Egg Coloring

There are a lot of egg dyeing kits in stores these days, but here are some other fun ways you can color eggs.

Tip – Try blowing out the eggs instead of hard boiling them. You can still use the egg for cooking, but the shells can be kept as decorations or mementoes longer than the usual hard boiled ones. To blow the egg out simply use a needle to poke a small hole into the bottom of the egg (you may want to make this hole a little bigger), and poke a small hole into the top of the egg. Blow the egg out of its shell with your mouth. Carefully rinse the shell out.

Egg 1 –

Eggs
Small fake flower petals
Your choice of food coloring
Water
Cornstarch
Cups
Super Glue

Put water and food coloring into a cup big enough to dip the egg into. Add a SMALL amount of cornstarch to the water so that the water mixture is a little thicker and more paint like. Dip the egg into the coloring mix until it has become the color that you want it to be. Allow to dry.  Super glue the flower petals to the outside of the egg. Do as many or as little that makes the egg appealing to you.

Egg 2 –

Eggs
Water
Food Coloring
Cups
Glitter

Glue

Mix together food coloring and water into the cups that are big enough for the egg. Dunk the egg in until it becomes the desired color you want it to be. You may need to let it dry and re-dunk it again to do so. Let the egg dry completely. When completely dry use the glue to make the decorations you wish – lines faces, polka dots – and roll in glitter. You can use multiple colors of glitter.  Or you could cover the whole egg and roll it around in glitter to make the whole thing sparkly.

Egg 3

Eggs
Paint
Water
Painting utensils
Cups

Put the paint into the cups and use a small amount of water to thin it down. Dunk the egg into the cup, pull it back out and allow this layer of the paint to dry. Once dry use a toothpick or small paint brush to paint polka dots onto the egg. You can use a different shade of the same color the egg is or you can mix and match colors. Go crazy and have fun.

Egg 4

Eggs
Rubber Bands
Egg Dying kit

Make the dying kit according to instructions. For more vibrant colors mix in some vinegar. Dunk the egg into one color. Allow it to dry. When dry put rubber bands on the egg in whatever decoration you would like it to be. Then dunk it into another color. Allow the egg to dry. Take off the rubber bands.

Egg 5

Eggs
Dye Kit
White Crayon

Color a design on the egg with the white crayon. Dunk the egg into the dye. Allow to dry. The design from the crayon will not be colored.

Egg 6

Eggs
Glue Dots
Glitter

Place the glue dots on the eggs, and roll them in glitter!

Egg 7

Eggs
Bubble Wrap
Paint

Paint the bubbles on the bubble wrap with whatever design you want. Roll the egg over the bubble wrap to stamp the egg.

These are the ways that we have used to color Easter eggs. What are some of the ways your families do it?

Tip – For little hands use a whisk to dunk the eggs instead of a spoon or the little wire egg dunking thing. It goes so much easier.