Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Changing the Color of My Skin With My Mother’s Permission.....a/k/a Dyeing Easter Eggs

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Every year the neighbor graciously hosts the Easter egg dyeing on Good Friday. This year she had some friends in town and we about doubled the size of the party.

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You have to make sure you get your initials on them. You sure would hate to take home someone else’s eggs.

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We started off with some sponge painting.

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And did some tie-dyeing.

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More sponge painting.

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Some plain old dye.

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K started like this.

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She looked like this after her first two eggs.

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Frankly, she couldn’t stand to work with the egg holder any longer. Fingers do a much better job.

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See???????

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Her mother was thrilled!

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Bug had a hard time reaching the table.

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We were left with some very cool looking eggs.

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Quite obviously, it was a ton of fun.

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Recognize those blue fingers?

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I just loved this egg. It reminded me of a globe.

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