The saying “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,” goes on to say that defining beauty can be tough!
However, God’s words can lead us to discover what our individual meaning of beauty truly is, and should be: that is avoid just looking at physical appearance, because God looks at the heart in all people and things.
These Bible verses can help you find the real beauty in yourself, in others, and in everything that surrounds us.
Genesis 1: 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them
Ephians 2: 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do
Psalm 139: 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
1Samual 16: 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
Isaiah 40: 8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
Today’s Craft… get ready to dye your eggs!
Dyeing and decorating eggs is a favourite Easter tradition and a fun activity to do with the children. You can use liquid food colouring but we love using natural options like vegetables because they create gorgeous, subtle natural colours. Using natural ingredients also provides a perfect opportunity for a science lesson for your children who will learn about the natural colours in foods.
Method:
If you have access to different types of eggs (quail, chicken, goose, duck) you can create a stunning table centrepiece by incorporating a range of sizes.
First make your dye. You can make separate batches of different colours or one large batch of a single colour. Follow the ratios above if making more or less dye.
I had seen this technique before but had never tried it. Today was the day! First we boiled chopped up red cabbage, onion skins and chopped beets each in their own pot (covered with enough water that when you add the eggs later they will be covered). Let them boil for aboiut 20 – 30min. and then let cool a bit. Add 4TBS. vinegar to each pot. While these pots are boiling up prep your eggs. note you can use brown or white eggs but be aware that brown eggs will change the end colour result
Take a pair of nylons and cut the toes out a few inches to make a pocket, then place pieces of any interesting herb or flower petal in the nylons around the egg and then tie off tightly with a twist tie. I used dill, parsley, mint and strawberry leaves .
| Here are the eggs getting kitted out in their herb and stocking outfits |  |
| This is a close up of the dill wrapped around the egg, try to get the leaves separated, it will give a better effect. |  |
Once they are ready, place them in your dye of choice and bring back up to a slow boil for about twenty min.
You can let them sit in the dye bath longer if you want more vibrant colours.
Remove the nylons and herbs, pat dry and rub with oil.
The cabbage makes the blue colour. Try two-tone eggs by first putting in the onion skins – then I took them out, unwrapped them and put them in the cabbage pot.
| Cabbage dye with dill fronds |  |
| Onion skin dye with parsley leaf. |  |
TRY….
- Red or pink colouring – adding shredded beetroot or red onion skins to the water;
- Purple colouring –red cabbage
- Yellow – add two tablespoons of turmeric to the water to create yellow eggs;
- Blue colouring – add blueberries,
- Green colouring – add spinach to the water,
- Orange tinge – add brown onion skins