Easter Sunday your mother dressed you in a puffy, pink dress with white tights and nice patent leather shoes. Your boy cousins would be sporting sweater vests and bow ties in some great pastel shades of yellow, pink, purple, and green. Grass stains would then cover your “Sunday Best” getup because scavenging for those Easter eggs was something you only got to do once a year. Sounds like a typical Easter Sunday?
Easter Eggs have been a great tradition in American life. Though Easter is a Christian holiday, some of its traditions come from pagan backgrounds. According to www.history.com, the egg is symbolic of “new life” and connects to pagan festivals and traditions that celebrate spring. It also represents the Christian belief that Jesus resurrected from the tomb. The website explains that the tradition of egg decorating goes back to the 13th century. Eggs were not allowed to be eaten during Lent, so the eggs were decorated to signify the end of fasting, and then were eaten on Easter Sunday (http://www.history.com/topics/…).
As silly and old of a tradition, decorating Easter Eggs with your family this Sunday could be fun. Try some of these unique methods and ideas to decorate eggs this year!
1. The Hipster Egg
Mustaches are everywhere nowadays. We see them on T-shirts, notebooks, coffee-mugs, and much more. Why not Easter Eggs?
http://www.number-2-pencil.com/2013/02/18/mustache-easter-eggs/
2. Make yourself into Humpty Dumpty
These eggs feature your own face on them. Find your favorite picture of yourself or a silly one. You can even use a picture of your dog!
http://asubtlerevelry.com/phot…
3. Fancy Eggs
If you are feeling pretty craft, try making these gold marbled eggs.
http://www.sheknows.com/holida…
4. Chalkboard Eggs
Nothing was more fun than playing with chalk as a kid. Whether on the sidewalk or getting called up to the blackboard- chalk was fun. Bring out the kid in you and make some chalkboard eggs.
http://www.oleanderandpalm.com/2012/03/chalkboard-easter-eggs.html
5. Tie-dye Eggs
We have all seen the tie-dye Easter egg, but what makes this idea cool is the way to make these. Use sharpies! You can find pretty much any color you want and the results are pretty awesome.
http://www.housingaforest.com/…
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