On Sunday, April 1st, we learned how to decorate eggs following the Latvian tradition in a class called "Eggs Au Natural". We start with raw eggs. We used a variety of natural objects to "stick" on the egg, using water as glue. We used flower blossoms, petals, leaves, and ferns. When we had the items arranged on our eggs how we wanted them to be, we covered them with dried onion skins and wrapped them in a piece of cloth. We used thread to wrap around our little egg package to keep everything in its place. Now the eggs needed to boil!
While we waited for the eggs to boil, we were supposed to go on an egg hunt outside. However, the person in charge of the hunt was sick, so the hunt was canceled. Instead, we made baskets from paper and decorated them. Afterwards we played in the Kids Center, putting together puzzles, stacking log shaped blocks, inspecting turtle shells and animal furs, and trying on masks of various animals with the other children.
When the eggs were finished boiling, we unwrapped the cloth and discarded the onion skins and various decorative objects. After rinsing our eggs we were delighted to see our results. The eggs were very beautiful with a marble appearance.
This activity was really fun! We want to do this at home some time, and try using red onion skins instead of the yellow.
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