How to Dye Easter Eggs
This weekend we will be dying Easter eggs. I don’t eat hard boiled eggs, so we’ll make as many as my husband thinks he can eat. This will be the second year that we have dyed eggs with my daughter. She is three and really enjoyed it last year. So we’re sure she’s going to have a great time again.
First thing you’ll have to do is boil some eggs. Place the eggs in a saucepan of water. Make sure the water is covering the eggs by a few inches. Start with cold water and slowly bring the water to a boil. Once the water begins to boil, leave the eggs on the burner for about a minute and then remove. Let the eggs cool with the water.
The easiest way to dye eggs is to buy an Easter dying kit. The one I like best has the cups and dye included. You just need vinegar and hot water. If you don’t have a kit, then you will also need food coloring and a cup for each color.
Fill each cup with 1/2 cup of warm water and add 3 tablespoons of vinegar. Then add your food coloring or dye tablets. Wait until tablets dissolve to begin dying the eggs.
Next take a spoon to gently lower the cooled egg into the colored water. You can use your hands if you don’t mind getting food coloring on them. You can also use your hand just to dye half or a third of the egg one color.
Let the egg sit in the colored water for about a minute. Check to see if the color is what you want. If not then leave the egg in there for a few more minutes.
If you want to write on the eggs or draw a design, use wax to do it. The area on the egg covered with wax will not take the dye.
Remember to keep hard boiled eggs in the refrigerator while not hiding them for the hunt.
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