Colored Egg Ornaments by Morgan

I used to make these when I was in High School. They were fun because it was easy but also ended up looking kind of refined.

Unfortunately I have no photos left, but the directions should explain it all.

You need:

Egg dyeing kits
White eggs
Long sewing needle
Thread
Beads
Decorations (glitter, shiny things, etc)
Ornament hangers or wire or jump rings

*First, dye your eggs according to the instructions on the package and give them a chance to dry.

*Once the eggs are totally dry, very gently poke a hole into each end of the egg. You're going to blow into one hole so that the yolk comes out on the other side. It takes a few eggs to get this right and you can experiment with hole size.

Before you try this on your colored eggs, practice on some of the eggs that didn't turn out so well.

*most of the yolk is out of your egg now. Try running some water through the hole to clean out the rest of it. Hopefully your dye won't run.

*You can reverse the steps so that you empty the egg out first, but it is really difficult to dye an empty egg because it will rise to the top of the liquid dye and make it hard to get a consistent color.

*let the egg dry again and add your glitter, sparkles, or whatever else you have that you think would look AMAZING on an egg.

*Now you have an empty, decorated egg. Now what? Take your thread and your long needle and pull the thread from one hole in the egg to the other. You'll need to thread a thick bead at the bottom of the egg and knot it. It needs to be thicker than the hole that you made, otherwise your egg will slide off the thread. You can also cover the top of the string with beads.

*decide how long you want the thread to be. Vary the hanging lengths of your eggs to make it visually interesting.

*To keep the craft cheap, find any sort of metal wire, ornament hanger, metal loops, etc that you can use to hang these beautiful eggs. Tie the thread to the wire and you should be finished!

Ta da!

And ornaments aren't just for trees! You can hang them from windows, fireplaces, backyard plants! Keep the spring spirit going for months!