Easter egg decorating

Since Easter is on Sunday, I decided to decorate Easter eggs with Avery today. I didn't want to do something that would be too messy, so after checking out Pinterest, I decided to try out crayons! I didn't buy an Easter egg dye kit, but I already had red food coloring, so I thought that might be useful as well. I took some old crayons that were broken and at the bottom of the diaper bag. I didn't want to waste her nicer crayons on this, since I didn't really know how it would go. The colors I came up with were blue, red, black, yellow, orange, and green. I took a potatoe peeler and peeled the wrapper off, and then shaved little crayon pieces onto two plates. In the meantime, I hard-boiled a dozen eggs on the stove. I also made egg dye with food coloring, a little vinegar, and water.

Then I set up a little workstation while Avery was eating lunch. I pulled her table out into the kitchen, and covered it. I set everything out and let the eggs cool for just a few minutes (but not too long because you want the wax to melt onto the eggs.)

We got started, and Avery loved decorating her eggs. I put one egg at at time in a bowl in front of her, and she sprinkled the crayon shavings onto the egg. The wax melted pretty well for the first few eggs, and the colors blended quickly. Then I realized I could dip her egg into the food coloring, and it wouldn't stick to the wax, so that made a different look on some of them. 

They aren't the prettiest eggs I've ever made, but I'd say we were pretty successful and had a great time!