colored...glittered...

eggs.

not very pretty ones though. we only had natural eggs (brown) and an incomplete glitter egg kit that i unearthed from my car trunk last year. i must've bought it post-Easter...

still, the eggs came out better than we thought they would, considering the color tabs didn't all pan out; the red/pink wasn't dark enough and you try to color natural eggs yellow, ha! only with copious amounts of leftover glitter from another kit, were we able to salvage the batch.

now, we made some killer eggs a couple weeks ago! the kit (Dudley's Shake n' Dazzle) we used was SO hassle-free and fast... it took less than 30 minutes, including clean up :) basically, the kit has five dye envelopes, five matching colored baskets w/ clear lids, and a teeny glitter shaker (which actually has enough to decorate 2-3 dozen eggs!). you put the egg in the basket shaker, add a few drops of the dye, secure the clear lid, shake until you have the desired (uniform) colors, and add the glitter. you can make some beauteous ones. and after you finish, you can wash the baskets and attach the included plastic basket handles (they give you 10), add grass, and hand 'em out. they're so cute.

that kit was so easy that we didn't even stain our fingers. i know that some people think that's part of the fun, but there are some messy kits that are plain cumbersome in both coloring and clean up. the speckled egg kit (by Easter Unlimited) and Dudley's Swirl-an-Egg are two that make cool looking eggs, but are messy as hell.

i wonder what half-priced kits we'll find on monday...maybe we'll do the simply colored Paas kit next year ;)