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Figure A

Artist Chris Mobley shares some unusual way to decorate Easter eggs (figure A), using everything from rubber bands to vegetable oil.

Egg Dye

Ingredients:

2 cups hot water
2 Tbs. vinegar (helps dye cling to eggs)
6 to 8 drops food coloring of choice--do not use fabric dye because it is toxic.

Watermelon Eggs

Figure B

Wrap eggs with varying sizes of rubber bands (figure B). Dip egg into blue dye and let dry. Remove rubber bands and dip into yellow dye. Make any other color combinations you prefer.

Dental Floss Eggs

Figure C

Wrap eggs with lots of waxy dental floss and dye (figure C). Remove floss and dip in another color if you prefer.

Crepe Paper Eggs

Figure D

Tear crepe paper into little pieces, dip in water, and apply to the egg, as you would decoupage. Let dry and remove crepe paper. The effect will be pastel-colored because the dye in the crepe paper comes off the eggs when wet (figure D).

Sticker Eggs

Figure E

Dye the eggs so that the portion underneath the sticker will be colored instead of white. Cut out shapes from sticker paper or use precut stickers. Apply to dyed egg. Dye again, dry and remove stickers (figure E).

Marbleized Eggs

Figure F

Add two tablespoons of vegetable oil to prepared dye. Beat with a fork to blend water and oil, until the oil is broken down into little beads. The oil will block the dye from adhering to egg. Quickly dip egg before the two liquids separate out again. Dry, and you're finished (figure F).

Egg Holder

Figure G

A quick-and-easy egg holder can be made from polymer clay that is rolled into a tube and formed into a loop (figure G).

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