The boys and I attempted to make our own pysanky inspired Easter eggs after reading Patricia Polacco’s picture book Rechenka’s Eggs. It is similar to the crayon resist method, only you wipe the wax off once you have achieved the desired design and colours. Instead of using wax crayons we made our designs with oil pastels, which worked out really well.
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As my bugs and I were getting ready to decorate eggs for Easter, I embraced a teachable moment by asking them whether they thought eggs were strong or weak. With little hesitation, both M and B replied that eggs were definitely weak. They’ve helped me in the kitchen numerous times, and cracking eggs is by far their favourite culinary skill (other than tasting of course), so they thought my question was a bit bizarre. Of course they’re weak mom! We’ve broken dozens on the floor… They didn’t believe me when I told them that eggs are actually very strong, so I challenged them to try to break an egg by squeezing it between their hands.
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