There are more ways to create beautiful dyed Easter eggs than just picking up a box of store-bought dye at your local grocery store.\u00a0 Creating your own beautiful Easter eggs really does not take any more steps than using store bought Easter dye.\u00a0 By using this particular recipe for Easter egg dyes, you can create your own stunning colors with whatever intensity of color you want with whatever shades of color that you want.\u00a0 Customizing your own Easter eggs is really the key to a fantastic experience dyeing your Easter eggs.\u00a0 This particular way of dyeing your Easter eggs is great for adults and for little kids, so you don\u2019t have to keep your kids out of the kitchen for this egg dyeing adventure.<\/p>\n
Instructions for dyeing Easter eggs with your own Easter egg dye<\/strong><\/p>\n Materials needed:<\/em> 1.\u00a0 Choose the number of Easter eggs that you want to dye for this particular dyeing session. Store eggs in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n1.\u00a0 Eggs (number of eggs is optional)
\n2.\u00a0 Large pot
\n3.\u00a0 Stove
\n4.\u00a0 Large bowl
\n5.\u00a0 Ice
\n6.\u00a0 Assortment of small cups
\n7.\u00a0 Distilled white vinegar
\n8.\u00a0 Food coloring, in assorted colors
\n9.\u00a0 Paper towels or paper plates<\/p>\n
\n2.\u00a0 Lay the Easter eggs on the bottom of a large pot.\u00a0 The Easter eggs should be all in one layer; do not stack the eggs on top of each other.\u00a0 If you have too many eggs for one layer, than you should either do the eggs in several batches, or you should use several pots.\u00a0 It might be easier to do the eggs in several batches rather than trying to juggle a bunch of pots of boiling water and hot eggs all at the same time.
\n3.\u00a0 Now that you have the eggs in the pot, fill the pot with water so that the water is an inch over the eggs.\u00a0 It does not really matter if you do it with cold water or with hot water, since the water is not going to be all that hot anyway.
\n4.\u00a0 Next, put the pot on the stove and turn it up to high heat.\u00a0 Bring the water to a rapid boil.
\n5.\u00a0 Let the eggs boil for exactly 12 minutes.
\n6.\u00a0 While the eggs are boiling, prepare a bowl of ice water.\u00a0 This bowl needs to be large enough that you can fit all of the eggs in it, since you will be plunging them in the ice water to stop the cooking process.
\n6.\u00a0 When the 12 minutes are up, remove the eggs from the heat.\u00a0 Remove the eggs from the pot of boiling water (using a slotting spoon works very well in this circumstance so that you don\u2019t burn yourself with the water) and plunge them into a waiting bowl of ice cold water.\u00a0 You need to stop the cooking process of the eggs immediately.
\n7.\u00a0 Now, the dye the eggs, set up some paper cups that are full of water.\u00a0 For approximately every cup of water, add one teaspoon of your basic white vinegar to the cup.\u00a0 Stir the mixture to mix it all together.
\n8.\u00a0 Now, add the food coloring to the water and vinegar mixture.\u00a0 Add drops of food coloring until you get the shade that you desire.\u00a0 A good rule of thumb is to add the drops of food coloring two at a time, and then to wait to see if you like the shade.
\n9.\u00a0 Submerge the eggs in the dye.\u00a0 The longer you leave them in, the more intense the color will be.
\n10.\u00a0 Place the eggs on either paper towels or paper plates to dry.\u00a0 Alternatively, you can place them back in the egg carton as they dry.<\/p>\n