Pantone color palette on eggs

Graphic designers won't be able to resist these eggs. Instructions.

Black and white Easter eggs

Easter eggs do not have to be decorated in bright colors. Black and white drawings that are easy to depict also look interesting. Instructions.

Easter eggs dyed with silk tie

Old 100% silk ties, scarves or blouses can also be used to color boiled eggs. Non-toxic and original! Instructions.

Super Mario Brothers

A great Easter theme for old-school gamers. Instructions.

Chalkboard on eggs

This is a version of a miniature chalkboard. These eggs can be personalized or you can write Easter greetings on them using chalk. Instructions.

Eggs with temporary tattoos

Source: brit.co

Available and simple idea to create unique designs on eggs. Instructions.

Washi Tape Design

If you don't want to get dirty with paints, then this idea is for you. You will need some washi tape (decorative Japanese tape made from natural fibers) and scissors. Instructions.

These stylish eggs are tempting to be given French names, like Pierre or Jean-Claude. Instructions.

Dinosaur eggs

Another simple coloring technique that produces impressive results. It is enough to immerse the eggs in the dye overnight for the color pigments to seep through the skin and create an amazing effect. Instructions.

Painting eggs with paper towels

Soak paper towels in your favorite food coloring and then wrap them around the eggs. After a few hours, the colors along with the pattern of the towels will be redrawn. Instructions.

Easter eggs garden

To make Easter eggs look like a garden, you will need dye and a few strips of origami paper. Instructions.

Easter eggs with old fashioned silhouettes

With minimal effort you can make eggs look so elegant and adorable. Instructions.

Golden Globe

You can decorate eggs with gold leaf in different ways; we liked the world map. Instructions.

Easter eggs with thumbprints

Both adults and children can take part in the implementation of this charming idea. Add a few touches and your prints can be anything you want! Instructions.

Watercolor Easter eggs

To make an Easter masterpiece, just dip your brush into the paint and press it onto the egg. Instructions.

Doctor Who themed Easter eggs

For those who like the idea of ​​time travel and for fans of the cult series. Instructions.

Decorations made from paper napkins

No time or artistic ability? Take advantage of this idea! Just pick up paper napkins from beautiful design, and voila! Instructions.

Lego mini

Great idea for Lego fans. Instructions.

Glow in the dark Easter eggs

Perhaps the most amazing, almost cosmic eggs! Instructions.

Easter eggs painted with fabric

Wrapping eggs in textured cloth before dyeing them will leave an intricate pattern on the skin that looks like painstaking work. hand painted. Instructions.

Embroidered Easter eggs

Let's not lie, embroidering on eggs is not an easy task, but when you do it, you will receive a one-of-a-kind Easter decor item that you can use year after year. Instructions.

Ombre coloring

Ombre means “shading” in French. This coloring method involves applying several shades of color with smooth transitions and gives fabulous results. Instructions.

Coloring with onion peels and plant leaves

Cute natural patterns are obtained using a completely non-toxic method. You will need sprigs of herbs, onion peels and old tights. Instructions

Preparation for the bright holiday of the Resurrection of Christ is a special process. The key place in it is occupied by coloring and decorating eggs. It doesn’t matter at all if you don’t master the art of drawing, because there is a more interesting and relaxing technique.

Drapankas, or scratches, are made by scratching a pattern onto the painted surface of an egg. The drawing is applied with a pencil and then scratched with a thin metal object (needle, knife, nail). The main condition is that the background must be one color.

When making drapanki, craftswomen can give free rein to their imagination, and looking at their work, it is impossible not to admire these works of art. Editorial "So simple!" I have prepared 15 ideas for your inspiration.

Easter egg painting

1. The simplest patterns look very interesting. As you can see, you don't have to have artistic talent.
   
   
2. Very beautiful patterns. It’s a shame to even break such eggs.
   
   
3. Very painstaking work, but what is the result? Amazing!
   
   
4. Color the eggs different colors. This way, even the same patterns will look different.
   
   
5. Flowers are the best spring pattern.
   
   
6. Patterns in the form of birds look very symbolic. Interesting idea.
   
   
7. At first glance, there are a lot of elements, but in fact they are all simple to implement.
   
   
8. The same pattern drawn with paints would not look very attractive, but scratched out it immediately attracts attention.
   
   
9. If you are an artist at heart, you can easily turn Easter eggs into a work of art.
   
   
10. How much soul is invested!
    
    
11. Here is another simple pattern that will serve as an excellent decoration for your eggs.
    
    
12. Every touch is thought out.
    
    
13. Even a child can handle such simple patterns.
    
    
14. It's hard to believe that this is not drawn, but scratched.
    
    
15. I can already see how beautiful these scratches will look in a basket.
    
    

If you want to leave your creation as a souvenir, then do not boil the eggs, and after the work is finished, make small holes in them. Using a syringe, inject air into one hole. Thus, the white and yolk will flow out through the second.

In Germany, where I have lived for more than 15 years, Easter passed back in March. But I will still tell you with great pleasure about one very beautiful Easter tradition in honor of Orthodox Easter, which many are now celebrating. We are talking about the tradition of coloring eggs according to the recipes of the Sorbs (Lusatians) in Germany.

Many tourists imagine Germany as a complete Munich with fragrant beer and sausages, busty girls in trakhts (traditional national costume) and smooth-cheeked burghers. And she is very different.

Look, for example, this is a German woman from Spreewald, an hour’s drive from Berlin.


Photo from spreewald-christl.de

And so much so that sometimes it’s hard to believe that all this coexists in such a relatively small country. For example, I live in North Rhine-Westphalia. Historically, it is the most densely populated state in Germany and the most suffering. At first it was considered one of the most beautiful and the route to Rome, for example, ran through it. From here they exported valuable stone (remember Drachenburg?), cut down timber and coal. Beginning in the 18th century, it was completely disfigured by industry, when massive coal mining and steel production began. Even now, the main distinguishing feature of the cities in North Rhine-Westphalia are the numerous industrial buildings that have been converted into museums. For example, the famous Red Dot museum of modern design is located on the territory of a similar former coal mining enterprise (Zeche Zollverein).

During World War II, North Rhine-Westphalia was bombed the most - some cities, like Essen, were 90% destroyed, and until now almost every week, during the construction of new houses and roads, a surviving bomb is found and entire areas of the city are evacuated. By the way, 10% of the surviving buildings include the famous synagogue - one of the oldest in the region. I highly recommend checking it out if possible. Stunningly beautiful outside and inside.

Today I will talk about the inhabitants of the Spreewald (forest on the Spree) - the Sorbs and their traditions. And in particular about the tradition of creating Easter eggs for Easter. The Sorbs (and the Vendians living next door to them) are officially recognized as a national minority in Germany and appeared on its territory as a result of the great migration of peoples in the early Middle Ages (so the fact that there is now another wave of migrations of peoples is nothing new). That is, the German Sorbs have Slavic roots. This region is just an hour's drive from Berlin and is declared a UNESCO nature reserve. The Sorbs themselves are also very careful about their traditions, and even their signs are signed in two languages ​​- German and Sorbian.

And these are also Germans

Photo from arte.tv

These are the German Sorbs and Wends.


Photo from spreewaldportal.de

Photo from spreewaldportal.de

But, let's return to the tradition of coloring eggs. The most common explanation for where the tradition of painting and eating eggs for Easter came from is that in many cultures the egg is a symbol of fertility. A more down-to-earth version says that eating eggs in anticipation of Easter (during Lent) was a great sin. But the chickens did not stop laying them. Therefore, to prevent food from going to waste, eggs were boiled and kept cold, and the reserves were eaten at Easter.

The third version is also connected with the church. It says that it was often customary to pay tithes natural products. On Maundy Thursday they paid with her eggs. When the tithe was abolished, the value of eggs as a unit of payment remained in the popular consciousness. This is where the tradition of ceremoniously eating them supposedly takes its roots. Below is an example of painting eggs with colored wax.


Photo from Frank Heine

The tradition of looking for hidden eggs at Easter appeared in Germany around the 17th century. Even earlier, in the 16th century, the church began to paint eggs in different colors. They came up with this for very pragmatic reasons - to distinguish consecrated eggs from those that are not. And since the church performed many rituals only for a certain fee, it is clear that noticeable signs of the work done and the money paid were needed.


Photo from Cornelia Thor

How exactly do Sorbs paint eggs? It turns out, as I already partially mentioned above, there is a whole range of technologies - from drawing with wax to scratching. For example, multi-colored eggs with a white pattern are made using wax. First, it is applied with a special sharpened metal tool or a trimmed feather to a boiled egg, then it is painted in different colors, and then the wax is removed - held over a warm candle so that it drips off. Here you can find out more step by step instructions: spreewald-info.de, photos below are also from there.

The tools for the job are just visible here in the photo in the lower right corner.

Photo from Cornelia Thor

If you think that on such eggs they just draw whatever comes into their head, then you are mistaken. Each symbol has its own historically formed meaning. Information (my translation from German) and photos below from here: spreewald-info.de. I never tire of being amazed at how subtly paganism and Christianity are intertwined in European culture.

For example, these daisies and half-daisies represent sources of light and symbolize growth, the return of spring and awakening life.

- these points or triangles, enclosed in a large triangle, are a symbol of “father, son and holy spirit”, and are also used as a symbol of family unity: father, mother and children.

- these “wolf teeth” are a symbol of strength and protection from evil.

- this spruce branch is a symbol of health.

- this is a combination of the above symbols, which brings happiness and doubly protects from evil (the symbol of wolf teeth located in a magic circle).

- a symbol of a securely protected yard. The circle means the yard, and the wolf's teeth mean protection. In the technique of scratching or etching images, motifs such as flowers, shoots, stars, plants and animals, and even crosses and lambs are often used.

- Here, too, you might think that these are wolf teeth in a circle, but no. We are talking about a honeycomb, which is always represented in the form of exactly six triangles and symbolizes spring, diligence (like bees) and hard work.

Single-color eggs with white patterns (when the patterns are first applied with wax, and then removed after painting - they are kept next to the candle so that the wax drips from it). Here is an example of how eggs are then painted in several colors.

Why are eggs painted for Easter?

One of the explanations, quite logical and practical, interprets it like this:- during the 40-day fast, when eggs cannot be eaten, the chickens did not stop laying eggs, and the owners boiled the eggs so that they would not spoil. Boiled eggs were colored so that they could be more easily distinguished from fresh ones.

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Another, more poetic version of why eggs are colored tells the following story:. The first Easter egg was presented by Mary Magdalene to Emperor Tiberius. After the miraculous resurrection of Jesus Christ, she came to the Roman emperor with the words: “Christ is Risen!” In those days it was impossible to come empty-handed, so she brought him an egg as a gift. However, Tiberius did not believe her words, objecting that no one can be resurrected, just as a white egg cannot turn red. As soon as the last word left his lips, the egg really took on a scarlet color.

Since then, the tradition of painting eggs has emerged.

Originally the color was only red, symbolizing the blood of Christ, while the egg itself was a symbol of rebirth. However, later they began to be painted in other colors and chicken eggs were replaced with wooden, chocolate or made of precious metals and stones.

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What types of egg painting are there?

There are several different ways to schedule easter eggs. Each type of Easter egg painting has its own name.

Easter eggs

- These are eggs painted with beeswax and paints that are given to each other for Easter.

Pysanky is one of the most difficult ways to color eggs. Patterns are drawn on a raw, cold egg using hot wax using a steel feather. Having made a pattern, the egg is dipped into diluted cold paint, starting with the lightest one, wiped and a new pattern is made with wax and again dipped in another paint. When all the patterns have been drawn, you need to carefully “stop” the wax from the egg over the flame of a gas burner or over a candle. As the wax melts, it should be wiped off with a soft piece of paper or cloth.

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Krashenka

- a hard-boiled egg, painted one color without patterns.

Basically, paints are made for Easter, and games are also played with them. Among the Slavs, rolling paints on the first grass is a magical action, calling mother earth to fertility.

Krashenki - from the word paint. You can color eggs in different ways.
Some housewives boil eggs hard and then immerse them in a solution of warm water for 10-15 minutes. with food coloring, which can be bought in the store.
Other housewives love to paint eggs in a decoction of onion peels. To do this, place raw eggs in a saucepan with water, add onion peels and cook for 15-20 minutes until the eggs acquire the desired color.

A before the eggs painted in a special way:

they were wrapped in dry leaves of oak, birch, and nettle, tied with thread and boiled. The result was beautiful “marbled” eggs.

Krapanka

- an egg with a plain background on which spots, stripes, and specks are applied with hot wax.

Ancient specks could be based on no more than three color combinations.

Krapanki - from the Ukrainian word “to drip”, that is, to cover with drops. First, the egg is painted with one color, then, when it dries and cools, drops of hot wax are applied to it. Once the wax has cooled, the egg is placed in a solution of a different color. After the paint has dried, the egg is dipped into hot water. The wax melts and a very funny egg comes out. The wax can be carefully scraped off.

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Rubbish (shkrabanka)

- a monochromatic egg on which the pattern is scratched with a metal tip.

Usually, scrap jars are painted with natural dyes, since food dyes smear very much when scratched.

For drape, it is better to take brown eggs. The shell of such eggs is stronger than that of white eggs.

First, the eggs are boiled, then painted some darker color, and then dried. The pattern is applied to the shell with a sharp object - a knife, an awl, scissors, a thick needle, a stationery knife. But before scratching the pattern, it must be applied to the egg with a sharp pencil.

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During operation, the egg is held in the left hand, and a sharp object in the right. The openwork pattern on the drape looks good on brown or other dark paint.

The design on the drapanka can be anything, unlike the pysanka, with its strictly traditional geometric patterns.

Using the edge of a stationery knife, scratch the contours of the design. To create shades inside the contours, we draw the pattern not with the tip, but with the entire surface of the knife blade. Erase the pencil sketch with an eraser. The drawing is ready. For shine, you can wipe the egg with a cotton swab and a drop of oil.

Malevanka

- an egg painted with an invented pattern.

They have no symbolic meaning and can be painted with paint (not wax). In addition to patterns, the paintings often contain plot pictures and landscapes.

Eggs

- eggs carved from wood and stone, made from porcelain and clay, were made in Rus' back in the 13th century.

Later, eggs began to be decorated with beads, lace, knitting, etc. The most famous “eggs” in the world were made by the imperial jeweler Carl Faberge.

Now I will introduce you to a list of natural egg dyes that allow you to achieve different colors and shades.

1. Yellow-brown “Onion”

This method of coloring eggs using improvised means is perhaps the most common. To use it in practice you will need to get peel from at least 10 onions(for coloring a dozen eggs).

Many vegetable departments in stores come to help housewives in finding the “cherished ingredient” on Easter Eve, offering to purchase peels packaged in small plastic bags.

1. Chop the onion “clothes” you have stored and fill them with a liter of water.
2. The resulting mixture should be boiled for 30-40 minutes, after which the colored boiling water must be strained to remove the husks.
3. Immerse the boiled eggs in the boiling strained mixture and cook them for about 5-7 minutes. The time will depend on what color you want to achieve.

2. Red, festive

To give eggs a particularly elegant red hue, you will need ordinary beets. Grate the root vegetable on a fine grater. You don’t have to cook anything: just squeeze the juice out of the resulting pulp and keep the boiled eggs in it.

3. Yellow, sunny

Boiled turmeric (saffron) will help you in just a few minutes to color the shell of the main symbol of Easter a cheerful yellow color. Prepare a decoction of this oriental seasoning, strain it and cook the eggs in the remaining water for 5-8 minutes.

4. Green means life

To give boiled eggs a life-affirming green hue, you will need a solution of brilliant green familiar to everyone from childhood.

The excellent coloring properties of brilliant green hardly require additional advertising. Dilute the required amount of the drug in boiled, but not boiling (40-50°C) water and place boiled eggs there for a few minutes.

5. Sky blue

Surprisingly, the blue tint of eggshells has been given to eggshells since ancient times using red cabbage. Place finely shredded cabbage in an enamel or glass bowl. Pour a mixture of water and vinegar over the improvised “salad” (2 tablespoons per 200 grams of water), let the resulting mixture sit for 5-8 minutes and strain. Place already boiled eggs in the resulting liquid and hold until the desired shade is achieved.

6. Purple or orange

These colors can be obtained by mixing red dye with blue or yellow.

Now you know how environmentally friendly and completely harmless natural dyes can help color Easter eggs. Take care of your health and enjoy the pre-holiday activities with your family.

Pysanka, krapanki, krashanki are eggs painted for Easter in various ways. Modern housewives usually simply boil eggs in food coloring and use special films with patterns; when boiling water gets on them, they tightly envelop the egg. In this article we will look at the ancient traditions of painting Easter eggs with our own hands; a master class on painting wooden blanks using paints is attached.

Drawing with wax

To start painting eggs with hot wax, you need to prepare materials and tools, and also come up with a pattern design. Basically, pysanky are raw eggs painted with lines and abstract patterns. Sometimes the contents of the egg are blown out of the holes.

So, for work we will need eggs, wax or paraffin candles, napkins, food coloring, pre-diluted in water, and a writing tool, which is sold in craft stores. It is a metal funnel with a handle.

Wax is placed into this funnel and heated over a candle fire. Actually, this is how we will apply the pattern with wax from this watering can.

The eggs need to be washed, dried and the surface wiped with alcohol; each time we warm up the watering can, because the wax tends to cool quickly.

After drawing the main lines, lower the egg into one of the colors, take it out after a couple of minutes and continue applying additional patterns. And we dip it into the paint again, but in a different color.

In order for the drawing to appear now, you need to hold the egg over the candle flame and wipe it with a napkin.

Another way to color eggs for Easter is with colored wax crayons. You can buy them at stationery store. Melt crayons into metal containers and with an inverted needle or other stick, multi-colored pictures are applied.

Continuous lines are unlikely to be obtained, but it is quite possible to make petals and spikelets with dot painting.

If you are using empty eggs, thin satin ribbons can be threaded through the holes at the bottom and top so they can be hung or rolled into pretty bows. Although in fact Easter eggs can be boiled, painted and then painted.

Easter souvenirs

Coloring eggs is a fun creative activity for children, both in kindergarten, and at home. For beginning artists, you can paint with gouache paints, and first empty the eggs. To do this, make a hole in the upper and lower parts with an awl and blow out the contents; if desired, the holes can be sealed with a small piece of masking tape or covered with dough. Or if you have a medical syringe, use it to remove the contents. You can apply a design to the eggs.

To work with drawings, you can connect markers and felt-tip pens for contouring.

Experienced craftsmen also paint wooden eggs; they use acrylic paints to create original souvenir eggs that can be given to loved ones or sold.

Let us consider the painting technique in detail using the example of one of the works.

Step 1. Prepare materials and tools.

We will need - a wooden egg, sandpaper, acrylic paints(you can also paint with gouache), brushes, preferably synthetic, for working with acrylic. The rest is as needed - napkins, pencils and protective newspapers, decoupage varnish.

Step 2. Preparing the workpiece for work consists of sanding the wooden surface with sandpaper. Typically, before painting, wooden surfaces should be coated with either an acrylic primer or a homemade solution of PVA glue and water in equal parts and cleaned. You can use a construction sanding sponge instead of sandpaper.