4/09/2009

Rubber Cement and Egg Dying

My kids love to color on eggs with white crayons before they dip them in the dye, but Project Create a Home has a really fun spin on the same idea:

You take rubber cement and drizzle it on the egg. Dye them and then peel off the rubber cement (which is fun in and of itself! I love peeling off rubber cement. Is that weird?)

Then you have a cool design like this:

What is your favorite Egg dying technique?

12 comments:

  1. Mrs. Wright4/9/09, 12:23 PM

    What a great idea!

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  2. Charmaine4/9/09, 1:23 PM

    We always die them after we peel them and then make potato salad with them! In fact, I can't wait. The colorful potato salad is the best part of Easter dinner!

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  3. Lisa Loo4/9/09, 2:31 PM

    First--I thought it was just some weird OCD issue I had with the rubber cement--thank you for validating me!
    Second--you can dye them after you peel them??!! Sometimes I wonder where I have been all my life....

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  4. Just SO4/9/09, 2:32 PM

    I am so buying rubber cement. Not only does it make a cool design it smells good...bonus! :)

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  5. Stephenie4/9/09, 3:27 PM

    Wow, rubber cement, that's amazing...What a great idea..I love those kids cups too...
    Stephenie

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  6. Lorie4/9/09, 4:27 PM

    Lisa, I will have to email Charmaine and ask her if they taste any different dyed? The dye is just food coloring and vinegar, so it is completely safe to eat. I like cracking the eggs and then dying them so that you get the tie dye effect, but I have never dyed a completely peeled egg. I might have to try that for deviled eggs this year!

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  7. Lise4/9/09, 6:57 PM

    Um, I am also a closet fan of peeling rubber cement. Did you paint it on your desk in elementary school just so you could peel it off? Ah, the memories...

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  8. Lorie4/9/09, 9:12 PM

    Lise, I knew we were soul mates! ;D

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  9. Xazmin4/9/09, 11:50 PM

    I love this idea! And pulling glue off of stuff is way fun!

    Xazmin

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  10. RootsAndWingsCo4/10/09, 4:15 AM

    I LOVE my rubber cement...the smell reminds me of my childhood;) I NEVER would have thought of this. Brilliant!!

    My kids just like spooning the colors over the egg and watching it drip. Gotta love messy projects.

    Anjeanette

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  11. Missy4/10/09, 9:24 AM

    What a cool idea. We get creative with our eggs. Always ready to try something new.

    Missy

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  12. Shellie4/16/09, 3:35 PM

    I did it!!! It was awesome and totally worked. No pictures though but it looked just like your picture!

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