Tie-Dye Easter eggs

Supplies Required:

Dot markers (regular markers might work too):  http://www.amazon.com/Do-A-Dot-Rainbow-Art-Set/dp/B00004W3Y4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333917538&sr=8-1
Coffee filters
Scissors

I got this holiday craft idea from Pinterest:  http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/03/faux-tie-dye-coffee-filter-easter-eggs.html.  We bought dot markers for this activity, so I'm not sure if it would work with regular markers (it would definitely take longer to cover the whole filter, since there isn't as much surface area on a regular marker).  But we plan to use our dot markers again.  Specifically, I plan on printing out some "do-a-dot" letters for our car trip to the beach this summer.  Here's a link to pdfs you can download for the alphabet activity:  http://totschool.shannons.org/?page_id=2360

E and I had a lot of fun making these, and it's a super easy project.  My husband even had to make one too after he saw us making them.  If you knew my husband, you would know what a plug for the activity that is!  Basically, you just take a coffee filter, cut it into an egg shape, fold it in half once, then fold it as many other times as you want to (differnet folds will make different designs).  You then use the dot markers to make dots on the filters.  (Hold the marker there for a few seconds to make sure it bleeds through all of the folded layers.)  Then, wait for it to dry (although we were too impatient to wait for it to dry) and open up the "egg." 

We taped ours to our front window, and they looked really pretty in the sunlight (excuse the blue painter's tape we used--we were all out of regular masking tape....would have looked better if the tape hadn't shown through them!)