We Can't Believe We Never Thought of Painting Eggs This Way

You don't need an artist's steady hand to paint these graphic stripes on Easter eggs. The trick to uniform bands is a notched cardboard box, which helps control the egg and paintbrush.

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Materials
Small square cardboard box
Awl or corkscrew tip
Wooden skewer
Blown-out egg, with holes centered at top and bottom. (Learn how to blow out eggs here.)
Adhesive putty
Paintbrush
Craft paint

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1. Cut three pointed notches in one side of box, as shown.

2. With awl, punch holes on opposite sides of box, 1 inch below top edge, as shown.

3. Push skewer in 1 side of box, then through holes in egg (enlarge as needed), then through other side of box.

4. Knead 2 chunks of putty until soft. Pinch onto skewer and each end of egg to hold in place.

5. Dip brush in water, then in paint. (The larger the brush, the wider the stripe will be.) Hold brush handle in a notch, with bristles resting on egg. Use other hand to turn skewer to make a stripe. Repeat in other notches for more stripes. Let dry.

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