El Easter egg It is a gastronomic tradition of the Easter festival in many countries. In Spain, pastry shops decorate monas and other typical sweets with Easter eggs and there are many countries in both Europe and Latin America where chocolate eggs are exchanged.
Tradition also invites you to decorate eggs at this time using different techniques. Stained or painted, They can be a great ally to decorate our table on dates as important as Easter. Do you want to know how? We show you simple ideas to do it.
Create centerpieces with decorated Easter eggs is really simple. For this you will need some boiled eggs, dyes, paints or glitter to give them color and / or some seasonal flowers to compose centers like the ones you see in the images and in which you can be inspired.
Hyacinth bulbs, tulips, pansies, San José flowers and other wild flowers are the best option to make original centerpieces. It is necessary to choose small size flowers if you want to use the eggs as a pot. Place these on an egg cup or the same dishes that you are going to put on the table and you will surprise everyone.
For this purpose you can use natural eggs, although they will always give a more original touch to your table. decorated eggs. Decorate them if you are going to present them on egg cups, in glass containers or in the shape of a tree, falling from dry branches or with spring shoots.
How to decorate them? You can paint them by hand and impregnate them with glitter. You can also dye them in a bowl using nail polish as dyes. And if you like more elaborate motifs you can always use patterned paper napkins and a bit of glue to wrap them.
These are just a few ideas, work creatively!