How To Dye Eggs For Easter

Coloring hard boiled eggs is an Easter tradition. The fun part is, there are so many ways to do it! You can do single colored eggs, but an added touch never hurt anyone. You can eat these eggs, give them as gifts, or use them for decoration.

Steps

1. All set upBuy at least a dozen eggs at the grocery store.
2. Hard boil the eggs.
3. Buy an egg decorating kit. These usually consist of several dye pellets, color coded cups, a special egg spoon, and, of course, directions to make the dye.
4. Follow the directions carefully, and make the dye. In most cases, you drop the pellets into water vinegar. Make sure to have both nearby.
5. Set the cups of dye in a row, next to some empty egg cartons
6. Now would be the time to draw on the eggs with crayon, or to place rubber bands or dot stickers on the egg. Covering parts of the egg with stickers, crayon wax from drawing, or rubber bands will result in the covered parts of the egg not being coated in the dye you are about to dip the egg in.
7. Drying in the carton
   
   Set the egg on the egg spoon, and lower it into the desired color. You can either lower it in partway to dye only a certain segment of the egg, or lower it in all the way.
8. Wait a while before removing it. The egg will soak up more color if you wait longer.
9. To make an especially beautiful egg, repeat steps 6-8 as desired. This will result in colors mixing together, multiple layers of patterns (some colored), and varicolored stripes. You can take of the bands and stickers in between rinses or not; experiment with different methods

Sponge Dip

1. Put five drops of food coloring in a cup and add a few drops of water.
2. Dip a sponge into the cup and press onto egg.
3. Let it dry.
4. Do the same with a different color.
5. Continue using other sponges with different colors, but let dry in between.

Polka Dot Eggs

1. Some are dotted, some are swirled...
   
   Stick dot stickers on the egg.
2. Color it with any color or colors.
3. Let the egg dry