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Tissue Paper Dyed Easter Eggs

This is the perfect simple project for an Aunt with a fancy house who isn't used to visiting rugrats or a daycare full of eager toddlers.  It's much less risky (for clothes, furniture and rugs) than setting out bowls of dye *grin*.


photo of the egg after the 
paper has fallen off

Materials:

bullethard boiled egg(s)
bulletsquares of tissue paper in many different BRIGHT colors (1 1/2 inch squares are about right)
bulletmust be fresh tissue paper... not the old, ratty, recycled 200 times tissue paper I usually use for crafts *grin*
bulletSpritzer of water or bowl of water

Directions:

bulletspritz or dip egg in water (get it all wet)
 
bulletpick up squares of tissue paper one at a time and lay around the egg.  Feel free to use different colors and to overlap them.
 
bulletSpritz with water again if the tissue paper didn't get completely wet.
 
bulletSet aside in a bowl or margarine container to dry.
 
bulletWhen the egg dries, the tissue paper will fall off, but the pretty colors will stay behind.  It gives something of a stained glass look to the eggs.