Easter Egg Movie Madness
Sunday, April 24, 2011 at 1:40PM Happy Easter TFE readers. I ran out of time this year but I had totally planned to create Black Swan Easter Eggs to add to my previous collections of movie-themed easter eggs. The visual has to be iconic and easily reduced to oval form, see. Nina Sayers and her scary eyemakeup totally work. In order to be somewhat festive today, anyway, here's a reprint of a classic post. If you haven't read it before it's new to you!
Movie Themed Easter Eggs
Time for Arts & Crafts! All holidays lend themselves to movie obsessing and Easter is no exception.Plus, who doesn't love brightly colored edibles? Here are a few movie themed easter eggs you can make with your kids, godchildren, nephews, nieces or your adult friends who behave like children.
Materials needed: eggs, food dye, vinegar, water and the ability to measure and boil it, spoons, glasses, white crayons, black crayon or black marker, red candle, hand/eye coordination and some degree of artistic ability.
Get started! Boil water. Insert eggs (leave boiling for 10-12 minutes). Take water off stove without burning self. Rinse eggs in cold water. Put eggs on cooling rack. Leave for a few hours. Return. Mix different colors of dye into glasses (1/4 tsp food coloring / 1 tbsp white vinegar / 3/4th cup hot water) into which you can dip zee eggs. Ready... and GO.
Superheroes and Salmonella after the jump.
Spider-Man
This is the first "character" easter egg I ever made. I love Spidey. Before you dye Spidey, use your white crayon to heavily draw in those crazy big pointed eyes. If you want him edible after you're done draw in the webbing with a white crayon, too (this part is optional but it looks cooler than what I've done here). If you don't plan to eat the egg just do the eyes before dropping him in the red dye. While you're doing all of this you should be reciting the following phrase "Spider-Man 2 is better than The Dark Knight" until the phrase feels natural and true. Because it is. You've been brainwashed otherwise so this is like counter-programming. It's a public service from The Film Experience.
You need to leave Spidey in the dye a long time because he comes out too orange otherwise. Wait until he's good and red and remove him from the dye. If you've opted for edible spidey, you're done! If you've opted for the more photo-realistic spidey (er...) you have to draw in the webbing with your black marker. Voila!
Dr. Manhattan and Watchmen
It's good to have something contemporary. "You know, for kids" (Watchmen is so child appropriate don't you think?) Most of the characters are difficult to transfer into egg form. I'm guessing you could figure out Roscharch but I opted for Dr. Manhattan. White out the eyes like you did for Spidey only more oval like. Drop in blue dye. Leave Dr. Manhattan in that blue dye for a long time. He needs to look radioactive. Remove and ink on his symbol.
You should make multiple Dr. Manhattans. He can't be bound into just one body!
The other Watchmen option is the famous logo.
Drop your white egg in the yellow dye for a long while. Get it bright yellow. The smiley face you'll need to draw on either before (with black crayon) or after with a marker. Then light your red candle. Once it gets warm, tip the candle and let the wax drip on the egg. It doesn't always go where you want it but it'll make a blood splash / streak. Give it to someone you saw Watchmen with or merely throw it on a wet city sidewalk in the rain and admire or relive the movie.
Joker
This one is messier and I don't think I really pulled it off. But what the hell... do you wanna know how I got these scars multi-colored fingers? Too much playing with eggs and food dye is how! If one of your eggs cracks a bit while boiling and looks icky, you can still use it though you definitely shouldn't eat it! This egg is perfect for a zombie or for Edward Scissorhands (I screwed up on those eggs so I can't show them. Disgraced!). If you want to do the Joker leave the hard boiled egg white and just draw on his makeup with black marker or crayons. Remember that red candle trick we used on the Watchmen logo? Same thing applies here to form that sickly mutilated smile. Messy works. The last step is to blow out the candle, dip some green easter egg grass (very small amount) into the hot wax and immediately smoosh it on the top of the egg to make his stringy green hair.
Yes, you'll probably burn yourself but what is art without sacrifice?
Brainstorm in the comments. What excellent egg remains to be made? Besides NINA SAYERS, THE SWAN QUEEN.
Reader Comments (6)
I LOVE THESE. Brilliant - i just love the joker egg. happy easter!
Mike Wasowski, Mr. Spock, Michael Myers, Iron Man, Darth Vader, Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head, Flounder, Mystique... I don't know, I think those could work in egg form...
I think Frida Kahlo would make an easy and iconic Easter egg.
if you were up for doing multiple eggs i would suggest the sisters from The Fighter and using that decorative grass that you put in easter baskets as the hair.
Travis, Fernando and Olivia -- great ideas! I need to plan ahead next year!
Great ideas! It is pretty nice thing! But it seems that the one need great paiting skill!