an open letter to Dudley's and PAAS

Dear Easter Egg Dye Kit Manufacturers,

In this day and age of modern technology, would it be impossible to invent an Easter egg dye solution that does not horrifically stain every surface it comes into contact with? For crying out loud, my fingers are going to be blue until Memorial Day.

Also, by nature, don't most people dye a dozen eggs at a time? So why then, are there only 9 perforated hole cut-outs on the back of the box? What am I supposed to do with the other 3 eggs, pray tell? There they lie, dangerously loose on the kitchen table ready to roll off into disaster any second. The sacrifices chickens must make.

Would it hurt your bottom line too much to include more than one wire dipping spoon? Do you not realize the average U.S. household has at least 2 children? I have a novel idea - less rub on stickers and tattoos (which only crack the eggs anyway), and more dipping spoons!

Finally, would it be so difficult to print the directions onto a slip of paper, and insert inside the box with the rest of the materials? Instead, you thoughtlessly print directions on the back of said box, directly where the perforated egg holder area is situated. And impatient, hurrying moms like me, punch out the holes first, only to realize the directions are lying in a pile of little ripped round holes on the counter. Leading me to try to piece it all back together but still missing the instructions that explain not to mix vinegar with the pink tablet. Thus leading to us having no pink eggs this year, only blue, green, yellow and orange. Our Easter egg rainbow is incomplete, thanks to you.

I sincerely hope that next year when I go to purchase my Easter egg coloring kit, I will see some vast improvements in your product quality.

Hoppin' Down the Bunny Trail,
Michelle