Forums: April 2011 Kickstart Forum: Easter...Eggs?
Created on: 04/09/11 07:52 PM Views: 1954 Replies: 10
dythia99 Joined: 03/30/11 Posts: 40	Easter...Eggs? Posted Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 7:52 PM So I was looking forward to coloring eggs with my son this year....but since I am not eating them it is a HUGE waste.... So I am wondering what other people do? Just don't color eggs at all? Is there an alternative? I know that I can use the plastic ones to hide instead of hard boiled eggs, but most of the fun at his age is dying them Any ideas?
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
Brigitte Joined: 04/05/11 Location: NorthEast USA Posts: 34	RE: Easter...Eggs? Posted Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 7:55 PM If the pleasure to see your son paint the eggs is important, just use real eggs and trow them away after easter. If you have a dog, they love eggs and it is good for their coat.... Brigitte Food Can Get You In Trouble or It Can Help You Thrive www.WomenFoodCoach.com
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
mommyof2nc Joined: 12/31/09 Location: North Carolina Posts: 172	RE: Easter...Eggs? Posted Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 8:01 PM We give them to our neighbor or throw them out. My husband eats eggs (and meat occasionally, too) but doesn't like hard boiled ones, so they either go to the neighbor or get thrown out. Or, sometimes we get the wooden eggs at Michaels or another craft store and then I let the kid paint those just with tempera paint. They like getting the flat, egg shaped wooden ones, too (I think they're made out of balsa wood or something) that they can color and decorate with stickers, plastic gems, etc. Those are really cheap, too, so you can get a bunch of them and then just pull them out on rainy days.
	Edited 04/09/11 8:02 PM Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
veggies4me Joined: 01/05/11 Posts: 172	RE: Easter...Eggs? Posted Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 8:47 PM If your husband will eat the eggs, try this. Poke a pin through the top and bottom of the eggs and blow out the egg, then they can be scrambled etc. and you can decorate the shell with your son.
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
dythia99 Joined: 03/30/11 Posts: 40	RE: Easter...Eggs? Posted Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 11:25 PM Great ideas ladies! I know it sounds bad to continue to want to do this, but I just remember coloring eggs as a child and how much fun it was....something I always wanted to experience my child doing. Maybe I could even let him color them, and then make Deviled eggs and send them to work with hubby... He works in a store with some younger people... late teens early twenties that will eat anything and everything.
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
Oceandog Joined: 01/10/10 Location: California, USA Posts: 644	RE: Easter...Eggs? Posted Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 6:40 PM What about getting styrofoam eggs? I remember in an art class having one with straight pins and sequins. The pin goes through the center of the sequin and into the egg. It was pretty when done. Is your son old enough for this? Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them.
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
mommyof2nc Joined: 12/31/09 Location: North Carolina Posts: 172	RE: Easter...Eggs? Posted Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 7:15 PM Oceandog wrote: What about getting styrofoam eggs? I remember in an art class having one with straight pins and sequins. The pin goes through the center of the sequin and into the egg. It was pretty when done. Is your son old enough for this? Oh yeah! I remember doing this when I was growing up, too. You can use small seed beads on top of the sequins, too. That's a great idea! I forgot also - you can use colored tissue paper, tear it into squares and glue it onto either the wooden or the styrofoam eggs, too - or even just draw an egg on a piece of paper and have then glue it to that and then cut out the shape when it's dry. That's really for much smaller kids, I think (which mine are).
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
dythia99 Joined: 03/30/11 Posts: 40	RE: Easter...Eggs? Posted Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 7:20 PM Oceandog wrote: What about getting styrofoam eggs? I remember in an art class having one with straight pins and sequins. The pin goes through the center of the sequin and into the egg. It was pretty when done. Is your son old enough for this? No he is just turning 2...so pins and sharp objects are kinda out of the question...but I like the idea and will use it in a few years Thanks!
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
dythia99 Joined: 03/30/11 Posts: 40	RE: Easter...Eggs? Posted Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 7:23 PM mommyof2nc wrote: Oh yeah! I remember doing this when I was growing up, too. You can use small seed beads on top of the sequins, too. That's a great idea! I forgot also - you can use colored tissue paper, tear it into squares and glue it onto either the wooden or the styrofoam eggs, too - or even just draw an egg on a piece of paper and have then glue it to that and then cut out the shape when it's dry. That's really for much smaller kids, I think (which mine are). Love the tissue paper idea! The cool part about doing a wooden egg (panted or tissue paper or if I feel suicidal... glitter *shutter*) is that I can put the year on it and it becomes a keepsake for when he has kids.
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
Bugsmom Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2087	RE: Easter...Eggs? Posted Monday, April 11, 2011 at 8:56 AM We've always let DS decide whether or not he wanted to color eggs. Some years were yes, some no. One year we looked up natural dyes (beets, for example) and one year we just went and got local eggs at the co-op market ... free range local eggs come in all sorts of colors from white to various beige and brown shades to teal blue green. We just put stickers on those and that was fine by him. We probably won't bother this year but we may do an egg hunt of some sort if he wants to. More than likely, though, he'd just rather use the money to get some vegan Belgian chocolates at our favorite chocolate shoppe and/or wait until the day after to get things half price. --Deb R
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
CJ Joined: 04/05/11 Posts: 22	RE: Easter...Eggs? Posted Monday, April 11, 2011 at 2:26 PM You could ask around and maybe find a retirement home that you could take them to? Don't know if anyone would allow that. Ask your neighbors if anyone is having an Easter brunch and would like to have some boiled,colored eggs for their ingredients/decorations. They could even make up some deviled eggs.
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom

New Topic Reply Subscription Options

Page: 1

There are 142 active user sessions right now.