Try this easy method for decorating your Easter eggs.
Materials Needed:
Hard Boiled Eggs
Food Coloring
Vinegar
Instructions:
In a coffee cup, mix about 20 drops of food coloring with 1 teaspoon of vinegar. Add 1/2 cup hot water. Before you color your eggs let the water cool to room temperature. If necessary you can add a bit more water. You want the coloring to completely cover the egg when put in the cup. Repeat the steps above to make different colors. Experiment with mixing colors. Mix red and blue to get purple, and mix red and yellow to make orange!
Gently lower eggs in the cup. The longer you leave the eggs in the dye, the darker the colors will be. Once the egg reaches the desired color, remove from the cup with a spoon and pat dry with a paper towel.
To add designs to your colored eggs try one of these ideas:
For a tie dye effect, wrap rabbur bands around the eggs before dying.
Write your name or draw a picture on your eggs using light colored crayons and then dye as usual.
Place shaped stickers on your eggs before dying!
Cut small strips of masking tape and stick on eggs before dying.
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