Eggs are a symbol of new life in Easter traditions. Decorated eggs were exchanged before Easter celebrations began and this custom continues today. Modern Easter eggs are often hidden by the Easter Bunny for children to find and can be made of chocolate, plastic filled with candy, or dyed/painted chicken eggs placed in baskets mimicking birds' nests.

1. Easter Eggs

2. Eggs are a symbol of the new life that returns to nature at Easter Time. The custom of exchanging eggs began long before Easter was celebrated.

3. Easter eggs are special eggs given to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime.

4. The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans. These eggs are often hidden, allegedly by the Easter Bunny, for children to find on Easter morning. Otherwise, they are generally put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.

5. Easter eggs are a widely popular symbol of new life in Bulgaria, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Poland and other Slavic countries' folk traditions.

8. The celebrated Fabergé workshops created exquisite jewelled Easter eggs for the Russian Imperial Court. Most of these creations themselves contained hidden surprises such as clock-work birds, or miniature ships. Fabergé eggs were commissioned by Czar Alexander III of Russia as an Easter surprise for his wife Maria Fyodorovna

14. The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans. These eggs are often hidden, allegedly by the Easter Bunny, for children to find on Easter morning. Otherwise, they are generally put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.

15. dyed or painted chicken eggs

16. chocolate eggs

17. plastic eggs

18. Candied eggs