Ingredients
- Boiled Eggs
- 7 x7-Inch Pieces of Bleeding Tissue Paper
- Vinegar
- Rubber Bands
- Paper Towels
- Rubber Gloves optional
Instructions
- Take two pieces of the tissue paper, either both the same color, or two different colors, and roll/wrap the egg in them.
- Make sure it’s tight against the egg and use 1-2 rubber bands to secure the tissue paper.
- Pour some vinegar in a jar, glass, or cup and place one egg at a time in it.
- Let each egg sit for around 30 seconds, making sure it really soaks up the vinegar.
- Fish the egg out with a spoon and place in the egg carton to rest for 5 minutes.
- If desired, use gloves at this point. Unwrap the eggs and pat dry with a paper towel.
- Return the eggs to a clean part of the egg carton and let them sit for another 5 minutes or so to finish drying. Enjoy!
Notes
●If your kiddos like to do torn paper crafts, you can let them rip small pieces of the tissue paper. Once the pieces are all torn, dip the egg in vinegar and let the kids place the pieces of tissue paper against the wet egg. Let it sit for 5 minutes before removing the paper, patting dry, and allowing it to rest in the carton. Keeping a small spray bottle of vinegar close is great for if the egg starts to dry and the tissue paper won’t stick any longer.
●It’s very important that you use bleeding tissue paper. It will say right on the package if it’s bleeding paper or not. Sadly, the dollar store paper doesn’t tend to be the right kind.
●It doesn’t matter how you wrap the eggs or put on the rubber band, just as long as the tissue paper rests against the egg.
●Don’t leave in the vinegar too long or it will take too much of the color, but this takes a while, so just as long as you don’t forget about them in the vinegar.
●The vinegar will change colors, but this doesn’t mess with the tissue paper colors as you dip each egg.
●This works with farm fresh and brown eggs, but the colors tend to be a little darker on the brown eggs.
●You can use just one color of tissue paper for each egg if you don’t want multicolor. However, be sure it’s two layers of tissue paper for each egg. This results in a much better color distribution.
●The longer you leave them to sit after dunking them in the vinegar, the darker the colors will be.
●It’s very important that you use bleeding tissue paper. It will say right on the package if it’s bleeding paper or not. Sadly, the dollar store paper doesn’t tend to be the right kind.
●It doesn’t matter how you wrap the eggs or put on the rubber band, just as long as the tissue paper rests against the egg.
●Don’t leave in the vinegar too long or it will take too much of the color, but this takes a while, so just as long as you don’t forget about them in the vinegar.
●The vinegar will change colors, but this doesn’t mess with the tissue paper colors as you dip each egg.
●This works with farm fresh and brown eggs, but the colors tend to be a little darker on the brown eggs.
●You can use just one color of tissue paper for each egg if you don’t want multicolor. However, be sure it’s two layers of tissue paper for each egg. This results in a much better color distribution.
●The longer you leave them to sit after dunking them in the vinegar, the darker the colors will be.