Dye Easter Eggs

 


Dye Easter Eggs

To start, cover a table with layers of old newspaper to soak up any spills.

Create a drying rack by sticking pins into a sheet of thick foam board.

For colorfast egg dyes, mix 7-8 drops of food coloring into 1 cup of hot water. Stir in 1/4 cup vinegar. For more intense colors, use small amounts of professional-quality food coloring gels or pastes, available at craft, cake decorating and kitchen supply stores.

If you're doing multi-colored eggs, let them dry thoroughly between coats of dye.

Store finished and dried eggs in empty egg cartons.

Use this simple mix of food coloring, water, and vinegar to decorate Easter eggs.

Creative Easter Egg Decorations

Wrap eggs with twine or rubber bands before dyeing to create a striped effect. Remove after drying.

Create patterns with small bits of tape or stickers and remove after dyeing and drying.

Dab rubber cement on eggs and rub it off after dyeing and drying.

For spattered eggs, dip egg in a base color and let dry. Dip a clean toothbrush in a contrasting liquid color and carefully flick bristles with your fingers to make paint splatter onto egg.

For marbleized eggs, coat eggs with a base color and let dry. Mix canola or other light cooking oil into another color of dye (1 teaspoon oil per cup of dye) and quickly dunk eggs. The oil will repel color in some places and the dye will adhere in others, creating a marbled effect.

 

Craft Supplies Check List

Glue gun and glue

Glitter, glitter pens

Small seashells

Stickers

Sequins and beads

Felt and fabric scraps

Raffia

Buttons

Ribbons

Silk flowers

Coloring gels

Novelty items from a craft or fabric store

Use wood, paper, or Styrofoam eggs from a craft store. Or blow the insides out of raw eggs.

To make blown eggshells for decorating, poke small holes in the top and bottom of a raw egg with a needle. Poke a long needle or thin skewer inside to break the yolk. Hold the egg over a bowl and blow gently on the top hole until the raw egg drains into the bowl, or use an egg blower. Let the shells dry, and then decorate.

Note: If you want to dye blown-out eggs, be aware that some dye will get inside your egg, so you need to let the egg drain and dry before you decorate. You can make a simple egg-drying rack by pushing a grid of pins into a sheet of foam core. Position dyed eggs so the dye drains out of the bottom.

These whimsical Easter eggs will be with you year after year. Get creative, and have a ball!

1. Chicken in an Egg

Broken eggshell? Don't throw it away: dye the entire shell and let dry. With a hot glue gun, affix fuzzy chick figurine inside.

2. Cosmic Egg

Wipe egg with vegetable oil and dye in two colors. Dry egg and brush with gold luster dust. Adorn with stars and space décor novelties.

3. Bejeweled Egg

Dye egg in a bright color and let dry. Glue faceted beads all over the egg.

4. Bumpy Egg

Dye egg and let dry. Use a hot glue gun to place glue dots all over egg.

5. Flower Vase Egg

Dye and dry egg. Spray with waterproof varnish and let dry. Blow out the egg. Gently expand opening at the top of the egg and glue a small flat rock to the bottom as a base. Hide glue seam with ribbon or beaded chain. Use hot glue to affix silk flower into eggshell--flower should just peeking out the top of the egg.

6. Charm Egg

Dye and dry egg. Glue narrow ribbon around the middle. Insert small tag or charm in blow hole and affix with hot glue gun. (The charm in this egg says, "Thank You!")

7. Disco Egg

Dye and dry egg. Dilute craft glue with an equal amount of water and paint on egg. Roll in superfine glitter and let dry. (Dancing till you drop, optional.)

8. Royal Egg

Dye and dry egg. With glue gun, attach large and small necklace fasteners to add a

9. Purple Rain Egg

Dye and dry egg. Use glue gun to attach flower sequins in a matching color (red on red, blue on blue).

10. Dotty Egg

As simple as it gets: pick your dot color and place tiny dot stickers on a white or dyed egg.

11. Embroidery Egg

Dye and dry egg. Use a glue gun to affix narrow fancy ribbon trim, beads, pearls, and tiny tassles.

12. Gold Speckled Egg

Dye and dry. Cover half the egg with dots of glitter glue and let dry. Cover the other half with dots of glitter glue and let dry.

 

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