Originally Posted by littlehud
When I was a kid we would make Easter eggs by wrapping crochet thread soaked in something around a balloon. Let it dry over night and then pop the balloon and have a wonderful lacy Easter egg. Now my question...........what did the thread get soaked in? Flour and water........cornstarch and water or something else. I can't remember. Help......I want to do this with DGD.
We did this with powdered starch that came in a small blue box. Can't remember the brand name, but we could make it as thick or as thin as we wanted by controlling the quantity of boiling water we put it in. Thanks for reminding me of it. froggyintexas