How To Dye Easter Eggs
Using food colors is such a fun and easy way to dye easter eggs to your favorite color!
Ingredients
- Boiled Eggs as many as you want
- ½ Teaspoon Gel Food Dye per color
- 1 Cup Water per color
- 1 Tablespoon Vinegar per color
- 10- Ounce Minimum Cup per color
- Paper Towels optional
- Spoons optional
Instructions
- Choose your colors and have a glass for each color.
- Place 1 cup water and 1 tablespoon vinegar in each cup.
- Add a ½ teaspoon of food dye to each color, one color to a cup.
- Stir the cups and start placing your eggs in the cups. Using spoons makes it easier to get the eggs in and out. Have paper towels nearby to rest the eggs on to dry.
- Within 1 minute, your eggs will be dyed. The longer you leave the eggs in the dye, the darker they will get.
- Let the eggs rest on paper towels to dry for at least 5 minutes. Enjoy!
Notes
●If you heat the colors for about a minute in the microwave, it will result in a richer color, but it’s not required to get a gorgeous look.
●Some colors such as orange and yellow may need more dye to get a good color. It will also depend on the brand of dye as some aren’t as good as others. I always do test eggs and add more dye if need be. It will stir right in.
●This type of dying really pulls out the natural art on the shell of each egg. It’s very pretty.
●You can use liquid dye as well, about 10 drops will do. No oil based dyes and no icing colors as they won’t mix into your water.
●You can use this with brown or farm fresh eggs as well. The colors tend to turn out darker or richer and are very pretty.
●Some gel dyes, especially if they’re getting older, may cause “floaties” in the water. This is ok and actually makes for a firework dye look on the eggs and is super cool. So, don’t throw it out if it happens, you’ll miss out!
●Some colors such as orange and yellow may need more dye to get a good color. It will also depend on the brand of dye as some aren’t as good as others. I always do test eggs and add more dye if need be. It will stir right in.
●This type of dying really pulls out the natural art on the shell of each egg. It’s very pretty.
●You can use liquid dye as well, about 10 drops will do. No oil based dyes and no icing colors as they won’t mix into your water.
●You can use this with brown or farm fresh eggs as well. The colors tend to turn out darker or richer and are very pretty.
●Some gel dyes, especially if they’re getting older, may cause “floaties” in the water. This is ok and actually makes for a firework dye look on the eggs and is super cool. So, don’t throw it out if it happens, you’ll miss out!