Guest guest Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Hi All, We need to color easter eggs this year to make my boyfriends mom happy! What I would love to get is some kind of eggs that we can paint on and then wash off and reuse next year. Does this exist? If not any other ideas? Many thanks in advance, Elisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 We use the wooden eggs. I usually find them at Michaels and they are not too expensive. They have different sizes so I usually get the small ones for my kids and the bigger one for me. We paint them with acrylic paint, glitter, stickers etc. I don't think you can wash these off but I save them, name and date them every year to see the progress in my kids. Its really fun! I only do one for each kids per year, which works out good for me because they really take their time and create " masterpieces " , and then I don't have too many by the time they are older! Then every year I bring out the whole collection so the easter bunny can hide them! My kids are 4 and 6 so this has been working really good for me so far. Then I usually get a few plastic eggs to put candy in for them also. *Anna Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry " ejsrejsr " <elisaelisa Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:45:30 Vegan Easter Eggs Hi All, We need to color easter eggs this year to make my boyfriends mom happy! What I would love to get is some kind of eggs that we can paint on and then wash off and reuse next year. Does this exist? If not any other ideas? Many thanks in advance, Elisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Each year we make and paint the clay eggs, using PETA's recipe. Turns out great and the kids love doing it. You can find the recipe here (yes, you need to go to the site, it won't kill you!): http://www.peta.org/feat/easter/egg.html Jacqueline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Hi Elisa, You could just get plastic eggs at a craft store and paint them with a water-proof, washable paint like maybe tempera? And wash them for next year. Or, we’ve done the wooden ones others have mentioned – it’s a nice kid’s art piece to keep. Or you could paint the wooden ones and then paint over them with a coat of white or a solid color after this year and repaint next year, if you really want to redo them. I’m sort of happy each year to take them out and say, there, that’s done. :-) (though, we’re lacto-ovos, so we still dye a very few real eggs, too … but at least more than ½ the job is done upon opening a cupboard and taking out the wooden and plastic ones we have!) :-) Have fun, Lorraine On Behalf Of ejsrejsr Monday, February 15, 2010 9:46 PM Vegan Easter Eggs Hi All, We need to color easter eggs this year to make my boyfriends mom happy! What I would love to get is some kind of eggs that we can paint on and then wash off and reuse next year. Does this exist? If not any other ideas? Many thanks in advance, Elisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Thanks everyone! My mom sent me this link this morning too about painting wooden eggs. It sounds great! about the clay eggs. do these last, or do they rot? it sounds like a fun idea too! thanks to you all again, elisa , " Jacqueline Bodnar " <jb wrote: > > Each year we make and paint the clay eggs, using PETA's recipe. Turns > out great and the kids love doing it. You can find the recipe here (yes, > you need to go to the site, it won't kill you!): > http://www.peta.org/feat/easter/egg.html > > Jacqueline > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 They don't last. For us, they lasted maybe a month or so and then they get kind of brittle and start to fall apart. So we toss them. But they have a lot of fun painting them, so it fills the need there. I may check into the wood ones this year. I like the idea of being able to save it. Although I'd only want them to each do one or two wooden eggs... how many do you really need to save?! Jacqueline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 thanks again everyone! I think we will go for the wooden ones and save one each year, it sounds like fun idea! thanks again for all of the ideas Elisa , Missie <mszzzi wrote: > > We do the wooden ones as well. Don't hide them. We do fill some plastic ones > and my in-laws have been quite creative in giving non-candy or chocolate > gifts. We do get some vegan chocolates and other natural candies but not too > much. Plus a book or a couple, and a few little toys or one larger one. > Nothing too crazy. Oh and a toothbrush. One pack for easter and one at > christmas. LOL I tend to find some crazy ones,too. Hee. > > I haven't found a perfect substitute for my grandma's pickled beats though. > Tofu works ok, I guess. LOL. > > On Feb 17, 2010 10:12 PM, " Jacqueline Bodnar " <jb > wrote: > > > > They don't last. For us, they lasted maybe a month or so and then they > get kind of brittle and start to fall apart. So we toss them. But they > have a lot of fun painting them, so it fills the need there. I may check > into the wood ones this year. I like the idea of being able to save it. > Although I'd only want them to each do one or two wooden eggs... how > many do you really need to save?! > > Jacqueline > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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