But more importantly, "C" is for candles.
Right. So first we had to find wicks and wax (and wicks and wax and wicks and wax and wicks and wax). We went to Meijer and bought some vanilla-scented Meijer brand candles for about $8, and then we bought a dozen eggs (Easter sale: $.99!) and a egg-coloring kit. Also some cream soda, but that was not for Martha purposes.
The first step when we got home was to dye the eggs.
Lookout!
And the next step was to poke holes in the top of the eggs and expand the hole until it was big enough for the egg to come out, which we set aside for cookie-baking purposes. This part was tricky because it was hard to keep shell from going in the eggs when we did it that way, but weeee managed. For the most part.
Then after thaaaaat, we needed wicks and wax, so we pulled the wicks out of the bottom of the Meijer candles, and theeen we realized we only had five wicks for twelve candles, so we had to get a little resourceful and use birthday candles. We peeled the wax off of them. It was very colorful.
Then we sliced up the candles so they'd melt easier in our makeshift double boiler.
^not potatoes
And then we poured it through a makeshift water bottle funnel into the egg shells, and then we stuck the wicks in there and waited until the wax hardened a bit before we could get the wicks in the center and straight. Once they were straight, we trimmed the wicks to a quarter inch with nail clippers.
And then the next morning I went to Jo-Ann Fabrics and found a cute wire bunny egg-holder thing. That was actually quite an ordeal. We were supposed to use "egg cups." People look at you funny when you ask if they sell egg cups.
And then cookies =D
very cute. but how did you know that jo-ann fabrics had a bunny egg holder?
ReplyDeleteI did not. I went all over the place. There were no egg cups at Meijer, and there weren't any at the Flower Factory, and then there were some bunny ones at Jo-Ann, but the basket thingy seemed more convenient =D So... process of elimination.
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