DIY: Marbelized Easter Eggs

by Jenn @ Frugal Upstate on April 6, 2012

Have you dyed your Easter Eggs yet?  If not, here’s a fun and different DIY way to dye Easter Eggs without buying a kit.  Everything you need you should have on hand, and if not, just pop by Walmart and you’ll have everything is a jiffy!This technique is simple, although it may take a few tries to get the types of effects you want.  The “swirling” part is sort of a trial and error learning process :)

Supplies:

Hard-boiled White Eggs
Food Coloring
Vinegar
Cooking Oil
Water

Tools:

1 teaspoon
Glasses or Mugs
A Spoon
Paper Towel

Directions:

-In a container wide and deep enough to “dunk” your egg, mix 1 tsp cooking oil with 1 tsp food coloring. It may look a bit blotchy.

-Add 1 tsp of vinegar to the oil/color mix and stir.

-Add enough water in the container to be able to submerge the egg.

-Now gently swirl the liquid in the cup around and around into a sort of whirlpool-while it’s still moving use your spoon to dunk your hard boiled egg into the mix, submerge it and quickly pull it out.

-The oil & dye are going to look like they are just pooling on the surface of the egg. Never fear-just gently move the egg onto a piece of paper towel and blot. The liquid will come off and the color will remain on the egg.

-Leave it to dry for a minute or so. Either enjoy as is or dunk in another color.

Note: When doing multiple colors remember to start with the lightest color first. Yellow will NOT show up on top of blue ;)

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Hannah April 8, 2012 at 1:43 pm

thank you – this is a wonderful post. I can’t wait to try this with my little guy!

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