What would Easter be without the eggs?

I was actually lucky enough to find the time and muster the energy to decorate a couple of dozen eggs with the kids this weekend as well. I found several ideas on Pinterest and decided to try a couple.

The first I had wanted to try for a while now. This one uses shaving cream and food coloring. For some weird reason I absolutely love the smell of shaving cream. Yes I know I'm strange- but at least I haven't started eating it yet. So this was really simple, but pretty messy- my favorite combination. I used a paper plate, covered it in white shaving cream, and dripped drops of different food coloring in it. Simply roll the egg around to get the color effects you desire. If you mix it all too much it will turn an ugly color so you may need a few plates of it. They turned out tye-dyed, soft and smooth, and smelling very manly- Yum!

My next set was inspired by this pin, and dedicated to my biggest kid. The hubster loves The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and any time we're at the toy store we have to stop and play. So all I did was dye them green and use a black sharpie to draw their mouths once they were dry. While I waited for them to dry I cut some seriously thin white ribbon and put them in the egg dye to see if it would color them for me. It didn't, even after 20 mins. So I cut more ribbon and used colored sharpie to color the ribbons. When it was all dry, I used my hot glue gun on the back of the egg to secure the colored ribbon like a mask. Then I dotted black sharpie for the eyes. I couldn't tell you who was who, but one had some serious acne problems. But then again they are called Teenage turtles for a reason.

For the plain colored eggs used my ingenuity. I know right- Yikes!! So with the dyes you buy at the store they say to use water, and to really make them stand out add some vinegar. So I thought, get this, let's just use all vinegar and food coloring. Well it does at least work, but not all that well. For some reason the coloring on it bubbles or is uneven, and also when it touches anything the color rubs off easily. So needless to say I probably won't do that again. Unless I forget by next year. Which very likely could happen.

Well I hope you all made an egg or two yourselves, I would love to see your creations.