Ukrainian Easter Egg

2. Scrub the egg with vinegar and water. Dry the egg. The egg must be clean of all dirt and oils to take the dye. Using a strip of paper, measure the "longitude" of the egg (around lengthwise). By folding the paper in half, find the exact top and bottom, the north and south "poles" of the egg.

3. Drill a hole in the bottom of the egg using a small drill. Blow out the contents of the egg. Rinse the inside of the egg with water. Using an old hypodermic syringe, squirt some bleach into the shell to disinfect it. Rinse again with water to remove the bleach. Insert a twist of paper towel into hole to help wick out the water. Let dry.

4. Mix the dye powder in canning jars with boiling water and vinegar according to manufacturer's directions. Let cool.

5. Use a vegetable peeler to make beeswax chips from the beeswax patty.