Dyeing hard boiled eggs is an Easter tradition across many cultures and religions. This can be done simply and effectively using ready-to-go food dyes such as the Eco Colours and embellishing your eggs with patterns, sequins and sparkles for that extra special effect.
Food Dye Eggs
Step 1
Cut a length of masking tape or stencil film and use it to create a design on a hard boiled egg, adhering the tape securely.
Food Dye Eggs in Bag
Step 2
Submerse into dye bath for 5 minutes.
Note: Dark colours work best.
Step 3
Leave to dry.
Step 4
Embellish egg with dimensional paint, glitter glue, or sequins.
Step 5
Dye bath recipe:
1/2 cup boiling water
1 tsp vinegar
Couple of drops of food dye to match desired colour intensity
Step 6
Extension Ideas
Use wax crayons to draw a design before the egg dipping into dye bath, to create a wax resist. Dye eggs and then decorate with Posca markers, Pearlen Pens, EverZart pens, or Kindy Glitz to really make them really shine. Make a number of dye baths of different colours. Try immersing the entire egg into a light colour and then just half into a darker colour for a dip-dye/ombre result, or mask off a design and dip into multiple dye baths, working from light to dark, allowing each layer to dry in between.