The Bunny’s already hopping around preparing for his big day! He’s filled his basket with all sorts of Easter treats, chocolate bunnies, jelly beans, little trinkets and toys, and of course, colorful speckled easter eggs. He’s going to be so jealous when he sees these~ aren’t they fabulous!?! I saw them in Phyllis Hoffman’s Celebrate magazine, (no link available) and had to try making them myself. Basically, I followed their directions, but I found some tips along the way that made the process a little easier, and a lot less messy. Here’s what you’ll need to do {again, sorry I don’t have step-by-step pictures, but that whole lefty thing just doesn’t work very well when trying to take pictures with a camera made for righties while using colored dye and vegetable oil at the same time. What can I say, I feared for my camera’s life… }:
Procedure
First, boil your eggs as normal. Drain and cool. When you are ready to start coloring your eggs, line your working space with paper towels. Mix your dye as directed on the package and ADD about 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil to each container of dye. Using a spoon or fork, swirl the dye and dip the egg into the color. Gently lift it in and out a few times to disperse the dye. Let it sit until you are happy with the coloring and remove it from the dye, holding it over the cup for a moment to let the excess liquid drip off. Set your egg on the paper towels to dry. My eggs didn’t ever look completely dry so I waited until the color had set, and either rolled the eggs around on the paper towels, or wiped them off with one, to get rid of the extra oil. Now, repeat with as many colors as you want. Your eggs should end up looking like these…
Happy Egg Coloring!
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How easy! Who knew all you needed to do was add some oil?? Thanks Jasey!
I know, Kel! Way too much fun!
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Those are so pretty!! Love the gorgeous, cheery colors. 🙂
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