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Easter is coming up and I don't know
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about you but I love adding a little
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extra Sparkle to my holiday traditions I
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always look for fun ways to get creative
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and this year I knew I had to make gold
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painted Easter eggs with my daughter
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this year my daughter and I are making
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gold painted Easter eggs together and
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trust me you don't need any fancy tools
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just a few simple ingredients a little
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creativity and a willingness to embrace
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some inevitable messiness and you'll
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have stunning golden eggs that look
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straight out of a designer Easter basket
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in first things first make sure your
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eggs are hard boiled and completely
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cooled you can leave them plain white
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for that elegant classic look or you can
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dye them first for a pop of color
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underneath the gold if you're not sure
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how to dye eggs check out my dying
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Easter eggs with food coloring guide
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foolproof next I grab my materials and
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get everything set up you'll need half a
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tablespoon of gold luster powder dust
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you'll also need half a teaspoon of
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clear vanilla extract or
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vodka now let's mix up some golden
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magic grab a small small glass pinch
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Bowl add gold Luster Dust to the Bowl
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pour in clear vanilla extract or vodka
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if you're feeling extra fancy take a
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cake painting brush and Stir It Up Until
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you get this gorgeous shimmering Liquid
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Gold if you're using vodka instead of
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vanilla keep in mind it evaporates
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faster so you might need to add more as
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you go honestly this part always feels
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like I'm making some kind of Royal
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Elixir it's just so pretty I half expect
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a tiny Golden Dragon to pop out and
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wishes all right now I'm really excited
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this is the fun part set up your
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painting station by placing a cooling
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rack over a baking sheet lined with
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paper towels this makes clean up super
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easy grabb a few cake painting brushes
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so you can try out Different Strokes and
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effects oh and if you don't want Golden
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Hands for the rest of the day vinyl
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gloves might be a good idea of course my
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daughter immediately decided she needed
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to F the gold with her hands and went in
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barehanded I just know I'll be paying
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for this later her adorable little
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Little Golden handprints are bound to
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show up on my walls the fridge and
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probably the dog but hey memories are
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worth a little redecorating right dip
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your brush into the gold paint and start
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pain in your eggs you can go for a solid
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gold look add gentle brush stroke
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textures or even flick the brush to
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create gold Speckles this part got
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pretty messy for us especially since my
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daughter was helping me paint
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at one point she was more gold than the
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eggs and honestly I considered just
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rolling with it and calling her a
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limited edition Easter statue and just
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when I thought we had reached Peak chaos
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rogue the eggs were no longer enough she
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decided our table her arms and even the
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poor dog needed a golden
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touch at that point I had two choices
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stop her or embrace the madness spoiler
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alert I let it happen watching her
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cackle as she turned everything in sight
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Masterpiece was probably the best part
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of the whole project sure our kitchen
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looked like a Midas explosion but
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honestly it was worth every second
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watching her giggle as she accident
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accidentally covered her her hands in
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Gold seeing her excitement when she
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finished painting an egg it made the
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whole experience even more special yes
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it was a little chaotic but that's what
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I still remember the first time we
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started painting Easter eggs as a family
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it was a few years ago and I was
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determined to make Easter extra special
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for my daughter I had this vision of
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beautifully painted eggs an Instagram
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worthy moment and a peaceful crafting
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session spoiler alert that's not how it
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went as I helped my daughter with her
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first egg painting experience I couldn't
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help but be flooded with childhood
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memories of painting eggs with my mom we
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didn't have fancy gold paint or a
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variety of colors but it was still so
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much fun and Incredibly memorable back
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then we painted our eggs using natural
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ingredients and the most common one was
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onion peels from Golden onions they gave
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the eggs a beautiful warm brown color oh
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those sweet memories instead it was an
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absolute mess in the best way possible
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my daughter just a toddler at the time
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thought the egg dye was juice thankfully
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I caught her before she took a sip and
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she ended up with more paint on her
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hands than on the eggs I spent more time
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wiping up spills and fishing eggs out of
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D Cups than actually painting but we
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laughed the entire time that's when I
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realized that Easter egg painting isn't
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is n about perfection it's about making
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once I'm happy with my masterpiece and
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the fact that my daughter hasn't painted
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the entire kitchen goal I set the eggs
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on a cooling rack and let them dry
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completely this usually takes around 20
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minutes if you notice any spots looking
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a little thin feel free to add
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another coat for uh an extra luxurious
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finish also resist the urge to test if
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they're dry by uh touching them we
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learned the hard way that impatience
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leads to fingerprint textured eggs and
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just like that your gold painted Easter
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eggs are done they're perfect for
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dressing up your Easter baskets using as
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centerpieces or even gifting to friends
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and family just don't try to use them as
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currency turns out grocery stores don't
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accept golden eggs who knew
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and there I have it gold painted Easter
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eggs that are classy creative and
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ridiculously easy to make but more than
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that they're an opportunity to make
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memories with your loved ones painting
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these with my daughter was my favorite
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it was messy it was fun and it was a
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reminder that the best part of any
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project is the time spent together if
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you're looking for another fun and messy
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project to do with kids check out my
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carrot chocolate covered pretzels
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tutorial it's just as easy and just as
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fun if you give this a try let me know
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how it turned out in the comments don't
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