Easter Eggs

Boiling the Perfect Easter Egg

You will need the following:
1. Eggs
2. Pot - with a lid
3. Water
Put the eggs in the pot, then fill the pot with water so that the water covers the eggs about an inch.
Bring the water to a good boil, then remove the pot from the heat.
Put a lid on the pot, and let it stand for 25 minutes.
Run cold water into the pot until the eggs are cool.

Home Made Easter Egg Dye

You will need the following:
1. 4 Cups - used to hold the 4 different dye.
2. 1 teaspoon vinegar
3. Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue food coloring
4. Hard boiled eggs
To make the dye, first fill each cup half-way with boiling water
Add 1 teaspoon vinegar to each cup
Put 15 drops of food coloring in each cup - stir.
Place 1 egg in each cup - for darker colors, leave egg in cup longer

Easter Egg Design Ideas

Use ribbons, buttons, or stickers to decorate your eggs.
You can create your own new colors with some experimentation - for instance to make orange dye, mix a small amount of red coloring with yellow.
Try crayon resist. Use a crayon to create swirls, designs, write your name. The wax helps resist the coloring and lets your designs show through.
Use stickers, sequins, buttons, beads, and glitter to decorate your egg.
Tie Dye your egg – use the same method as your shirt by wrapping rubber bands around your hardboiled egg before coloring.
Make bunnies with your hardboiled eggs. Use craft material like google eyes, cotton ball for a tail, and chenille stems for ears. Make a nose and mouth with sharpie pen.