Easter Workshop
One of the most beautiful Romanian Easter traditions is painting the eggs. Our Religious Education teacher had the great idea of teaching us how to paint eggs. We brought fresh white eggs and red, yellow and orange food dye. Our teacher brought an implement called a condei or chisita (a small wood stick with a sharp point at the end) used for drawing patterns on the eggs and some melted wax. We started our workshop activities. Here are the steps:
- Blowing eggs: Wash the egg and prick top and bottom with a thick needle or hatpin. Peel away a little shell at the base. Holding the egg over a bowl, seal your lips over the top and blow hard. The white and yolk of the egg will come out in a rush! Rinse the shell carefully in cold water and prop up to dry.
- Painting eggs: Heat the melted wax. Dip the “condei” in the wax and cover the little holes made by the needle. Then paint patterns.
- Dying eggs: Dilute food dye in hot water. Dip eggs in dye (first yellow, then red and so on) .The wax seals the dye so you can dip the egg in several colours without them running into one another.
- Cleaning the wax: Heat the painted egg a little. Wipe it with a piece of warm soft cloth.
Our work is ready. Do you like our painted eggs?
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