How do you make Ukraine Easter eggs?

How to Make Pysanky

  1. Lightly pencil a design on a washed and dried, uncooked white egg.
  2. Heat the bowl of the kitska over a candle, use it to scoop up a little beeswax, heat the kitska again, and draw melted beeswax on the parts of the design that should stay white.

How do you make patterned Easter eggs?

To create patterns with rubber bands, gently stretch rubber bands around cooled and dried undyed eggs. To create patterns with stickers, gently press stickers on to the cooled and dried eggs. Once your eggs have been decorated with butter, rubber bands, or stickers, dye them according to the instructions below.

How are Ukrainian eggs decorated?

But they’re not actually painted, Ukrainian-American ethnographer and artist Sofika Zielyk explains. You write the designs on the egg, using melted beeswax and a stylus, and then dip the egg in colored dye, repeating the process over and over again to get your desired result.

How do you make pysanky for kids?

A Child-Friendly Pysanky Egg Using Melted Wax

  1. Melt wax to use as a resist for the dye.
  2. After the wax melts use a tool to apply wax to the egg.
  3. Dye the egg, taking care to start with lighter colors.
  4. Add more wax before dying again.
  5. When finished remove the wax.

How long does it take to make a Ukrainian Easter egg?

Some dyes will make a decent color in just 15-20 seconds. Others take 5-10 minutes. For a strong color, you may have to leave an egg in the dye for quite some time!

How do you make pysanky eggs for kids?

How do you make colored Easter eggs?

In small bowl or cup, stir together 1/2 cup boiling water, vinegar, and food coloring. Immerse eggs in dye, turning occasionally to ensure even coating, until desired color, about 5 minutes. Using slotted spoon or tongs, remove eggs from dye and transfer to rack to drain. Refrigerate when dry.

How do you add patterns to dyed eggs?

Mix one teaspoon of vinegar and 20 drops of food coloring (use more to intensify color) in one cup of hot water in a heatproof bowl, cup, or jar deep enough to let you submerge an egg completely. To create different tints, vary the dipping time. Using tongs makes handling the eggs easy.