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Now comes thefun part. This is where the bulk of the
work is.
The main idea is to put wax whereever you want the egg
to stay the color it currently is. For example: before
dying at all, you would apply wax to whatever areas of
the egg you wish to stay white. Then you would dye it
yellow (according to the color order), and apply wx to
the area's of the egg you want to stay yellow.
I know I know. Your asking, "But how do I get wax
on my egg?". Well first off, it helps to be
prepaerd. Cover your work area with newspaper. After all,
we don't want melted wax all over your grandmothers
antique oak dinning table do we? Then, grab your candle,
your stylus and a clump of bee'swax. Light the candle,
and heat the head of the stylus in the flame for a few
seconds; then scoop some beeswax into the stylus, and
heat it, until the wax becomes black and ink-like. Then
its easy. Just draw on your egg, as stated above until
you run out of "ink" and get some more heated
wax until you cover whatever you want to stay the current
color.
TIP: If you mess up, you can burn the wax off of the
egg with the candle flame. Be careful though. make sure
you cover all the old colors before you dye again!
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