What Is Egg Decorating?
Egg decorating is the craft of adding color or texture to eggshells. In some cases, such as during the Easter holiday, hardboiled eggs are decorated. If eaten immediately or properly refrigerated, the cooked insides of the eggs are then edible once the decorated shells are removed. In other egg decoration projects, the raw inner part of the eggs is removed. This is done by mouth or with a special hand tool so that the thin, rather fragile shell can be used for egg decorating with dyes, paints or other craft materials. Some crafters prefer to decorate the raw egg first and then hollow it out so that they have a stronger surface with which to work. To remove the yolk and white from raw eggs by mouth, air is blown through holes pierced on both ends of an egg. A sewing needle can be used to make the holes as well as stir the raw egg materials inside since a broken yolk will be easier to extract. Some egg decorating crafters prefer to straighten out a paper clip to reach deeper into the raw
