The tradition of dyeing eggs has come to us since ancient times. And since then, every year on the bright spring holiday of Easter, we do not forget about it, and create small creative masterpieces with our own hands. Just as we do not forget to cook and bake on these significant spring days
In my opinion, a wonderful tradition and a wonderful holiday! Day of the Resurrection of Christ! The day of spring awakening, the beginning of something new and beautiful! And for the holiday it is customary to prepare all sorts of treats, treat guests with them, and treat yourself.
And today we will paint eggs together with you. Our task is to learn how to do it the most different ways. And there are many such ways among the people. Each hostess probably has her favorite, which she uses from year to year. But each of us has a moment when we want to try something new.
And just today's article for such a case. I will share with you the methods that I managed to accumulate, as well as those that I myself have recently learned. In any case, there will be many ways, and I think that each of you will choose something to your liking. After all, painting them with your own hands is always akin to art.
After all, Orthodox Easter will come very soon. We will all visit each other with Easter cakes and krashenka, "beat" them. And to the statement: “Christ is Risen!”, receive the answer: “Truly Risen!” And together we will rejoice at the arrival of spring, the revival of nature, sunlight and warmth. Rejoice as if it were some kind of miracle, which once was the miracle of the resurrection of Christ.
Easter eggs are the basis and decoration of any table. At present, it is not difficult to arrange them beautifully; they are sold in stores a large number of a variety of dyes, materials for blending, decorating and other decoration.
For those who want to express their creativity, there are many interesting ways to design. The main requirement for this is that the painted samples should not be dark, gloomy. Spring colors are welcome, red is required, and all its shades. And the rest - as knowledge will tell, and what is enough imagination.
For proper staining, there are several basic rules.
- for a better and uniform coloring, they must be washed and degreased. You can wash with soap and degrease with alcohol.
- you need to cook them only when they lie down at room temperature for some
- time. Then, while heating them in hot water, there will be no sharp temperature drop, and the shell will remain intact.
- it is better to cook them with the addition of salt, about one tablespoon per 1-1.2 cups of water
- in order for boiled and dyed samples to have a beautiful festive look, they must be dried and wiped with a cloth dipped in vegetable oil. Then carefully polish them with a dry cotton cloth. So they will turn out shiny and glossy.
For decorating Easter eggs, depending on the method of coloring, there are such concepts:
- dyes - painted in one color
— speckles - painted in the main color, but there are blotches on them in the form of specks, spots or stripes of a different color
- drapanki - tinted in one color, but the pattern on them is scratched out by hand
— Easter eggs - have an ornamental or plot pattern, hand-painted with paints or painted in a special way.
And so how can you decorate this Easter symbol beautifully and show your creativity?
Painting in onion skins
The most popular coloring method is to use onion peel. Our great-grandmothers used this coloring method, and probably their great-grandmothers too. It's very simple and affordable way, allowing to achieve a range of colors from light yellow to dark brown. The more you take the husk for coloring, the darker the color will turn out. The intensity of staining also makes its own adjustments to the shade.
And if you use various devices, you can get not only the intended color, but also the pattern.
Coloring in onion skins
1. Place the husk in a saucepan and pour water over it. Cook it over low heat for 30-40 minutes.
2. Turn off the heat, cover with a lid and leave to infuse for about 1 hour.
3. Remove the eggs from the refrigerator in advance, let them lie at room temperature for 2 hours.
4. Strain the broth, freeing it from the husk, salt. Place eggs in it and cook for 7-10 minutes.
5. Take them out with a spoon and cool them in running cold water.
6. To get a more intense color, they can be returned to the infusion of the husk again, and hold them there until the desired color.
7. Dry and grease with gauze dipped in vegetable oil.
To get a rich red-brown color, you need to take the husk from 8-10 bulbs and pour it with two glasses of water.
Exist different types onions, and its husks vary in color from light yellow to dark brown. Depending on this, you can also get different colors.
Using this, you can color the samples in a very beautiful way.
Marble staining method
1. Prepare a husk of different colors, cut it arbitrarily into various geometric shapes, not more than 1 cm in size. Cut plain paper in the same way.
2. Mix the husk and paper.
3 eggs room temperature moisten with water, roll in the husk with paper.
4. Prepare a nylon stocking or gauze in advance. Cut it into squares 15 x 15 cm, so that you can put the product to be painted in them.
5. Put them in gauze. Tie the edges of the gauze tightly or secure with threads so that the husk fits snugly against the walls of the shell. The denser, the sharper the pattern.
6. Place the remaining husk in a saucepan, fill it with water and add 1-2 tablespoons of salt. Put eggs in a saucepan, put on fire, bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 35-40 minutes.
7. Take them out with a spoon, place them under running cold water. Remove capron.
8. Dry and grease with gauze dipped in vegetable oil.
Marble method of staining in onion peel and brilliant green
1. Prepare the onion peel. If there is a husk of a different color, then this will give the best "marble" effect. Cut the husk as small as possible. There should be a lot of husks.
2. Moisten the main product at room temperature with water and cover generously with the husk. At first, you can simply roll them, and then apply them with your hands.
3. Wrap very tightly with gauze or nylon, tie the ends with threads.
4. Pour a glass of water into the pan, add a tablespoon of salt and pour a vial of brilliant green.
5. Place eggs with husks in a saucepan. They must be completely hidden under water. If there is not enough water, then you can add it.
6. Put on medium heat, bring to a boil. Cook for 7-10 minutes.
7. Rinse under running water. Then remove the gauze and rinse again.
8. Dry and grease with gauze sunflower oil. Polish and put on a dish.
I really like this method and use it often. And especially for you, we shot a video on this topic, which we are pleased to offer you for viewing.
I tried to tell and show everything in great detail, so that anyone who undertakes this task will get only an excellent result.
In onion peel with a pattern
An interesting pattern can be obtained using the same onion peel and rice. We will get the so-called krapanki. How to do it?
1. Moisten eggs at room temperature with water.
2. Apply dry rice to them and wrap them tightly with nylon or gauze, as in the previous version.
3. Place the onion peel in a saucepan, fill it with water and salt. Put prepared samples into it, put on fire, bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 35-40 minutes.
4. Take them out with a spoon, place them under running cold water. Remove capron.
5. Dry and grease with gauze dipped in vegetable oil.
In onion peel with lace pattern
Drawings can be made using various plants, improvised materials or lace fabric. So, for example, such drawings as twigs and leaves are very loved by the people.
1. Prepare dill sprigs, parsley leaves, small leaves from other plants and blades of grass. You can make paper cutouts. The lace pattern is very beautiful. With this staining technique, an adhesive plaster is also used. Various shapes are cut out and glued. Or the drawing is applied with wax.
2. Moisten eggs at room temperature with water.
3. In random order, as fantasy tells, apply a drawing using the prepared material.
4. Wrap them tightly with nylon or gauze.
5. Place onion peel in a saucepan, fill it with water and pour 1-2 tbsp. spoons of salt. Place eggs in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 35-40 minutes.
6. Take them out with a spoon, place them under running cold water. Remove capron.
7. Dry and grease with gauze dipped in vegetable oil.
Put on a plate and put on the table.
In onion peel with a pattern
Patterns on the egg can be created in several ways.
1. For example, wrapping a few rubber bands on it for money. Get strips of different widths. And if you change the position of the rubber bands, and alternately paint the surface with dyes of different colors, you will get multi-colored stripes. You need to paint from light to dark tone.
2. Threads can be wound in the same way. And then dip them into the dye solution.
3. Or stick narrow long strips of adhesive tape.
4. Beautiful patterns are obtained by wrapping the shell with lace and then holding it in the onion solution.
How to dye eggs with natural dyes
It is believed that the use of natural dyes is better than artificial ones. And you can't even explain why. The word "natural" says it all. While I don't think artificial food colorings are bad, if I have to choose between them, I always choose natural ones.
As you know, many plants, fruits and vegetables have a natural pigment that easily colors some things. And at all times people used this effect.
Let's look at what they are, and how you can use them to achieve a more saturated color.
- Onion peel. When stained, it gives a rich palette from pale yellow to a beautiful, rich dark brown. How to paint, we discussed in detail above.
- Beet juice. Thanks to him, you can get a color from pale pink to burgundy.
To dye in this color, grate the beets, pour water over it and boil for 20-30 minutes. Strain the resulting broth, add a few tablespoons of vinegar and a little salt. Then let it cool down a bit and put the eggs in it. Cook for 10 - 15 minutes, periodically checking what color is turned out. Then let it brew.
- Spinach. When used, a bright saturated green color is obtained. Similarly, we prepare a decoction and boil eggs in it.
To prepare the infusion, you just need to boil the chopped spinach for 30-40 minutes. Then place the samples in a slightly cooled infusion.
- Birch leaves. Thanks to the decoction and infusion of even fresh, even dry birch leaves, you can also get a beautiful green color.
Pour boiling water over them, let simmer over low heat until the solution becomes a saturated color, then turn off the fire, and insist the leaves in water for another 30 minutes. After that, dip the samples prepared for painting into the cooled solution and cook after boiling for 10 minutes
- Nettle. It will also give a green color when dyed.
- Lemon. Thanks to the infusion of lemon peel, various shades of yellow can be obtained.
- Chamomile. Gives beautiful and very delicate shades of yellow.
- Turmeric and saffron. Gives a lovely sunny orange color.
- Orange. Its crusts, infused in a decoction, will give a magnificent golden-orange color.
- Red cabbage. When preparing a decoction and painting eggs, it will give a blue color.
- Coffee. Its infusion will give warm beige shades.
You can also color using raspberry juice, blueberries, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries. Or try making it in infused black tea.
For all of the above natural dyes There is only one color scheme. There she is.
Universal coloring method for all natural dyes
1. Pour cold water into a saucepan, add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vinegar. Place there the product, which will be a natural dye.
2. Bring to a boil, turn off the heat, cover and let it brew for 30-40 minutes.
3. Place eggs at room temperature in a cooled broth. Bring to a boil over low heat. Cook for 15-30 minutes until desired color.
4. Take them out with a spoon, cool under running water.
5. If you want to achieve a more intense color, then put them back into the broth. Leave for a longer time, you can even all night.
The fact is that natural pigments are less active, and therefore it takes more time to stain than usual.
6. Then dry and brush with vegetable oil.
Then put on a dish or in a basket and serve.
How to dye eggs with dyes at home
You can also paint eggs at home with the help of paint, which is sold in the store. Now you can buy it for every taste. Among the huge offer, you can find a palette of only 4 colors, or you can purchase it with a richer color scheme. I have seen packages with flowers up to 15 different shades.
As a rule, all packages have instructions for use. Please read it carefully and follow the instructions provided. Basically the recommendations are:
- paint should be diluted immediately before use in a small amount of water
- dilute it in small portions, as under the influence of light and air, it quickly loses its properties
- do not store after use
- when interacting with it, use rubber gloves so as not to stain the skin of the hands
By following the instructions, you will get different colors of eggs. If you keep the eggs in the dye for less time, then the color will turn out to be more delicate, and if longer, then more saturated.
But with such dyes, you can also decorate Easter eggs in a very original way!
Marble way without greenery
For this method, you need to have food coloring.
1. First you need to boil, and then paint the eggs in bright light colors. A good result is obtained from red, yellow and orange.
2. Then you should dry them.
3. Now we dilute dark colors with water - blue, green, purple. Each color in a separate bowl.
4. Add 1 teaspoon to each color vegetable oil. We draw a toothpick through the oil to make oil paths. The more of them, the better.
5. Dip each cooked copy in a dark color only once. Use gloves for this. Then dry and grease with vegetable oil.
There are other equally interesting and creative ways to decorate Easter eggs. From the simplest decoration with beads, ribbons, fabrics to the famous Faberge eggs. Some of them are made for eating, and some for admiring.
And some for both. And let's look at just such interesting ways.
How fun to color eggs
If you use several colored dyes, and dip the egg in them not completely, but only half, or 1/3, then you can apply several layers of paint. And in this way you can set absolutely any colors, including rainbows.
The only thing to remember is that the paint must be allowed to dry after each applied layer.
To do this, you need to prepare either a lattice or some kind of stand, on which we will lay out partially painted products.
Since this process is not fast, you need to stock up on time and patience, but the result will be just great. And everyone will certainly ask how you achieved such a wonderful and original result.
Or you can apply the following method to obtain a rainbow color.
It turns out everything is very beautiful, quite simple and fast!
And you must admit that any housewife will want to have such beauty on the table!
Seven original ways of staining
1. In order to get patterns from matching strips of white and color, you can stick thin strips of adhesive tape on the eggs in random order. After the end of the staining and cooling process, remove the adhesive tape and beautiful geometric patterns will appear to our attention.
2. Thinner strips can be obtained by using rubber bands for money, as we did when dyeing with onion peel.
3. And when sticking rice, we get bright colorful dots. (the method is also described for staining with onion skins)
4. Beautiful specks can be easily obtained with a toothbrush. To do this, you must first set the main tone, and then use a brush to spray drops on them. This procedure can leave a lot of splashes on the table, so take care of this in advance and cover it with napkins.
5. And if you melt the wax and draw patterns or some kind of pattern on the shell, and then dip them into the dye, you can get magnificent beautiful samples that will decorate any holiday table.
It is important here that the paint is not hot, otherwise the wax will melt and the drawing will be smeared, or even invisible.
6. And the following method has recently become very popular. This is also a variant of marble staining, and newspaper is used as an aid in this. She breaks into small pieces. After that, the eggs are placed in a piece of nylon, and the newspaper is poured inside, like onion peel. Then the capron must be tightly tied and put to boil.
After they are cooked, cool them as usual and then remove the capron and remove the paper. The letters of the newspaper text will remain on the shell.
The method is spectacular, but I don’t use it, somehow I don’t really want to cook food product along with printing ink.
7. Samples with a three-dimensional, so-called 3D effect look very nice. It is also not difficult to do this. As usual, we color it, either with natural or artificial food coloring, and dry it. In the meantime, take 200 - 250 gr powdered sugar and mix it with ordinary water until a mushy state. We place the sugar mass in a confectionery syringe and apply beautiful three-dimensional patterns.
It turns out just great.
Decoupage with napkins
Recently, this technique has become incredibly popular in various fields of creativity. She did not pass by and Easter crafts.
When you watch such a video, you immediately want to leave everything and do such a wonderful kind of creativity as decoupage.
The only thing I would like to draw your attention to is choosing napkins with a small pattern suitable for the occasion, and then you are guaranteed success. Such beauties usually fly like hot cakes.
By the way, this recipe uses egg white as glue. Gelatin can also be used. To do this, it must be filled a small amount water, allow to swell slightly, then drain excess water. Then heat it up and let it dissolve completely. Glue is ready. We arm ourselves with a brush, take a suitable napkin and create beauty.
Marble coloring with nail polish
Another interesting way to color with multi-colored nail polishes. The technique of water manicure is used.
1. Boil white eggs.
2. Pour water at room temperature into a bowl. Drip nail polish into it. You can use one, two or more colors.
3. When using several colors, they must be dripped in turn into the center.
4. Draw from varnish with a toothpick drawings in the form of abstractions, lines, cobwebs or flowers.
5. Put on gloves, take a sample and dip it first on one side, then on the other side. Let dry.
This method is interesting both in terms of design and in terms of creativity. Instances are original and beautiful. But it should be remembered that varnish is a chemical compound, not food coloring. Therefore, it may make sense to use the other methods listed above.
Or you can just draw figures on the shell with the same nail polish. There is also room for fantasy.
How to dye eggs in fabric
If you know that you have a fabric that has an unstable color, and in simple terms it sheds, then by wrapping an egg in it, you can dye it. For this purpose it is necessary to have samples with a white shell.
1. Wrap the prepared sample tightly in a shedding cloth. Tie the ends with thread.
2. Place it in cold water, add salt, bring to a boil. Boil 10 minutes.
3. Drain hot water, and pour the finished product cold water. When it cools down, remove the fabric. Dry and grease with vegetable oil.
Lace can be used in the same way. In this case, a beautiful and original lace pattern will appear on the painted surface.
Why paint eggs for Easter
Many people ask themselves: “Why do they need to be painted for Easter?” The answer to this question should be sought even in the prehistoric period.
At all times, the egg was given great importance in absolutely all cultures. It was considered a symbol of rebirth, the spring Sun, which carries light, warmth, Life in all its manifestations, deliverance from winter shackles, darkness. The transition from non-existence to existence.
It was presented as gifts to the pagan ancient gods, and later they began to give it to their relatives and friends. It is known that already in ancient Egypt there was a tradition of coloring eggs. This was done during the flood of the Nile. This event in the life of the people was the most important, because the river brought life to people. Therefore, it was expected every year, like a kind of miracle. And when the spill happened, there were great celebrations. Painted eggs were exchanged, they were hung in temples and dwellings.
In the Indian Vedas, the god Brahma hatched from a Golden Egg.
In the East, there are legends that say that the world originated from Chaos, which was in a huge egg. Therefore, to this day they attach great importance to it there.
In ancient burials of completely different cultures, eggs are found, both natural and made from different materials. There are also painted ones among them. All the mythologies of the world keep legends associated with it as a symbol of life, renewal, the source of the origin of everything that exists in this world.
They are also one of the main attributes of Christian Easter. According to ancient church tradition, the first Easter egg The Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene presented it to the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Krashenki are considered in Christian culture a symbol of the resurrection of Christ. Russian folk legends tell that at the time of the Resurrection of Christ, the stones on Golgotha turned into red eggs.
By the way, everyone probably knows that they can be left until next year, using them in the treatment of various diseases, getting rid of the evil eye and spoilage. I always leave the one, the most beautiful, untouched. And although we do not heal with its help, and even more so we do not remove damage, but it lies in our house until next Easter. This is the custom passed down from my grandmother.
Well, perhaps that's all!
Today I tried to tell you as fully as possible about the methods of dyeing Easter eggs. Knowing these basic methods, and including fantasy, on their basis, you can come up with other, no less interesting ways.
And now I want to wish you peace, prosperity, kindness! As well as warmth, light, life without disease and sadness! If you wish all this on the eve or day of Easter, and eat a couple of painted Easter eggs, then everything will certainly come true!
Good health to all! And also with the upcoming you Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!!!
When the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalena came to Rome with a sermon, she handed the emperor Tiberius a chicken egg and said: “Christ is Risen!” Tiberius expressed doubts and replied: "It is impossible, just as if your egg now turned red." At the same moment, a miracle happened - the egg presented by Mary Magdalene turned red. Christians believed in the resurrection of Jesus, and the red egg became a symbol of the holiday.
To do this, take chicken testicles, preferably white color, in this case, the shade will turn out brighter and more saturated. But if you have geese or quails carrying fresh eggs, you can paint both goose and quail. I already said what color to paint Easter eggs in - red, this is the main color, but shades similar to it are also suitable - red-brown, raspberry, burgundy, purple.
egg coloring methods
1. One of the most common folk methods is dyeing eggs in onion skins. What is its advantage? The fact that we are completely confident in the naturalness of the dye and you don’t have to worry about the consequences. With this method, the paint lays evenly on the eggs.
Prepare a decoction of onion peel in advance. To do this, put it in a saucepan, fill it with water and boil over low heat for 30 minutes. Then cool the broth, strain and boil the eggs in the resulting liquid. Do not spare the husks, put more, the richer the decoction turns out, the more beautiful the testicles painted in it will be.
By the way, with the help of the amount of onion peel, you can adjust the shade of the paint. If there is not very much husk, then light brown testicles will turn out, and rich onion paint will give us a red-burgundy hue. If you use the skins of red and purple onions, the color of the testicles will be especially beautiful.
To decorate such eggs, pick young leaves from trees and shrubs on the street. It is desirable that they be beautiful and openwork, maple, currant, celandine leaves are best suited. Take the leaves, attach them to the eggs, straighten them, carefully place them in a nylon sock or stocking and tie tightly with a thread (it is better not to use an elastic band, it may not withstand boiling water). Make sure that the leaves are straightened, dip in a decoction of the husk and boil for 7-10 minutes. Remove the finished cooled testicles from the stocking - the nylon will miss the paint, but the leaf will not, and a beautiful pattern will remain in its place. Then for the holiday Easter table when all the relatives gather, you can play with the children - let them guess which leaf of which plant is depicted on the egg.
A very beautiful pattern will turn out if you use parsley, rosemary, dill, thyme, cilantro along with the leaves of trees.
2. The second, no less common method of painting is food coloring. And now you can answer the question of what other colors paint eggs for Easter? It can be absolutely any shades that you can find among food coloring: yellow, blue, blue, green, orange. The main thing is that they do not contain prohibited chemical additives that can penetrate the egg through the shell, and that the paint itself does not fail, leaving unattractive stains on the egg.
For this method, you need to take white eggs, otherwise the color of the paint will end up being different from the paint itself.
So, how to color eggs with food coloring. First, boil them in salted water. Then cool, wipe with vinegar to degrease (in this case, the paint will lie more evenly). Dissolve the paint according to the manufacturer's instructions (each color in a separate bowl). For the best effect, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar to each container with diluted paint, dip the testicles in them and hold for 3 to 5 minutes, then remove and dry. 
If you are opponents of dyes from the store, use the natural dyes that are on hand:
- hibiscus tea will give a purple hue;
- beetroot broth will help color eggs in pink, raspberry, burgundy (depending on concentration). Just leave the liquid in which the beets were boiled, and put boiled eggs in it overnight;
- black coffee will give shades from beige to brown;
- turmeric will give bright yellow. Boil a composition of 1 liter of water with two teaspoons of turmeric for 10 minutes, then boil the eggs in this liquid.
To get an orange color, you need a combination of red and yellow, for a green tint, combine yellow and blue.
You can decorate Easter eggs in the following ways:
1. Wrap boiled eggs randomly with threads, then place in paint for 3-5 minutes. Then take them out, let them dry and remove the threads. Instead of threads, you can use stationery rubber bands, wind as you like, a complete flight of fantasy and creativity.
2. Wrap boiled eggs in ordinary napkins, then blot from different sides with paints of various colors, hold for 3-5 minutes, unfold the napkin and dry it - you get a rainbow egg.
3. Take an egg, wet it and roll it wet in raw rice grits (rice will stick to the egg). Then place the egg in a nylon stocking (it should fit snugly), tie it with thread or an elastic band and dip it into the paint for 3-5 minutes. After that, remove from the dye, dry and remove the stocking. It will turn out a colored egg in a rice speck. 
4. Draw a drawing on the egg with a pencil, it can be an ornament or some kind of geometric pattern, zigzags around the circumference of the entire egg, flowers or leaves. Then take an ordinary candle, light it and with the melted wax that appears near the wick of the candle, fill in the outlines of the pattern. Let the wax harden and dip the egg into the paint for 3-5 minutes. After the required time has passed, take it out, let it dry, wipe off the wax with a soft cloth or napkin. Get a colored egg with a pattern.
More ways to decorate Easter eggs
Marble eggs - this method can be called exclusive for the post-Soviet space, since "green" is sold only in our pharmacies.
Take raw eggs, dip them in water and roll in finely chopped onion peel, it will stick to the egg. Then place each testicle in a nylon stocking and tie tightly with a thread. Boil the eggs in a solution of "brilliant green" for 7-10 minutes (a standard pharmacy bottle of "green diamond" is taken for 3 liters of water). After that, pull out the testicles, cool and remove the stocking - the marbled eggs are ready.
You can also try these options:
- wrap the finished dyed eggs around with an openwork ribbon or lace so that it holds well, moisten with raw egg white before winding;
- eggs will look very festive if you stick multi-colored confetti on them;
- cut out fragments of drawings from beautiful napkins (butterflies, flowers, figurines, etc.) and glue them on boiled eggs using egg white then let dry.
Some useful tips
1. Before you start coloring the eggs, wash them in a baking soda solution.
2. Never boil eggs that have just been taken out of the refrigerator. Let them lie down for a while and warm up to room temperature.
3. In the bowl where you will boil the eggs, put salt, in which case they will not crack.
4. It is better to paint eggs with rubber gloves, otherwise you will have to wash your hands for a long and tedious time.
5. Wipe the shells of already painted eggs with vegetable oil, then they will turn out to be brighter and shiny.
6. Remember about the upcoming holiday in advance and start collecting onion skins two to three months before Easter.
7. For cooking eggs in "brilliant green" or a decoction of onion peel, use stainless steel dishes, enameled then do not wash. Better yet, get a special saucepan in your kitchen in which you will paint Easter eggs every year.
I hope you found in the article interesting ideas and useful tips for yourself, and now you know exactly why they paint eggs for Easter, how to do it best, what decoration methods to use. Show your imagination and make the holiday light and bright, and the mood joyful and spring.
You will no longer surprise anyone with the Danish word "hygge", denoting national traditions of creating comfort and happiness. But we also have them, the author of the book "Hygge. Be happy like the Danes" believes, and refers to hygge activities, for example, cooking pancakes for Shrove Tuesday and painting eggs for Easter. And if you think that you can paint eggs only on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Great Saturday, then you are mistaken!
If the Danes are "ahead of the rest" in the field of happiness, then the most unhappy in 2016 were the inhabitants of Burundi - they have the last, 157th place in the "happy" UN rating. Meanwhile, Russia belongs to the 56th place. Is it good or bad, a lot or a little, and what is to blame - judge for yourself ...
Someone will say that we do not know how to rejoice. Or maybe we are just not used to flaunting our happiness? Life in our area has never been easy - you will not have time to be happy about something, as another misfortune falls on your head. Hence the folk wisdom gained through suffering: "We never lived well, there is nothing to start", "You have to pay for everything", "It's good where we are not", "Whoever did not know the need, he does not know happiness."
It’s as if we are afraid to frighten off our luck, we are afraid that they will envy us, they will start to “put a spoke in the wheels”, they will jinx us, they will steal - they will steal our happiness ... So we don’t share good things, preferring instead to talk about numerous problems and complain to each other for life.
In general, we know how to rejoice and have fun. Yes, not anyhow, but noisy, wide, on a grand scale! So that sometimes the sky trembles, and the earth shakes. And every time is like the last. Because "Fun is salvation from all troubles", and also because "Who knows how to have fun, grief is not afraid of that." So we drive away grief and failure from ourselves - we famously dance, compose jokes, laugh and loudest of all - at ourselves.
Creating happiness "on the knee", inventing holidays and occasions for fun - this is also our part. If you don't make yourself happy, no one will make you happy. So we also have our own hygge - our own ways to create coziness, our own traditional entertainment and fun. Let's remember together. For example...
- Have a kitchen get-together with friends - the way we like it. Victor Likhachev said it best of all in his book The Only Cross: “A kitchen for a Russian person is something more than a place for cooking and eating. A boiling kettle creates comfort, and the quiet light from a night lamp sets up a long and calm conversation. Small a table - others will not fit in our kitchens - allows you to see the interlocutor's eyes, hear his breathing ... And if you still have a little audible clock on the wall ... Lepota ... "
- Play "Russian Lotto" - the same thing from childhood, with kegs and cards. This game is good because the whole family can participate in it - from small to old ones. In the first lotto develops attention, memory and speed of reaction. And the second helps to maintain common sense for many years.
- Cooking jam (pickle cucumbers, pickle mushrooms) is another good tradition of ours. Where without home preparations? In Russia, you can’t do without a reserve, because you never know what surprises tomorrow has in store for you. Once the philosopher Vasily Rozanov was asked the age-old Russian question: "What to do?". To which he answered in all seriousness: "If it's summer, peel the berries and make jam; if it's winter, drink tea with this jam." Here is such a philosophy.
- Bake pancakes for Maslenitsa cook for them different fillings, convene the guests, properly treat themselves, ask each other for forgiveness for the grievances caused during the year, and then all go together to burn the effigy of winter.
- Go for mushrooms. Remember how the inimitable hero Leonov from the "Autumn Marathon" persuaded a visiting professor from Denmark (!) to go mushroom picking with him, because he believed that without this valuable experience, acquaintance with Russia would be incomplete? "Are there mushroom forests abroad? A man has not seen a mushroom forest! He will return, he will have something to tell! Put on your boots and go picking mushrooms - back and forth. That's all business!"
This experience for the professor turned out to be truly unforgettable, especially considering that for him a trip to the forest ended in a sobering-up station. But, like a true Dane, he even managed to “catch” his hygge there, and at the same time enriched his vocabulary with the life-affirming expression “We sit well!”. In general, go for mushrooms! Everything and business. And how much fun!
- Have a tea party with a samovar. It is hard to imagine a traditional Russian tea party without a samovar. A clean tablecloth, elegant cups and saucers, bagels, honey, jam, and in the place of honor - a shiny, pot-bellied, smoking samovar - the whole table is a general. In Russia, they drank tea slowly and on a grand scale - it was a ritual action, a kind of holiday. Long conversations were held over tea, deals were made, marriages were arranged, weddings were arranged ...
The tickling fly, which was lucky to find money in the field, very successfully invested unexpected capital - it acquired a samovar. Follow the example of the "Gilded Belly" - get a samovar somewhere: ask your grandmother, find it in the country attic or order it from Tula. And arrange a grand tea party - "with milk and a pretzel." And most importantly, have fun!
Ivan Kupala Day - also a little hygge
"Whoever does not go to the Bathhouse - he will be a stump-deck, and whoever goes to the Bathhouse - he will be a white-birch" - our Slavic ancestors sang, calling each other to their favorite summer holiday - Ivan Kupala. It has long been believed that on the Kupala night, water, mermaids and other evil spirits leave the reservoirs, which means that you could safely swim in rivers and lakes until Ilyin's day (August 2).
Water procedures performed on that night were considered to be special - people believed that water at this time cleanses the body and soul, helps to recover from diseases, and protects from adversity. But those who did not want to plunge were looked at with suspicion: are they not sorcerers, are they not witches? Otherwise, why stay away from water?
According to popular beliefs, water on Kupala enters into a sacred union with fire, therefore, bonfires were always lit along the reservoirs, symbolically burning everything bad in them. The girls wondered: they wove wreaths of wild flowers and let them sail: the one whose wreath sailed the farthest could be preparing for an imminent wedding.
And those who were less fortunate - their wreaths drowned or immediately moored back to the shore - could try to bewitch the chosen one on Kupala night. To do this, it was necessary to run around the rye field three times. It was believed that the betrothed, while the girl is running around in circles, will certainly see her in a dream, find her in reality and soon marry her.
Herbs and flowers collected that night were endowed with miraculous power. They had to be collected before dawn, dried and stored at home throughout the year in a canvas bag. They were treated with these herbs, used them in magical rites, fumigated their dwelling, expelling evil spirits, illness and need from it.
But, of course, the lucky one was the one who managed to find a fern on this incredible night, blooming for only a few moments with a fiery color. According to legend, great secrets were revealed to such a person: he could see the future, find treasures hidden deep underground, understand the language of animals and open any locks.
If you are not ready to fully immerse yourself in the traditions of your ancestors - you don’t feel like jumping over a fire at all, looking for a flowering fern in the night forest or running around a rye field - you can modernize the ancient holiday a little. Walk barefoot in the morning dew, gather fragrant herbs in the nearby forest, have a picnic by the water with your friends...
Do you know that eggs in Russia were written not only for Easter? This could be done throughout the year! Pysanky eggs were created for important, significant events: for a wedding, birth, construction of a new house, a long journey, for healing from diseases, a good harvest...
Amulet eggs accompanied a person all his life, protecting him from the forces of evil and helping in all matters. Moreover, it was traditionally signed not boiled, but a raw egg. Neat holes were made in it on both sides, then its contents were blown out. After that, the testicle should be washed and dried.
When the egg dried, an ornament suitable for the occasion was applied to it (this can be done with a simple pencil). And then you have two options.
The first is more ancient and complex. If you decide to follow the path of our distant ancestors and do everything exactly as they did, you will need a special tool with a funnel at the end - a pisachok (brush). The metal funnel of the brush must be heated in the flame of a candle, scoop up the wax with it and apply the melted wax to the desired areas of the egg.
Then the egg is dipped in yellow paint - the Slavs called it "apple tree", as it was made from the bark of a young apple tree. After that, the eggs were again painted with wax to leave the yellow parts of the ornament unchanged. Now it's time for the red paint. And so on, layer by layer.
In the end, the egg was completely covered with wax. Then the egg was brought to the candle, the wax began to melt. It was carefully removed, and then a wonderful pattern opened up to the eyes of the craftswoman!
If the procedure for making a traditional Slavic pysanka seemed too long and complicated for you, choose the second option. You can modernize the ancient rite a bit using ordinary brushes and paints, such as gouache. The main thing is that the paints and brushes are new, the thoughts are pure, and the desires come from the depths of the soul. After all, pysanka is your letter to higher powers, your prayer for happiness.
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Are you waiting for the bright holiday of the Resurrection of Christ - Easter? I am very, because I fast and limit myself in meat, dairy products and eggs. But this does not prevent me from preparing for the Great Holiday. I have already started studying. And today I found and made a selection about dyeing chicken eggs.
As we already know, our Orthodox Easter falls on Sunday, April 8 this year. One of the ceremonies of the holiday, in addition to Easter cakes and Easter cakes, are painted eggs. This tradition arose a very long time ago, in the time of the first Christians. In addition, there is an opinion that a lot of eggs accumulated in fasting people in villages in chicken coops. Due to the fact that there was nowhere to put them, it became a custom to paint or paint eggs and give them to guests and neighbors on Easter.
Of course, that's how it was. But the egg has long symbolized resurgent life. The most popular dye color is red. This refers to the blood shed by Christ for the people. Therefore, it is very important to color the eggs in different colors. But how to do it right? Let's find out!
I would also add that it is better to paint with the kids. They really like this thing. And even kids, starting from three years old, are already actively helping adults with might and main.
Basic rules for painting eggs for Easter
Before staining itself, we will read a few tips on how to do it correctly. Then it will help us to avoid some irreparable mistakes. It's better to learn from someone else's mistakes, right?
- We buy eggs with a white shell. Here it is clear even to kids that the paint fits better on a clean white surface and does not change its color. But brown, when stained, can drastically change their color. Yes, and any paint on them seems dirty.
- We wash the testicles with a sponge, you can use soapy water.
- So that the eggs do not burst and crack during cooking, it is better to get them out of the refrigerator 1.5-2 hours ahead of time. During this time they will warm up, become room temperature. Then you can start hot procedures.
- Salt, which is added to water during boiling, also saves from cracks. It takes 2 tbsp. tablespoons of salt per 2 liters of water.
- If you are going to paint in onion skins, then collect it several months in advance. The more peel, the brighter the color will be. You can also ask for the husk at any market from a vegetable seller. I don't think they will be greedy. Especially for such a sweet thing as preparing for Easter.
- To dry already painted testicles, use the paper grates in which they were bought.
It is interesting to know that eggs dyed in one color are called dyes. Artfully painted Easter eggs will be. Drapanki are painted with a scratched pattern. There are also speckles - testicles, painted in speck, with dots and stripes.
- We rub the painted testicles with vegetable oil. They are shiny, bright and beautiful.
Well, now you can definitely get down to business!
How to color eggs in onion skins so they don't crack
The easiest and most popular way to color for Easter is in onion skins. For this case, use a golden or red onion. The testicles after painting are purple-brown, yellowish and very beautiful.
Another option that saves a lot of time for hostesses. Eggs are boiled and immediately colored in a decoction of the husk.
We need:
- Pot for 4-5 liters;
- Eggs - 2 dozen;
- Onion peel;
- Vinegar - 1.5 tbsp. spoons;
- Paper towel or newspaper.
Cooking:
1. Prepare the onion peel. We wash it in running water from dust and dirt. We also take the eggs out of the refrigerator to warm up. They reach room temperature after 1.5-2 hours.
2. We take a capacious pan and put all the onion peels there. They should take up 2/3 of the pan somewhere.
Cooking utensils pick up the old, which is not a pity. Because in the process the pan gets very dirty and it will be almost impossible to wash it.
3. Fill with water so that it covers the entire husk. Pour vinegar 1.5-2 tablespoons. Or maybe 1 teaspoon vinegar essence. Mix the water with a spoon.
4. We wash the warmed testicles with a soft sponge and laundry soap. Carefully lay them down and bury them in the husk.
5. Put the pan on the fire. When the water boils, reduce the heat and cook for 30-40 minutes. For a richer color, you can cook longer.
6. We carefully take out the finished brown eggs with a spoon and put them on the prepared paper towels. Do it carefully so you don't get burned.
7. When they have cooled down, you can rub them with a cotton swab dipped in vegetable oil. You can stick small stickers on an Orthodox theme and put them beautifully in a basket or plate with holes for eggs with Easter cake.
My testicles did not crack and turned out with an even color, and vinegar helped me with this. The most important thing is to observe the temperature; it should be the same before cooking.
That's basically it. Coloring can be complicated and make such masterpieces in the photo below. To do this, you need gauze, thread and green leaves. Parsley, dill, arugula are well suited.
Before laying in the husk, we apply a leaf of greenery to each testicle and wrap it in a small piece of gauze. Tie tightly with a thread so that the gauze tightly presses the leaf to the shell. Then we also lower them into water with husks and cook for 40 minutes.
The shell will be completely colored, except for the place where the leaf was attached. And they turn out very original eggs with green imprint. Beauty and simplicity!
Video on how to dye Easter eggs with dyes
Let's try to do the same. After all, there is nothing complicated.
We put food dry dyes and leaves into action
Let's try to color Easter eggs with commercially available food coloring, and even with leaves. Already above about the method with onion peel, I explained a little how this is done. And here I will reveal the secrets in more detail and with step-by-step photos.
We need:
- Chicken eggs are white - 2-3 dozen;
- Food colorings;
- Vinegar 9%;
- Gauze,
- Threads;
- Scissors;
- green leaves;
- Gloves.
Cooking:
1. We warm the chicken eggs to the temperature in the room. We wash them with a dish sponge and soap until clean. Then cook in slightly brackish water for 20-30 minutes in a cauldron.
2. We put jars on the table, where we will dilute the paint. We prepare scissors, pieces of gauze, threads and green leaves.
3. The leaves can be wetted. So they stick to the shell better.
4. Put on disposable gloves. They protect delicate hands from corrosive paint.
5. Dilute the paint in jars of hot water and pour in 1 tablespoon of 9% vinegar. The amount of water is usually indicated on the dye packaging. So follow the clear instructions.
6. We take out the finished boiled eggs from the cauldron and cool a little. We glue a leaf of greenery - dill or parsley. Wrap in a small piece of gauze. And at the back, we tie the ends of the fabric tightly with a thread.
7. The leaf should be pressed very tightly against the shell.
8. Dip the egg in a jar of paint for 10 minutes. You can turn it a little with a spoon for an even color.
9. We take out the finished eggs and put them on a paper egg rack. All excess colored water will drain, and the eggs themselves will dry well and at the same time will not paint each other.
And here are the finished beauties! Parsley and dill leaves are well imprinted. Now they can be rubbed with oil and sent to the holiday basket.
It is interesting to paint Easter eggs with liquid paint
Liquid paint is sold in special tubes. Easter eggs after such staining acquire a beautiful, pearlescent and shiny appearance. In fact, there is nothing complicated about this. And how to do it right, watch an interesting video.
Decorate eggs with natural ingredients
The last (or not) way to make krashenki is to use natural products. In fact, it is not at all necessary to buy ready-made paints. You can rummage through your lockers and find a lot of things and products that will beautifully color eggs in even, solid colors.
I also like the option of coloring with natural ingredients because we paint the testicles without any chemicals. So to speak, we get eco-paints.
We paint with turmeric
Regular ground turmeric root will help us achieve an even yellow color.
To do this, prepare the eggs, warm them. Pour 2 tablespoons of turmeric into a small 1.5 liter enameled ladle and put it on the fire.
We lay gently warm eggs and cook them for 15-20 minutes. During this time, they will be well stained in a delicate yellow tone.
We cool the hard-boiled eggs and rub a little with vegetable oil.
We got yellow. Let's move on to blue.
Colored with red cabbage
A nice blue color will help us achieve red cabbage. For coloring, we need to pre-boil clean hard-boiled eggs in a separate bowl.
We cut the head of cabbage into large pieces. Pour cold water and set to boil for 10-15 minutes.
Place hot eggs in bowls. Pour them with strained broth from cabbage and leave for 5-6 hours until a deep color. If desired, you can add vinegar to the broth. It fixes the color.
Dry the krashenki in paper towels or on a paper rack. We rub them with vegetable oil to a shine.
We use beets
Ordinary beets will help us get pink dyes. To do this, boil the eggs in a separate bowl hard boiled.
We clean the beets from the skin and rub about 200 grams per 0.5 liter of water. Fill it with hot water and put hot eggs.
To fix the color, pour in one tablespoon of vinegar. Leave for 50-60 minutes until deep staining.
We take out the dyes, dry them and you can stick different stickers on Easter themes.
Marble color with green
Well, such beauty can be made with the help of brilliant green and cut husks. Both eco-friendly and beautiful. And who asks for the recipe - shh! Don't disclose!
On this, dear readers, I end my writing. If there are other ways of coloring, you can add the material in the comments below. So you share with other readers interesting ways to color Easter eggs.
With the Coming Bright Holiday - the Resurrection of Christ! See you soon!
Easter eggs have long been another way to express yourself. What kind of design solutions today you will not find in Easter baskets. "Pravda.Ru" has collected all the latest trends and secrets of coloring and decoration for your Easter basket.
Before cooking
Let's start with the simplest and longest-known rules for preparing eggs for dyeing. It would seem that it is no secret that before boiling eggs, you first need to get them out of the refrigerator. But not everyone knows that they should be kept at room temperature for at least an hour or even two, then the likelihood that the shell will burst will be minimal. Salt is a safe bet: just one spoonful added to water guarantees whole eggs ready to be dyed. Just salt will not let the protein leak out and form white “growths” if the shell suddenly cracks.
The most experienced housewives masterfully pierce the shell with a thin, sharp needle. However, you will agree that the first option is much simpler and safer.
Finally, if the eggs are thoroughly rinsed with a dishwashing sponge, the paint will lie more evenly.
Coloring
Well, we are ready for the most interesting stage. Now it's time to use the most interesting ideas and unusual trends of this year.
For example, have you ever thought that you can paint eggs for Easter not only chicken, but also quail! It turns out very unusual, especially if you have both large and small eggs in your basket. Quail egg naturally mottled, so that the paint makes it marbled.
Did you paint it green? Yes, that's possible too! Especially if you have managed to accumulate a lot of red onion peel in the house in the old fashioned way, then a couple of drops of the simplest brilliant green in the staining solution will create burgundy-green or brown-brilliant eggs. The main thing in this method is not to forget about gloves, otherwise you will paint not only the eggs, but also your hands.
patterns
And here are a couple of ideas for patterns on dyed eggs.
Before throwing the egg into the solution, put money rubber bands on it. You get nice straight lines.
Previously, housewives plucked leaves from houseplants, stuck them to an egg, pulled it into a capron ... But in our century, any pattern can be made from masking tape, plaster or self-adhesive paper.
Checkered eggs are obtained by putting a vegetable net on them.
Trends
Dull but fashionable trend of recent years: natural dyes. As soon as everything eco-friendly and natural became stylish, the housewives remembered that beetroot juice allows you to achieve a pink color, turmeric, lemon, orange, carrots, marigold flowers and even birch leaves give shades of yellow. From blue to purple, these are hibiscus, red cabbage, blueberries, violet flowers. Green is spinach, nettle, and brown is coffee.
But there is a nuance here. If you dye with natural dyes, you will have to keep the eggs in the solution for at least a day, add vinegar to enhance. But even after these ordeals, the eggs will still not be bright. Naturally, only white shells are suitable for such dyes.
However, in 2018, the most desired colors are pink and lavender. And if they are also marble, this is aerobatics.
marble eggs, by the way, they do this ... Color them in a light-colored dye (yellow, orange, blue). Let dry. Dilute in a deep narrow container (in a glass, tea cup) a dark-colored dye: purple, brown, dark blue. Add one teaspoon of vegetable oil to each cup of the dark solution. Stir so that a spoonful of oil disperses into many small oil droplets. Dip light dyes in dark dye. It's ideal to do it once.
And finally, a couple of extreme ways of painting ...
We paint with floss threads. That is, we wind multi-colored floss threads on a raw, room temperature, pre-washed egg and then boil it. It turns out very bright and interesting.
No time to paint? Just gently wrap the egg foil. It will be like from a ryaba chicken. Only not gold, but silver.
Decoupage. You will need holiday napkins and gelatin glue. We cut out a small fragment of the picture, separate the top layer with the picture from the rest of the paper, lean it against the egg and coat it with glue on top.
Finally, the strangest trend of this year. white eggs for Instagram photoshoot. I mean, they're not dyed at all. They simply set the table with poor dishes, white porcelain Easter bunnies, white ribbons and ... white eggs. We add here the usual Easter cake with white icing, bought at the nearest department store - and you're done, you are the most original of all!
