Slavic Fairy Tales Egg Sleeves

Description

These beautiful egg wrappers feature a variety of Slavic Folktales & Magic!

If you’re a lazy witch like me & tired of the mess of dying eggs the traditional way, then you should try these easy to use Easter Egg Wraps that will turn your plain old eggs into decorated beauties in seconds. They’re super easy to use simply slip a large raw egg in the wrapper, dip it into boiling water with a spoon and wait until the wrap shrinks around the egg. It only takes about 3 seconds, and you’ll have wonderfully decorated eggs you won’t believe. Don’t mess with the hassle of dyed eggs. With this kit, you’ll have lovely decorated eggs in no time.

In Slavic folklore eggs are considered magical objects, a source of life. The egg was also honored during rite-of-Spring festivals––it represented the rebirth of the earth. The long, hard winter was over; the earth burst forth and was reborn just as the egg miraculously burst forth with life. The egg therefore, was believed to have special powers. With the advent of Christianity, via a process of religious syncretism, the symbolism of the egg was changed to represent, not nature’s rebirth, but the rebirth of man. Christians embraced the egg symbol and likened it to the tomb from which Christ rose. With the acceptance of Christianity in 988, the decorated pysanka, in time, was adapted to play an important role in Ukrainian rituals of the new religion. Many symbols of the old sun worship survived and were adapted to represent Easter and Christ’s Resurrection.

In modern times, the art of the pysanka was carried abroad by Ukrainian emigrants to North and South America, where the custom took hold, and concurrently banished in Ukraine by the Soviet regime (as a religious practice), where it was nearly forgotten. Museum collections were destroyed both by war and by Soviet cadres. Since Ukrainian Independence in 1991, there has been a rebirth of this folk art in its homeland, and a renewal of interest in the preservation of traditional designs and research into its symbolism and history.

Instructions:
0. Hard Boil your Eggs first so you can take them to work or school with pretty wrappers. <3 or you can poke a hole on the top and bottom of the egg and blow the yolk out to keep your eggs forever.  (Personal Choice of The Witch)
1. Choose “Large” size raw eggs
2. Slip egg into the wrapper.
3. Place egg on spoon and dip into boiling water until it shrinks around the egg in about 3 seconds

Caution: Due to use of boiling water, adult supervision is required.

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