Writing a Pysanky!!

Last night I joined my daughter's Girl Guides of Canada Sparks Unit on a field trip. We went to the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre (here in Winnipeg) to learn about the art of writing a Pysanky. This is SUCH a beautiful craft! I had such a great time, and just had to share our experience. 

Here are a few things we learned:

This is one of the main tools used, its a Traditional Kistka.

Hmmm smells like honey! Beeswax is also needed to write a Pysanky.

It "goes in" the Kistka.

A candle, for heating/melting the wax that is in the Kistka, that will be used to write a Pysanky.

Egg Dyes. We used yellow, orange, red, and then black, all in that order.

And this is how "we" write a Pysanky!

To learn all the details I would highly recommend an educational visit to the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre!! It was a GREAT experience!