EGG SHELL CANDLES

Materials

  • Clean empty egg shell
  • craft paint
  • bulk candle wax
  • pan for melting wax
  • wick for candle
  • egg cup

    Instructions

    Paint the inside and outside of the egg shell (two different colors are best). Let dry.
    Melt wax and prepare wick.. Now pour the wax into the egg shell. (putting the egg shell in the egg cup will keep it up right. If you are doing many, using the empty egg carton to set the shells in and add the wax will work well.)

    Ways they can be used.

    Imagine your Easter table with different pastel colored egg shell candles at each persons place setting. (A nice gift to take home.)
    At Christmas, the shells done in all red and green colors, set between greenery in the middle of a table.
    Thanksgiving, orange and gold colors, with leaves and acorns.
    Well you get the idea, it is endless.

    Every Easter my family colors eggs with onion skins, it is a Russian tradition.
    We then each pick an egg and tap each others end of the egg.
    The person left with an uncracked end of the egg will have good luck for the year.

    COLORING EASTER EGGS

    In a large pot put a bunch of onion skins and cover with water. Let that slow boil for 30 minutes. Add eggs and let cook for 10 minutes, till hard boiled.

    When you lift the eggs out of the pot, they will be a rich sienna color.

    OTHER NATURAL WAYS TO COLOR EGGS

    You can use other natural things to get different colors for your eggs.

  • Turmeric for Deep Gold (Boil eggs in solution 30 minutes)

  • Black Coffee for Rich Brown (Boil in black coffee 30 minutes

  • Turmeric for Pale Yellow (Soak eggs 30 minutes at room temperature)

  • Onion Skins for Orange (soak eggs 30 minutes at room temperature)

  • Black Coffee for light brown (soak eggs 30 minutes at room temperature)

  • Beets for light pink (soak eggs 30 minutes at room temperature)

  • Red Cabbage for light blue (soak eggs 30 minutes at room temperature)

  • Red Cabbage for Royal blue (soak eggs overnight at room temperature)

  • Cabbage and Turmeric for Lavender (soak eggs in Turmeric 30 minutes at room temperature and then in Cabbage for 30 seconds)

  • Turmeric and Beet for Chartreuse (soak eggs 30 minutes at room temperature in Turmeric, followed by beets for 5 seconds)

  • Turmeric and Beet for Salmon (soak eggs 30 minutes at room temperature in Turmeric followed by beets 30 minutes at room temperature.)

    Enjoy coloring eggs naturally!!

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