How to Throw an Egg Decorating Party

Decorating eggs for Easter is a tradition that stretches as far back as early Pagan celebrations. The act of decorating eggs is supposed to be a group activity to bring people together during the holidays. Gather as many friends and children as you can to participate in an egg decorating flurry.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Eggs
• Decorating supplies
• Invitations
• Dyeing cups
• Plastic tablecloth

1. Choose a weekend day before Easter to invite your friends and local children over for an egg decorating party. Take a photo of a plain, undecorated egg and use the photo as the front of your invitation. Tell your invitees that this and other eggs might be ashamed to go naked this Easter, won’t they come over and help you clothe these eggs in striking colors and patterns?
2. Send the invitations two weeks beforehand so you know how many eggs you should buy for the party. Let your guests know that this will be an early afternoon party. Consider serving tea and sandwiches at your party.
3. Plan on each person dying six to eight eggs. Buy the amount of eggs you need at least three days before the party.
4. Buy any decorating supplies you will want for your party. Some ideas for supplies include: food coloring dye, crayons, non-toxic markers, stickers, easily removable masking tape, small dried leaves and flowers, non-toxic glue, etc.
5. Use your imagination when buying supplies to decorate eggs. You might want to try masking parts of the egg, dying it, then pulling the masking tape off and dying it a different color. Or possibly dye an egg, then glue or tie a string over the egg to make the decoration. The more variety of supplies you have, the more imaginative the eggs will be.
6. Purchase small wooden baskets, plastic grass and holiday-related candy. Buy enough baskets for each of your party guests.
7. Hard boil the eggs you will need the day before your party. See the Related eHow articles section to find out how to perfectly hard boil eggs.
8. Assemble your small baskets by filling them with equal amounts of grass and candy. Set these aside for the day of the party.
9. Early the day of the party make any food or sandwiches you are serving for your guests. Cover and refrigerate the sandwiches until your guests arrive. See the Related eHow articles section for tea sandwich recipes.
10. Choose a table that will be large enough for all of your guests to easily sit around. Cover the table with a plastic tablecloth. Place all of the decorating supplies in the middle of the table.
11. Thirty minutes before your guests, begin making different colors of dye in different ceramic or disposable cups. Follow the directions on the dye. Keep the cups of dye in a place where if they spilled, they will not damage any surfaces permanently. Consider also placing newspaper under the egg dying area.
12. When your guests first start arriving, ask if they want any beverages that you have available. The tea and sandwiches will come while the eggs are drying from decorating.
13. Set your guests up around a table. Place at each setting a small bowl filled with an equal amount of undecorated eggs; start with three eggs at each place.
14. Invite your guests to begin dying eggs in any manner they wish. Invite them to let their imaginations go when decorating the eggs.
15. After all of the eggs are dyed and are drying, start brewing a pot of tea for your guests. A good choice for an afternoon tea is a black tea blend, such as Earl Grey or English Breakfast tea. Follow the directions on the tea to brew it properly.
16. Ask your guests if they want any tea or sandwiches and serve them.
17. After the eggs are done drying, have your guests add any extra touches that they wish to the eggs with the remaining art supplies.
18. Ask each person to display their favorite egg when all of the eggs are completely decorated. Consider taking a photo of each person holding their favorite egg. If you have the capability, send each person home with a copy of their personal photo.
19. Thank everyone for joining you in decorating eggs and have everyone take their eggs home in their personal baskets that you created.

Tips & Warnings

• Adding a teaspoon of vinegar to the dye and water will brighten the dye and make it last longer on the egg.
• Search the Internet for ideas on different egg decorating techniques if you are unsure about what kinds of art supplies you should offer.
• You also can purchase the pre-made egg decorating kits, but make sure to buy several different kinds so you have a large amount of different art supplies available to your guests.

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