What can I do about Easter eggs?!
I'm not interested in buying vegan eggs, and anyway, that won't be a big hit with my family.
Any suggestions?
Answers: It's a family tradition in my family to color Easter eggs the night before Easter. It's a really big thing, and my mom will, to say the least, be very disappointed if I don't join in. We usually invite over friends and family to do it with us, but now I'm vegan and so I don't know what to do!
I'm not interested in buying vegan eggs, and anyway, that won't be a big hit with my family.
Any suggestions?
I've thought about this, too. It's my first Easter as a vegan and I decided to use plaster or ceramic eggs that I can decorate and that will last a long time making them more environmentally friendly than plastic eggs and better than wasting real eggs. Near my home is a place where you can go in and buy/paint just about anything, they even have several tables & chairs so you can do it right there. it's called All Fired Up and I'm sure there are one of these types of places all over the country. You can also buy the supplies and take them home or you can go to a craft store to get what you need.
So the process can be repeated each year you could sell your painted eggs after Easter on line or in garage/yard sale unless you don't make a whole bunch at one time then you could keep them or give them as gifts. I may even donate some to Goodwill.
I'm kind of wondering what vegan eggs are, too.
you can color them, just dont eat them
Why can't you decorate the eggs, being vegan? You don't have to eat them.
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paint plastic eggs! that way, you can also hide stuff inside of them ^_~! acrylic paints do well on plastic, just make sure its thick.
Just because you join in and color easter eggs with your family doesn't mean you are eating the eggs. Your family is going to do it anyway so your not the one who went and bought the eggs.
Buy some 'fake eggs' (plastic or ceramic) and paint those as your family colors and decorates the 'real eggs' ... you can still participate and have fun, and nobody says you must EAT any of the real eggs ... and if you do this with the attitude that you understand why 'eggs' are related to the Easter holiday, and you make good 'decorations' that can be added to and used EVERY year, you will be learning as well as teaching your family and friends how to have a 'deeper' Easter than just candy and hard boiled eggs.
Buy plastic eggs, fill them candy or small toys and use modeling paint to paint designs on them.
Another idea is to ask your friends and neighbors who aren't vegans to save their egg shells that are cracked in half and still able to be taped back together. You can fill these with confetti or what ever and decorate them.
have fun!!!
lay back,chill out,, enjoy
I’m sure you already understand that you don’t have to eat the eggs if you decorate them. I’m guessing your problem is that you would be implying complicity in the use of the eggs at all, as a vegan I would also be uncomfortable with that.
Check out these fun Musabi Easter Eggs on the Vegan Lunchbox! http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/2007/0...
Looks like a fun crafty project the whole family could get involved in, or they could dye their chicken’s eggs while you make your own unique creations.
ok, I am curious to know what 'vegan eggs' are.
Your local farm supply or seed store is likely to have little wooden eggs that are meant to encourage hens to lay eggs-they are inexpensive, and would be fun to decorate, without compromising your position. Perhaps you could compromise-purchase a wooden egg for each family member to decorate, then you help decorate their eggs-you dont have to eat them. Another option would be to find some local, free range eggs, which you would know came from well cared for hens. I personally see hens eggs as a gift-it does not harm the hen in any way to lay an egg, the egg is unfertilized, and would go to waste if left on the ground. I am allergic to eggs, but feed free range ones to my 13 year old veggie daughter. We will be getting a few hens next week to raise our own-and I KNOW the hens will be well cared for. If you choose to do the wooden eggs, perhaps approach it as a "special" egg to commemorate your Easter tradition-make no mention of your vegan choice, just chalk it up to doing something "different" this year. We purchased 12 of the wooden eggs and will be decorating them-it will be nice knowing they will last forever. Good luck, and happy Easter!
the tip of an egg that has been thoroughly washed and prick it WI a needle. Gently widen the hole just a bit. Then prick the other end of the egg the same way, but make the hole a little bit larger. Place your mouth over the smaller hole and blow until all the inside of the egg is out. Gently run lukewarm water with a little dish soap through the egg to clear all residue.
At this point, you can dye it as you would a boiled egg. Or you can leave the egg hollow, fill it with cotton, confetti, glitter, anything you wish. Making this kind of Easter egg can often turn into a year-round hobby in itself.
Decorating the egg with sequins, qlitter,was or drawing intricate designs on them with a wax pen and dipping them in a different color after each application of the wax
can produce an interesting nest of eggs you'll want to display year round.
I guess all you can do is watch and enjoy being with your family. Don't focus too much on the eggs. When it comes to hiding the eggs for the hunt, get some plastic eggs and put a vegan "treat" inside. Kids would rather have that than a hard boiled egg anyways!
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you can absolutely refuse to join in. there's a reason behind easter that has nothing to do with coloring eggs. if anyone complains you should remind them of that.
why dont' you askt hem (whether you join in or not) to buy free range eggs? they're still eggs as far as they're concerned right?
what the heck is a vegan egg??
why can't you make some paper mache eggs or some sugar eggs or carob eggs?