How to Dye Easter Eggs

Dyeing and decorating eggs is a fun activity to do with children during the holiday season. The easiest way to dye eggs is with liquid food coloring. By following the few steps and hints below you can have beautiful dyed eggs to decorate.

Preparing the Eggs
You can hard boil eggs for dyeing or for eggs that will last for years use blown eggs. Blowing eggs is very simple. Working over a bowl, pierce one end of a raw egg with a pin then pierce the other end and enlarge this hole.Softly blow into the egg forcing the contents out the larger hole into the bowl

Dyeing eggs
Bring 3 cups of water to a boil and remove from heat
Add tablespoons of white vinegar
Add 2-3 drops of liquid food coloring - the more you add the darker the eggs will dye.
Place egg is dye leaving until the egg reaches the the desired color
Remove the eggs from the dye and blot with a paper towel
Let the eggs thoroughly dry before decorating

Hints to dye eggs better
The smoother the egg the better the dye will take
Rub eggs with white vinegar before dyeing to remove impurities from the egg shell this will also help the egg shell to absorb the dye
Do not have hand cream on your hands when dyeing eggs make sure your hands are clean and perfectly dry- the oils in your hands can affect the way the dyes take