Coloring Easter eggs is a traditional family activity but let’s not reserve it for just once a year. I hard boiled eggs and dyed them for a children’s party. Colored eggs are even a nice little surprise for a special lunch. Peel and eat!
I love to “double-dye” them. Simply put, you just hold the egg in the dish, half-way and then flip it over to put dip it in a different color. What do you think?
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Here are the simple instructions for how double-dying eggs is done:
How To Dye Easter Eggs With Two Colors
This method for coloring Easter eggs with food coloring is easy and FUN for the whole family. Plan on making a lot of them to enjoy the variety of combinations of colors you can come up with!
Supplies
White-shelled hard boiled eggs
Little glass bowls
Vinegar
Water
Empty egg carton
Paper towel
Spoons
*If you have very young children, this is also a great opportunity to help them with their counting skills as you wait for the color to take!
Prepare bowls of water with food coloring, one color per cup. – directions below
Have enough liquid to cover about ½ of an egg when held length-wise in the water
Use cold, hard boiled eggs in their shells: “How To Hard Boil An Egg”
Take one egg and hold it in one color.
Have enough liquid to cover about ½ of an egg when held length-wise in the water
Use cold, hard boiled eggs in their shells: “How To Hard Boil An Egg”
Take one egg and hold it in one color.
Count to 60 (or longer – the longer it soaks, the deeper the color will be)
Gently lift it up and allow the color to drip into the bowl.
Turn it over and place the white half in another color.
Count to 60 or more.
Gently lift it out, again, and allow the color to drip in the bowl.
Place your egg on its side in an empty egg carton or an upside-down ramekin to dry.
How To Prepare the Dye For Coloring Eggs
Boil water
Add about ½ cup boiling water to each bowl
Add 1 tsp. vinegar to each bowl
Add 10 – 20 drops of food coloring to each bowl – a different color per bowl
Lay a hard boiled egg in the bowl for up to 5 minutes if you are going to have it all one color. If the liquid does not quite cover it all, gently turn it using a spoon so that it colors evenly.
Remove and lay out on a paper towel to dry.
How to double-dye hard boiled eggs - it is so easy and they are SO beautiful! #tips #Easter #eggs Share on X
Enjoy!
We’ve made similar eggs before; my boys like to try a new way of dying each year. Pinned.
So much fun!