March 17th, 2010

  What you need:

For each colour of dye desired:

• 175 ml (3/4 cup) HOT tap water (not boiling water)
• 5 ml (1 tsp) vinegar
• 1 ml (1/4 tsp) food colouring – or more depending on the intensity desired.

What to do:

1. Mix water, vinegar and food colouring. For brighter colour, add more food colouring.

2. Completely submerge the eggs until they are tinted the desired color, from 2 to 5 minutes.

3. Remove eggs from the dye and allow to dry before adding another colour or continuing to decorate . See our tips for more ideas.

 Tips: 

 Type of eggs:

You can use “blown eggs” – I.e. remove the egg yolk and white by blowing. (See method below and also decorating ideas).

For much less hassle, use hard-boiled eggs, as these eggs can be eaten quite safely if you do them on the same day that they are to be eaten. Serve as a lunchtime Easter salad on a bed of shredded green lettuce.

You don’t have to dye an egg. Remember that food colouring will only give you mainly pastel colours. Use non-toxic paints if you want intense, vibrant colours. You can decorate the shell with other art materials.

You can also dip a brush into food colouring and paint with it right on the eggshell. Use the colouring straight from the bottle or blend colours together to make other colours.

Paint Humpty Dumpty or bunny faces on the eggs using undiluted food colouring or use coloured cake icing pens.

A slotted spoon or kitchen tongs are a handy tool to use for dipping raw or hard-cooked eggs in water.

An easy way to colour a blown egg is to thread a length of thin wire through the holes in each end of the eggshell.

Bend the wire at one end so the egg won’t slip off. This is a handy tool for dipping eggs in the dye and hanging to dry.

A cake rack is also useful for drying eggs.

Here are some handy hints and tips for dyeing eggs

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