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Tie Dye Easter Eggs

How to Tie Dye Easter Eggs for brightly colored eggs. This is a fun method that doesn't use cups of liquid or foams or creams.
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Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Easter Egg Coloring, Easter Egg Dyeing
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Setting & Drying: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 12 +
Calories: 78kcal
Author: Sandy

Equipment

  • Rubber Gloves
  • Egg Carton or Basket

Ingredients

  • Hard Boiled Eggs
  • Coffee Filters
  • Rubber Bands
  • Food Coloring water based
  • Paper Towels

Instructions

  • Lay out a coffee filter and place an egg in the center.
    Pull the edges up and wrap it tightly in the filter. Secure the coffee filter around the egg with a rubber band.
    egg on a coffee filter, 3 eggs wrapped in coffee filters.
  • Put on rubber gloves, if using. Pick your first food coloring color and put one drop at a time on the filter in random places.
    Repeat with as many colors as you like, or until the filter around the egg is almost completely saturated with food coloring. You won't need much as it tends to spread.
    adding red dye to the wrapped egg, wrapped egg with colored dyes on it.
  • let the eggs sit for 5 minutes on paper towels or in the egg carton.
  • Put gloves back on, if using, and carefully unwrap the eggs from the filter. Use the paper towel to pat the eggs dry.
    wrapped dyed eggs on white surface, 1 of the dyed eggs unwrapped.
  • Place the colored eggs back in the carton (or on paper towels) to dry for about 5 minutes before handling.

Notes

Keep Eggs refrigerated after dyeing them.

Nutrition

Calories: 78kcal