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You know what, at our school, we've founded a club for really creative and highly imaginative activities. We call it the 'Artrageous Club'. In this we conduct activities and come up with topics for discussion that might seem 'outrageous' to common people, but for us it is highly rewarding and that's why we call it 'artrageous'. 
What I am sharing with you this time after having shared the 'artrageous' speech made by the founder of this club, Yoyo and our first artrageous activity, is one of my personal favorites. 
This section is only for the artrageous guys like our pals and us. Try out the activities we would put up through this section and experience for yourself the reward of coming up with something absolutely new. 
If you have something artrageous to share with us, write to me now to swami@swamifor kids.com
If Yoyo and his team find the idea or the picture or story 'artrageous' enough, we'll put it up here with your name and you can be a part of our artrageous club.		 ARCHIVES
check out our new ARCHIVES section where u can find the OLD ones !!
1.The inaugural project

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My favorite kitchen project
Artrageous project - 
The egg's shape has often inspired artists. It has been the palette for one of the most intriguing of folk arts in many cultures.
There is literally no end to the creative possibilities for individual expression on an eggshell. Try out our artrageous egg experiment. It's wonderful !

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Materials you need: 
A few hard-boiled eggs / eggshells
Water
Vinegar 
Crayons / Felt pens
Natural colors / dyes any of the ones mentioned below
Material Color 
Fresh beets or radishes or frozen raspberries Pinkish red 
Ground turmeric Yellow 
Spinach leaves Pale green 
Strong brewed coffee Beige to brown 
Chili powder Brown-orange 
Purple or red grape juice Grey 
The Project: 
Eggs can be painted or colored with crayons or felt-tipped pens, turned into funny faces, topped with fantastic hats, trimmed with feathers or sequins or simply dyed in an endless variety of hues. However you decide to do it, decorating eggs is real fun for all. 
Remember some of the tips we learnt during our experiment and use your creativity to give the eggs an artrageous look.

* Eggs to be decorated may be either hard-cooked eggs or empty eggshells. The hard-cooked variety is a bit sturdier for children to use, while empty shells are best if you're making an egg tree or want to keep the eggs on display for a considerable time.

* If eggs are to be dyed, washing in a mild detergent solution helps to remove the oil coating so that the color adheres more evenly. Food coloring can be used to color but some of our young craftsmen at Gurukul, prefer to experiment with their own colors from nature. 

* Eggs simmered in water to cover for 15 minutes with 1 tablespoon of white vinegar for each cup of water and your choice of one of the materials below will produce a shade of the color shown. You'll have to use your own judgement about quantities. This is an art-not a science!

* When you finish, put a title on your new creation and show it to someone. If they say, "that's outrageous!" Tell them, "No, that's artrageous!"

And that's exactly what we would try to do, bring about and think of more such artrageous ideas through different exercises, in this section of Artrageous Imagination.