easter egg ideas needed

[kylee2katie]

I have about 4 dozen duck eggs - muskovy, pekin, and mallard, that I have "blown out". I would like some ideas as to decorating them for Easter, with my 2 youngest daughters, ages 7 and 12. Does anyone have suggestions, pictures, etc? I would like to do something besides dye only. We have a brass "tree" that I would like to hang them from.
Thanks for any ideas!

 

[faykokoWV]

as a kid we would put patterns on the eggs using wax from Crayons or candles. Then when we died the egg that part remained clear instead of dyed. You can get creative with the patterns

 

[You'reASuperRedStar]

According to my wife, with the recent concerns about the dangers of food dyes, the big trend this year in decorating Easter eggs is doing it using all natural recipes (tumeric, chamomile, blueberries, pomegranate, red onion skins, beets, saffron can all create beautiful, although more muted colors. Sometimes people wrap rubberbands
(not too tight) around the eggs to create rings around the eggs. She wrote about this on her recent article for HGTV.

Go to HGTV's website and click on the link for BLOG near the top center. She published the post on Sunday. Lots of pretty photos and links to DIY instructions.

One designer attached leaves to the eggs, then wrapped them in panty hose to keep the botanical in place, then dye them. You can see pictures of this and other ideas on her blog she wrote for HGTV.com. There's also DIY on dyeing eggs and then decorating them with glitter. My favorite is painting wooden eggs with chalkboard paint in a variety of colors and then writing and drawing on the eggs.

Thanks from this proud parent of six beautiful chickens!

 

[aussieheelr]

Let the kids pick out ribbons, beads, rhinestones etc and you can help them hotglue them on. Or you can do some of these : https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=160244
I did some for Christmas the past two years and they go over VERY well (probably better for the 12 year old, might be a bit challenging for a 7 year old)
And glue and glitter is always easy (and messy!) which would work well for kids.
Oh so many ideas