How to Make Colorful Easter Eggs

First, you will need to make some hard-boiled eggs. You will need 6 to 8 eggs or enough to make a single layer of eggs on the bottom of your pan. You will need a clean pot and lid and a few tablespoons of salt. Place the eggs in your pot and fill with hot water until it covers the top of the eggs by at least a half an inch. Add in a few tablespoons of salt to the water so the eggs will peal easily after they are boiled. Now you will want to turn your burner onto medium high and wait for the water to boil. Once it boils, you will want to reduce the heat to medium low and cover the pot with its lid. Set a timer for 13 minutes and when it goes off you will turn off the burner and remove the eggs from the stove top and into the sink. Turn on the cold water and allow it to run into the pot until the water in the pot is also cold. Let the eggs cool in the water for at least 20 minutes. Make sure you check the waters temperature as it cools the eggs. Replace the water if it becomes warm. Take the eggs out of the pot and place them in the fridge to dry, they will need to be completely cooled and dry before you try to color them.

There are different ways to dye your Easter eggs now that they are cooked you can decide which one will be the easiest for you. Keep in mind that with every different dying method a different quality of color can be achieved. If you are doing this with small children then you should let them have an assortment of crayons to decorate their own eggs. Dyeing eggs can be messy and your child may not be old enough to help with other methods. If your child is a little older and you feel they can be trusted with markers and glue you might find that they can design egg people by drawing faces and gluing yarn hair onto their eggs.

If you want to dye your Easter eggs you can use a paste food coloring that can be found in many craft stores with the cake d�cor. Just set out a bowl for each color you want to produce and cut an empty paper towel roller into four sections. Allow the tube to stay standing upright so you can place your eggs on the tops of them for them to dry evenly. Put a spoonful of the paste into the bowl with a cup of extremely hot water and stir. Add � of a cup of vinegar and mix up the rest of your colors in the same fashion. Now you can carefully bathe your egg in the desired color and remove it with tongs to your cardboard holder.

Of course if you want to save yourself a trip to the craft store you can dye your eggs with regular food dye and vinegar. Just take 1 Tablespoon of the dye, mix it with two teaspoonfuls of vinegar, and add half a cup of boiling water. Remember the longer you leave the egg in the dye the darker the color will be after it is dry.

Try to make new colors with the dyes you have already by combining the different colors. Let us say you have a basic four dye colors of blue red yellow and green you can make many different shades!
Turquoise (blue 4 and green 1)
Brown (5 red, 6 yellow, and 3 green)
Purple (1 red and 1 blue)
Lime green (3 yellow and 1 green)
Pistachio green (1 yellow and 4 green)
Orange (2 red and 3 yellow)
Peach (1 red and 2 yellow)
Salmon (3 red and 2 yellow).

If you are planning on hiding your Easter eggs remember to have a list of where you hid them and how many you made. This will help you find any undiscovered eggs before they start to stink. Make sure your Easter egg hunter's tally up their total eggs approximately how many you are looking for. Always check every hiding place just in case so you will not regret it later.