The kids love to tie-dye Easter eggs and I love that it keeps those little hands busy for at least a good hour. We color eggs year-round a lot of the time. It’s one of the few times they are still and I get to relax or catch up on things around the house. Amazon has some cool pretty cool Paas Tie Dye Easter Egg coloring kits for my favorite hippy trippy tie-dyed look (refer back to child of the 60’s). I also buy my Paas kits at Walmart but I’m sure you can find them in other places as well (however, I won’t receive a commission if you do, lol). If you’re going on an Easter egg hunt or having one, I suggest picking up several kits, 1 per dozen eggs.
Items needed:
Tie-Dye Easter Coloring Kit
Paint Brushes
1 Dozen Boiled Eggs -> per coloring kit
Newspapers
Paper Plates
Bowls of water to rinse brushes
Kids
You will need to boil your eggs using 2 T salt (or more) to keep the eggs from cracking. By adding the salt, my eggs never crack. Never. It’s always best to use room-temperature eggs to boil. I take mine out of the fridge the night before boiling. This may help to keep them from cracking as well although I’ve always said it’s because of the salt. I boil mine hard-boiled (approximately 10 minutes). Runny Easter eggs are no fun.
I spread out newspapers on the table so the kids don’t get the dye everywhere and I use separate plates for each color. While all of their artistic skills are shining through, I get to sit down, skim the news headlines & enjoy a great cup of Folgers coffee. Many times I’ve cleaned the entire house before they finish painting their eggs. It really is a fun project and the eggs look better to me when they’ve been painted vs dipping.
I put the eggs in a vase for pictures but I keep our Easter eggs in the fridge to avoid “rotten eggs”.
I really love how hippy trippy tie-dyed Easter eggs look. Im considering letting the kids paint me some wooden Easter eggs for a table setting.
Use up all of those hippy trippy tie-dyed Easter eggs in egg salad, potato salad, and of course deviled eggs.
Deviled eggs “green eggs and ham” recipe:
1 dozen hard-boiled eggs, peeled
Green Easter egg dye
Mustard
Sour Cream
Small diced pieces of ham
Dill Relish
Paprika
Parsley
Salt & “peppa”
After peeling the eggs, let the eggs sit in the egg dye until you have the desired color.
Cut the bottom off the eggs so they will stand up, and cut the top off to stuff the eggs. Remove egg yolks from eggs and put them in a bowl.
Add 1 T mustard, 2 T sour cream, diced ham as desired, 2 teaspoons dill relish, parsley, salt, and pepper as desired.
Mix everything together.
After stuffing, sprinkle paprika on the tops and serve cold.
Happy Easter to you and yours from Terri and family at Shabby Chic Boho.
painting with the box instructions was so runny, did you use less vinegar than directed? Thanks!
Oh this is such a fabulous idea I will definitely do this over the weekend – woohoo!
I love your ideas of green eggs and ham. I will have to try this recipe out for the kids. ^yolonda
Awwww this is soooo adorable and looks like crazy fun! i wanna do it! lol
hahaha green eggs and ham! reminds me of that brilliant movie i am sam.
i really cant believe how fast this year is going. easter will be here before we know it. wow
It has been ages and ages since my family and I’ve dyed Easter eggs, but we’re planning on doing so next Easter. It is almost already to believe that it’s around the corner!
Love that colorful eggs! This would be perfect on Easter eggs. Glad that you share this with us
look at those eggs! they are all cute and exciting! this green eggs is really interesting tho.
What a cute idea. This will keep my two granddaughters busy. Fun craft!
that’s nice! green eggs looks interesting to try! im sure kids will enjoy this egg!
This is a nice idea for kids to keep themselves busy and also help them be more creative and artistic. It’s also nice seeing them doing it while enjoying while you are having a zip of your coffee.
Dyeing the eggs is a nice way to engage with the kids and have them explore creativity with coloring. I have never actually tried it before but it looks so fun!
We didn’t dye eggs last year. I’m kind of sad about it. I hope we get the chance to do it this year. It’s just a fun family tradition.
I could eat a dozen deviled eggs! They are my favorite. This is a cute slant on a classic recipe.
Easter is around the corner already eh! I go egg hunting with my kids and its so much fun
Oooo loving how your eggs turned out!!! I can’t believe its almost easter time!!! My daughter is an easter baby so we always go all out for easter!
Awww….How cute! The kids’ eggs look adorable and the green deviled eggs look delish!
I’ve always added salt to my hard boiled eggs and wasn’t sure if it was an old wives’ tale. It must be true since I’m not the only one! 🙂
I can’t believe it is almost time for Easter!! This sounds like a great recipe that my kids would love!
I am so doing this for church. We take potluck food every Sunday and I am the go to devil egg person.
Those are absolutely adorable. They look like so much more fun to make than traditional egg dying kits. Love it!
Those look amazing! I feel like at least one of them should have the Grateful Dead skull on it.
Love painted eggs,so colourful and happy to see!