Easter eggs: krasanki, pysanki, krapanka ...

There is a legend that, after learning aboutResurrection of Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene came to the Roman emperor Tiberius. She handed him an egg with the words: "Christ is Risen!". The Emperor did not believe it, saying that it is impossible, as well as the fact that a white egg in front of him can not turn red. At the same time, the egg in Mary Magdalene's hand became scarlet.

It is believed that from that time on there was a custompaint eggs for Easter. Red color symbolizes a new life, because through the Resurrection of Christ the world was born anew. But at the same time, the red color and blood shed by Jesus Christ in the name of redemption of the sins of the human world.

In our time it is customary to paint eggs not only inred, but also in other colors. So, onion husks - all known natural dye - gives a copper or bronze shade. Beets, blueberries or currants paint eggs in red and burgundy color, carrots - in red-orange. Green eggs are obtained if they are stained with fresh greenery of nettle or spinach, and blue ones with red cabbage.

For gloss painted eggs can be wiped with a cloth soaked in vegetable oil.

Such natural dyes are absolutely harmless -they can be colored eggs intended for consumption. Also, you can color Easter eggs with special food colors, which are abundantly sold in all shops and markets before Easter.

You can decorate not only the "edible" Easter eggs, but also literally make masterpieces of empty eggs: pysanka, camouflage, tritupants etc. For this, there are many special techniques.

To prepare an egg for painting, it is necessary to make a small needlea hole in the top or bottom of the shell, the egg slightly shake. Through the hole, the protein and yolk will flow out and the egg will be ready for further work.

Now you can start creativity. "Inedible" Easter eggs can be painted and painted with anything: watercolor, gouache, even acrylic paints.

For example, very simple in the performance of egg-krapanka. On the shell hot wax (you can take and paraffin from the candle) is applied a pattern, even if in the form of simple droplets (crusts). After this, the egg is dipped in a cold dye for a long time. When the dye is fixed, the egg can be lowered into hot water so that the wax dissolves. On the spot drops of wax will remain unpainted specks.

By the same principle, adhesive stripstape that does not let water pass. A simple intersecting lines can be obtained with the help of ordinary white threads of different thickness: tightly wrapping the threads of the egg, it must be lowered into the dye. Even prints of leaves can be obtained on Easter eggs, if you attach to them the leaves of any plants and, tightly tying with gauze or threads, boil in the dye.

Another interesting kind of Easter eggs is trash. To create tritupants on a colored surface, various patterns are scratched using a needle or other sharp objects.

Easter eggs can be used not only to decorate a festive table. You can decorate them with a twig of a tree, turn them into funny little animals: a rabbit, pig, chicken. Such crafts will become a wonderful decoration of the room for the holiday of the Bright Resurrection of Christ.