{"id":16154,"date":"2014-04-16T05:22:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T10:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=16154"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:48:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:48:18","slug":"dyeing-easter-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/04\/16\/dyeing-easter-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyeing Easter Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RedEgg2\"<\/p>\n

I haven’t dyed Easter eggs since grade school. I remember Easter egg hunts with kids racing around like lunatics diving under bushes grabbing every egg they could get their hands on, while I was content to sit under a tree and watch. I suppose the fact that I loathe hard boiled eggs may have had something to do with it. I was more of a “plastic-egg-filled-with-candy” kind of kid.<\/p>\n

\"EggDye\"<\/p>\n

Lately, I’ve been thinking about dyeing eggs and did some experimenting yesterday. I boiled a cup of water and added 2 teaspoons of vinegar to the water. (It’s a good idea to use vinegar because it helps the color adhere to the eggshells.) Then I poured the water into various containers – a Batman mug, ramekins, a shot glass – and added the food coloring.<\/p>\n

\"Wrapped-Egg\"<\/p>\n

One of the techniques I used was wrapping the eggs with rubber bands. You can use ordinary rubber bands, but I like the wide ones used to hold broccoli stalks together.<\/p>\n

\"RedEgg\"<\/p>\n

The thinner band slipped when I took it out of it’s original bath, but it added to the texture when the egg was slipped into the second round of dye.<\/p>\n

\"ElasticEgg\"<\/p>\n

Instead of food coloring, I used decorating pastes, they’re concentrated and the color is vivid.<\/p>\n

\"LandscapeEgg\"<\/p>\n

This egg was dyed blue in a small ramekin, dried, then dipped in a shot glass of yellow dye. I think it looks like a landscape! The great Easter egg experiment was a lot of fun – egg salad anyone?<\/p>\n

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I haven’t dyed Easter eggs since grade school. 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