We love to color Easter eggs! This year we wanted to try something different than the regular Easter egg dye kits you find in the stores. For one thing, using the dye kits can be time consuming, and we’re pretty busy this time of year. Another reason is that dye kits can be difficult for toddlers to use, and this year we needed something toddler friendly.
We chose to do tie dye Easter eggs, because it’s quick, and it’s an easy process for even the youngest egg-artist. It’s inexpensive, too! Want to know how it’s done? Read on!
First, gather your supplies:
- Dry hard boiled eggs
- Vinegar, which we poured into a bowl
- Paper towels – I like the Viva brand for this project, because they are strong paper towels!
- Rubber bands (optional)
- Food coloring. We used McCorkmick’s neon food coloring we found at Walmart.
First, dip a paper towel in the vinegar and squeeze it out.
Wrap the damp paper towel around the egg and secure with a rubber band.
Hold the rubber band end of the paper towel and squeeze dye onto the egg.
Alternately, you can tear off about a 1/4 of a wet-with-vinegar paper towel and just wrap it around the egg. Note: I highly recommend using surgical gloves, if you don’t want your fingers to look like mine! Though this process is quick, easy, and inexpensive, it is definitely messy!
Squeeze different colors of dye all over the eggs. I found this method worked a little better than the rubber band method. Whether you use the rubber band or not, make sure you dye your eggs over newspaper or paper towels. As you can see from the above picture, the dye gets everywhere.
Unwrap the eggs and dry in the carton.
And there you have it! Quick, easy, and inexpensive tie dyed Easter eggs!
*Disclosure: I am a Walmart Mom. This post is sponsored by Walmart. Walmart has provided me with product and/or compensation in exchange for my time and efforts in creating this post. My participation is voluntary. As always, my opinion is my own.
I sure am going to try this , my daughter Really Loves Tie-Dyed items. Eggs, eggs OMG she will be sooooooooo (Hoppy) happy that we are going to do this. This is some thing I will defiantly use gloves w/……
Thank You ,
Maria & Casie
Definitely use the gloves! Three days later, and the dye is finally fading from my fingers…
Thanks for sharing this! I’m definitely going to try it! We usually have several kids with us & it gets difficult for them to share the kits. This way, they’ll all get a chance to do their own eggs!
the kids & i are going to enjoy this! thanks for sharing!
We will probably try this as my helper is almost 9
I have been tearing off small pieces of paper towel (about 1 inch by 1 inch), dipping them in the different color commercial dyes (hold up until no more liquid drips) and just laying them on the dry, cool, hard-boiled eggs for a long time now—edges can overlap—giving pastel multicolor tie-dyed effect–I dry them on cake cooling racks.
Donna, I love that idea! I’ll have to try it next time!
This so cool looking that I’ve got to try it. If you want to add a little sparkle you could sprinkle a little clear glitter on them before they dry. Wonder if this could be used on blown eggs? Guess I’ll just have to try it out and see.