Tools Needed
To create Pysanky is not difficult, but it does take a lot of practice and some special tools.

The kistka, a hallow brass cone with a pinhole, is the tool used to draw with hot beeswax onto a raw (uncooked) or empty egg. The kistka, Ukrainian for "little bone," has progressed from a small bone strapped to a stick, to a copper cone, to brass. Now, the tool is heated by electricity, instead of the flame of a candle.