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Mess
Free
Easter Egg Decorating
Dipping plain white
eggs into a bowl and watching them turn a different color is
almost magical for children, but may be a bit intimidating for
parents seeking to avoid a mess. Here are a few tips for mess
free egg decorating:
1. Stick with
Stickers
If you (or your
children) are not attached to the traditional dying of eggs,
this may be a way to minimize the muss and fuss of
egg decorating.
Stickers make easy decorations. There's nothing to clean up
afterwards. To try this easy technique, simply purchase ordinary
Easter stickers and stick them onto the eggs. You may be
pleasantly surprised by the colorful results.
2. Dye Your Eggs
at the Stove
Avoid the mess that
comes with giving your children their own dye cups. Mix the dye
ingredients in a five quart stock pot or Dutch oven. Let the
child take the dried boiled eggs and place them in the pot of
dye solution on the stove. When the eggs are ready, use a
slotted spoon to lift the dyed eggs out of the pan. This type of
spoon leaves less liquid on the spoon which means less liquid to
make a mess. Carefully spoon the eggs back into the carton.
3. Work on the
Kitchen Floor
The closer you are to
the ground, the shorter the distance an egg has to fall. Spread
an old plastic tablecloth or tarp on the floor. Give each child
an apron and a pair of latex exam gloves. These gloves allow the
children to easily dip the eggs with their hands instead of
struggling with a spoon.
4. Buy a Ready to
Use Easter Egg
Kit.
PAAS® has been making
egg decorating
materials for years, and constantly come up with new ways to
make the egg decorating process easier and faster. Their egg
wrapping kits use only boiling water and make no mess at all.
They also offer egg cups complete with dye and dipper so you
don’t need spoons at all. You can purchase PAAS® products
wherever decorating items are sold.
Egg decorating is
great for everyone, but no one likes to clean up at the end.
Make it easier on yourself this year, and use our tips for some
good clean fun.
Marcia Chumbley is a
work
at home mom and grandmother in Minnesota. She
is the owner of a
Christian Work From Home Moms
website
at
Faithful Grannies
http://www.faithfulgrannies.com
bringing generations of
Christian Work From Home Moms,
Grandmothers, Parents, Boomers and Families together
while providing resources, inspiration and affordable
advertising while balancing the work at home experience. She
holds a degree in Business and is a CMOM.
Article Source:
Christian Work At Home Grandparents -
CWAHGrandparents.com
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