The easter egg tree
It is Easter time! This is time to rejoice and celebrate the victory of
life over death, according to the Christian belief. This is the time there
is new and fresh flowers bloom in vibrant colors and bring joy to the beholder.
The celebration of new life and heralding the continuance of the progeny
in all living beings is the Easter spirit is all about that is in practice
for over thousands of years. Generally its time for merry making and coming
together of loved ones. The atmosphere is filled with fun and activities
involving the kids and the elders alike enjoying games, contests
and exchanging gifts and so on. The Easter decoration sparks off loads of
ideas and joyous activities for the families. .
Easter is celebrated around March 22nd every year by Christians all over the world. It is to celebrate the return of spring year after year. The Saxons believed that by worshipping the Goddess of fertility Eastre, the return of spring can be ensured. The spring season signifies new life and they related it to fertility and offspring. The festival of Easter was held every year thus became a celebration of life. Later on, Easter became a religious festival to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Easter is symbolized by a colorful basket with dyed hollow eggs nestled in a bed of bright and shining grass vibrantly decorated by ribbons and bows.
The customs Ever since Easter celebrations started, the Easter eggs had been the major part of the celebrations. The eggs are believed to be the symbols of new life. It has been the custom to gift eggs at the spring time celebrations. The bunny carrying the eggs is the symbol of Easter as rabbit was the favorite animal of goddess Eastre, according to one legend. Another says that a woman who dyed the eggs for her children hid them in a nest and when the children saw a rabbit moving away from the nest filed with eggs and thought they were brought by the rabbit. Thus decoration of eggs takes prominence in the The Easter egg tree celebrations. The eggs are colored, painted and designs added to it and beautifully made into egg trees or gifted in the Easter baskets along with chocolates and other goodies to the near and dear ones. The children love to indulge in the fun activities related to the celebration of Easter. They dye the eggs and make them into egg trees and set them in baskets of different hues and varieties. The Ukrainians celebrate Easter as a major festival with grandeur. The decoration of eggs is carried out in a big way. The eggs dyed in plain and pastel colors and simple designs are known as Krasanki. The brightly decorated eggs with special designs taking more hours to prepare are named as Pysanki. The custom of olden era Ukrainians especially unmarried women was to drop the highly decorated pysankis with their names inscribed on them into a stream with the hope that they would be found by the suitable men.
The Easter egg tree is a different custom
that originated from the European Countries, namely Germany and Ukraine. It
spread to the US when Katherine Milhous childrens book The
egg tree gained overwhelming popularity. The Egg tree custom took roots
and given way to many ideas for decorating the Easter eggs as well as the
Easter egg tree. The whole family finds joy in making them together and spending
time together during the Easter holiday though the tradition started only
in the recent times. In the same way the coloring of eggs and decoration with
leafless trees is another custom that started in the years following the Civil
War. In the olden times, the eggs had natural colors and were hung from bushes
or small trees without much artificial additions to them.
Creating egg trees
The simplest way to create The Easter egg
tree is to find a fallen tree branch and add the eggs to it. A few branches
from a live tree like Forsythia can be cut at various lengths for use in making
the egg tree. Any dead leaves should be removed from it. It should be smooth
and look tidy to hold the eggs. All that is required to make a cute looking
egg tree are Easter eggs in an assortment of colors, bunnies, spring flowers
and branches of Forsythia or Cherry tree. You are ready to create your own
wonderful Easter egg tree! Anything from a miniature straw hat can be made
into an attractive egg tree with the necessary additions of simple ornaments
and flowers to it.
A container or an ice bucket should be filled with sand and some pebbles so
that the branch can be made to stand firmly in it. After setting up the branch
in the container, the eggs can be tied to the tree. The eggs are taken and
with the help of a toothpick, the thread can be made to pass through the hole
in the egg and tied into a knot at the other end so that the egg hangs from
the thread. The toothpick stays inside the egg. This egg is tied with the
thread to the tree branch in a way so that many such eggs hung from the sticks,
so that the whole arrangement gives an appearance of a tree. The eggs are
emptied as per instructions given for Egg Blowout. The eggs should be prepared
for coloring without damaging them. Floral wire can also be used to hand the
eggs. Silk cord can be used to make the bow and this bow stays at the lower
end of the egg hanging from the egg tree. The ribbon can be knotted at the
end and passed through the egg hole and the egg can hand with its lower end
standing on the knot.
Varnish, nail polish, rubber bands and wax and are used to decorate the eggs
in the most imaginative ways. Pearly finish can also be obtained by using
different combinations of these products. These are some ideas to make the
egg tree interesting and impressive to the looker. The egg tree offers a lot
of options for those who make them by way of fun filled and creative activity
that results in satisfaction and a joy to look at. The egg tree is accompanied
by an Easter bunny. Hanging hollow eggs from the branches of trees is a custom
followed in Austria too. Though the decoration of the Easter egg tree has
started as a tradition, in the current times, it has really assumed many different
shades and has become the spring holiday extravaganza.
The Easter egg tree can be purchased
at the retail stores or on the Internet. The miniature leafless wire trees
with the necessary decorations. The egg tree is usually made as a center piece
in a room or on the dining table as it is a beautiful craft item to be displayed
prominently.
The ideas now have spread to groups of people and they have started to set
up large sized egg trees with a combined effort to be proudly displayed for
the whole community to see. Let us get ready to welcome the spring and Easter
in our own creative and imaginative fashion!
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