Easter Egg Fun

There is so much more you can do with eggs than just following the steps on the back of a kit box. I hope the ideas below will inspire some creative Easter egg designs for you to make!

Basic Egg Dye
1/2 cup boiling water, 1-teaspoon vinegar, and about 1/2-teaspoon food coloring. Dip one egg at a time into the mixture for a colorful Easter egg.

Natural Egg Dyes
A rule of thumb: Natural dyes require eggs soak for much longer times, sometimes as long as overnight. Remember the longer the egg is in the dye, the darker the color will be.

• Onion Skins- (red onions = lavender-dark red yellow onions = tan-gold) Boil the skins with the egg and then let soak.
• Pickled Beet Juice- (pink)
• Coffee-(brown) mix 1 tablespoon of instant coffee and ½ teaspoon of vinegar to 1 cup boiling water.

Glossy Easter Eggs
Mix sweet and condensed milk with food coloring and paint with brushes or Q-tips.

Swirly Eggs
Mix one tablespoon each of oil, vinegar, and your choice of food coloring. Add enough water to cover an egg. Swirl the liquid with a spoon, and quickly lower and raise an egg into it. Pat dry with a paper towel, and repeat with additional colors if desired.

Resist Eggs
Besides using crayons to form a resist or batik pattern, try using stickers of different shapes. Gummed reinforcement rings work well. Other patterns can be made using rubber bands and masking tape.