What would an Easter egg hunt be without a basket filled with beautiful brightly colored eggs? It's a great Easter craft for the kids. In this video, you'll learn how to make and decorate Easter eggs. Decorating eggs is easy and inexpensive, requiring only a simple mix of food coloring, water, and vinegar. Following these simple techniques, you can create a rainbow of beautiful eggs for your Easter basket. We'll show you the best eggs to choose for coloring. If you want to decorate empty egg shells, we'll show you how to blow out the raw egg through a pin prick. You'll see all the supplies you'll need for making Easter eggs. Then we'll show you how to mix the dye in warm water and reveal why a bit of vinegar helps set the color on your eggs. We'll show you how to give your eggs an even coloring and how to get a shiny gloss on your decorated eggs. It's easy!
What would Easter be without a basket filled with brightly colored eggs?
Decorating eggs is easy and inexpensive using a simple mix of food coloring,
water, and vinegar. To create a rainbow of beautiful eggs, here's what to do.
Step 1. Choose and prep the eggs. Select large white eggs. Brown eggs don't show color as well.
Before you color, you'll need to hard boil the eggs or remove the yolks and whites by
blowing them out. To blow out an egg, poke a small hole in each end of the egg with a large needle.
Hold the egg over a dish and blow into the top hole. The raw egg will drip into the bowl and
leave an empty and intact eggshell ready for coloring. For hard-boiled Easter eggs,
make sure they are completely cooled to room temperature before coloring.
Step 2. Assemble materials. Here's what you need to transform white eggs into colorful Easter orbs.
Newspaper to cover your table or workspace. Eggs, blown or hard-boiled. Food coloring.
White vinegar. Small bowls or cups of hot water. Tablespoon for dipping.
Step 3. Make the dye. Fill each bowl three-quarters full with warm to hot water. The
water shouldn't be so hot it will burn your hand. Leave enough room in the cup so the water won't
overflow when you drop in an egg. Add one tablespoon of white vinegar to each cup of water.
This helps set the color. Next, add the food coloring. If you plan to eat the eggs later,
use food grade dye. Drop in about 40 drops or a half a teaspoon and stir well. The more dye you
add, the more vibrant the color. Get creative and mix up an assortment of colors. Step 4.
Dye your eggs. Set an egg on a spoon and lower it gently into the dye. Let the egg sit in the
until it reaches the desired color. The longer you let it sit, the darker the color.
Stir the egg gently to encourage even coloring. Remove the egg from the dye and set it sideways
on an empty egg carton to dry. Gloss up your eggs by adding a couple drops of
vegetable oil to a paper towel and gently wiping the eggs. Dyeing eggs all the colors of the
rainbow is easy, so make lots. Use colored eggs in your Easter brunch centerpiece. Tuck
them into baskets and hide them around the house or yard for a traditional egg hunt.
