Easter Egg Dying

This year instead of buying the package of easter egg dye, we decided to use the ingredients already on hand!

We filled each cup with about 1 cup of water and added about a teaspoon of vinegar to each cup.

I hard boiled the eggs like this, First I put the eggs in a medium sauce pan, covered them with water, added a teaspoon of salt to the water and brought them to a boil. Once they were boiling, I put the lid on, and turned off the burner. I let them sit for 15 minutes, then put them back into the egg container and back into the refrigerator.

To add the food coloring, start with a few drops, then add more to reach your desired color. We would put an egg in the color let it sit for a couple minutes and then check it. Sometimes we would add a few drops more to make a stronger color.

We used a white crayon to draw designs on the eggs before dipping them.

And sometimes made the eggs double colors by holding them in one color, then flipping it over and holding it in a different color.

Here is the finished product! And it was all done from things I had at home.