Decorated Easter eggs are on display in the ‘Kratz-Workshop’, a decorative scratching workshop for Easter eggs, which introduces the traditional method of scribbing and scratching at the Oberschlesischen Landesmuseum (Upper Silesian state museum) in Ratingen, Germany, 31 March 2012. The museum hosts the exhibition ‘Allerl (ei)’, which features traditional methods and techniques of decorating Easter eggs and runs until 29 April 2012. Horst Ossinger/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: dpaphotos669127
Whether you’re trying to illustrate a story about the origin of painting eggs, or you need help showing the variety of ways to decorate eggs as an Easter tradition, or if you’re just bored and want to find some cool Easter pics, this blog post should help you get started.
Once you look at a few pictures of decorated eggs, they all start to look the same … but I’ve pulled out 15 pictures that are both classic Easter eggs and also show creativity with these poultry products. But if you want to go for a more religious Easter story, Newscom has great art images that could help you tell the story. Or if you wanted to show kids getting excited about the Easter bunny, Newscom has a great selection there too.
When making bright and marbled Easter eggs, be sure to add enough water to make the liquid deep enough to cover the egg. MCT/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: krtphotoslive543052
Coloured Easter eggs are situated on a meadow covered in snow in Sieversdorf, Germany, 08 April 2012. Patrick Pleul/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom. Fit on Newscom.com: dpaphotos671377
A composite picture shows individually designed eggs for the Easter celebration in an exhibition at the local museum in Germany. Patrick Pleul/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: dpaphotos375209
Easter eggs. imago stock&people/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: imagostock195723
Easter eggs in a basket. Darren Greenwood/Design Pics/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: depphotos009842
Traditionally decorated Easter eggs are displayed on a table at Kuznia Kurpiowska, a museum in the ethnic region of Kurpie in Pniewo, near Pultusk, 70 km (45 miles) north from Warsaw, April 4, 2012. In Kurpie, traditional Easter eggs are decorated with white bulrush pith and colored wool, which are glued to the egg shell. KACPER PEMPEL/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: rtrlfive167787
Ukrainian Easter eggs, or Pysankas, created by travelling artist Darius, are seen in Rome, Italy, April 7, 2012. Traditional folk designs are painted with wax-resist method on real eggs to make a Pysanka. Wang Qingqin/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: ptsphotoshot772399
All 210 handcrafted eggs from the Big Egg Hunt come together in Covent Garden for the first and last time. Alex Lentati/ZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: zumawirewestphotossix468279
Egg dyed with blueberry. Tom Wallace/MCT/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mctentertainingphotos001357
decorated easter eggs; edmonton, alberta, canada. Design Pics/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: depphotos116864
Easter in Poland. Henryk T. Kaiser Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: scphotos035465
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