Record-high egg prices might not fall much before Easter, in nine days’ time, but relief is on the way. The wholesale cost of eggs sank 21% in March as chicken producers replenished their stock of birds and imports surged to make up for nationwide shortage.

Kelly Friedl of Chicago dyes eggs for Easter with her two kids every year. But because of this year’s high prices, she came up with an alternative: foil eggs. Cut egg shapes out of cardboard, wrap them in foil, and you have shiny eggs to decorate and reuse.