties for next year and doing this craft early enough that I can hang them from ribbons from our apricot tree.
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