Egg shells dyed all shades of red and orange-dyed shells were crushed into small pieces and put into place on a blown chicken egg that first had been darkened with a black sharpie, with ordinary white glue. All sorts of different colors are available to dye broken chicken shells, but I use pysanky dyes that I get from the Ukranian Gift Shop. This egg was made during a visit from my son, and his wife (Pepsi) and my granddaughter (Corin).