Lush scarlet eggs glued to a silvery grape-wood wreath create a crisp, welcoming image. This one features both hollowed chicken eggs and quail eggs, whose speckled shells truly look like art once they’ve been dyed red.

Materials

  • 1 dozen brown eggs
  • 2 dozen quail eggs
  • Craft knife
  • 1 paper clip, straightened
  • Rubber ear syringe (available at drugstores)
  • Heatproof bowl
  • White vinegar
  • Red food coloring
  • Olive oil
  • Grape-wood wreath
  • Hot-glue gun

Instructions

Step 1

Empty the raw eggs: Pierce the top and bottom of each with the craft knife, turning the knife in one hole to widen it slightly. Poke the paper clip through one hole; stir to break up the yolk. Hold the egg over a bowl, with the larger hole facing down, and blow the contents out with the syringe.
   
Step 2

In the heatproof bowl, mix 1 teaspoon of vinegar with 20 drops of food coloring for every cup of hot tap water. Submerge the egg for at least 10 minutes. (To dye many eggs at once, put them in the bowl and weigh them down by nesting an empty bowl inside of the heatproof one.)

Step 3

Remove the eggs from the dye; let dry on a drying rack. Pour a little olive oil onto a paper towel and rub the eggs to create a slight sheen.

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Step 4

With the glue gun, attach the eggs to the wreath. Let dry before hanging.

via marthastewart