With these DIYs, you can color Easter eggs safely so they can be enjoyed later. While you can use raw eggs for most of them, we recommend that grown-ups hard boil the eggs first for kid-friendly handling. Young ones can then get involved in picking colors and patterns!
1. Food Coloring Eggs
This simple method makes beautiful, solid-colored Easter eggs. For a pastel look, skip the vinegar. And for a little flair, wrap your eggs in rubber bands before soaking them in dyed water!
- Pour half a cup of boiling water into a jar, then mix in a teaspoon of white vinegar or lemon juice and a few drops of food coloring.
- Carefully place your eggs into the colored mixture and allow them to soak for about 5 minutes.
- Remove the eggs from the jar and place them on a cooling rack to dry completely before storing them in the fridge. Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy!
2. Whipped Cream Eggs
Dying eggs with whipped cream gives them a dreamy, swirly look – like clouds of cotton candy! And yes – you can still eat the whipped cream when you’re done!
- Fill a casserole dish with whipped cream, about an inch thick. Then, dot the whipped cream with food coloring.
- Using a toothpick, spread the food coloring into the whipped cream to create swirls of color.
- Roll each egg into the whipped cream mixture, one at a time. Once removed, allow the eggs to sit, still covered in whipped cream, for about 20 minutes.
- Dip each egg in a bowl of water to remove the whipped cream and watch the colorful swirls appear on their shells! Carefully pat dry with a towel and store in the fridge.
3. Rice-Dyed Eggs
This DIY creates beautifully speckled eggs with rice and food coloring. That’s it! For a multicolored look, mix different dyed rice together in the same jar.
- Fill a jar or a cup with rice, then add in a few drops of food coloring. Cover the jar and shake to dye the rice.
- Carefully drop an egg into the jar of rice, then shake or roll gently to cover the egg in dye.
- Set the egg out to dry before storing it in the fridge. Repeat for each egg!
4. Onion Skin Eggs
- (Optional) Dampen raw eggs, then stick herbs, leaves, or flowers onto them to make pretty designs. Wrap each egg in clean nylons to secure the herbs.
- Fill a saucepan with water and onion skins. Then, carefully place the eggs in the saucepan.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat, then use a spoon to pull out the eggs and let them cool. Cut off the nylons, then remove the herbs to reveal your beautiful designs!
5. Paper Towel Tie-Dye Eggs
Here’s an easy pattern that takes no time at all. Using only a few pantry items, you’ll have colorful and nostalgic eggs the whole family will love.
- Tightly wrap each egg in a paper towel. Then, secure the paper towels with rubber bands or clothespins.
- Dab 2 or 3 different food colorings onto the paper towels, making sure that you leave some white space.
- Spray the eggs with a mixture of equal parts water and white vinegar to soak the colors into the eggshells. Let the eggs sit for about a minute.
- Remove the paper towels, and voilà! Super groovy Easter eggs. Finish by giving the eggs a few minutes to dry before storing them in the fridge.
Happy Easter! We hope you have a wonderful time coloring eggs with your loved ones and tell us all about your Easter traditions by tagging @lilwoodzeez on Instagram and Facebook.
