Any tips on dyeing Easter eggs?

[Pirate Smile]

I haven't done this for a looonnngggg time but I'm going to let my kids dye a couple of dozen eggs this afternoon.

I hard boiling them now.

Any tips?


How easter eggs are made?

[Lavender Brown]

1. Are you just using food coloring or did you get a kit?

I remember you need vinegar...

[Pirate Smile]

8. I bought three kits just so I would have three of the little wire dunker's.

They don't cost much and I figured all three of the kids were all going to be wanting to do it at the same time.

It will be a fiasco, I'm sure, but what the hell!

Yep, vinegar is needed and, luckily, I found some in the back of the cabinet.

[Lavender Brown]

9. Nah... they'll have a blast!

[all.of.me]

10. be sure to lay out LOTS of newspaper to work on! lol

you'll have fun. don't get too hung up on the mess. it's all worth it in the end, especially if you have an easter egg hunt. they LOVE to find their own eggs! "hey! i made this one!"

[Pirate Smile]

12. Thanks. I'd forgotten about the newspaper.

[Debi]

2. You can get easter egg stamp kits and paint kits now too

and glitter kits and marble dye kits and striping kits and oh my :bounce:

[Pirate Smile]

6. My daughter dug out the white crayons so we can write or draw on

them before we dye them.

[Pirate Smile]

14. I just opened one of this kits and it does have stickers and all kinds

of cool stuff.

[StopTheMorans]

3. i think you need to start with pastel-colored chickens

[ret5hd]

4. Never NEVER use...

firecrackers at any stage of the process.

i'm just sayin'...

[ohiosmith]

5. Go here

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/dye.htm

[Pirate Smile]

13. Thanks - great site.

[Rick Myers]

7. Bush has ruled that it's illegal to DYE eggs!!!

Something about sancitity of life issues!!!

Ack!

[Pirate Smile]

11. Did you see Olberman's Countdown show where they did a

puppet theater reenactment of the freaky fundie church (last Easter) that did a show FOR CHILDREN showing the Easter Bunny getting whipped to "show what Easter is all about"?

It was hilarious. The had a Barbie whipping a chocolate bunny with a ribbon.