How to dye eggs for Easter: 8 original ways

Still deciding how to dye your Easter eggs with your own hands and involve your child in the process? This year, in addition to traditional dyeing methods, we suggest you take a look at new, original techniques!

Coloring eggs for Easter is always an event and a favorite process for many children! Therefore, think in advance about what to paint the eggs with and buy all the necessary materials! For you – 8 ideas that you have not used before!

How to paint eggs for Easter with your own hands

Shaving foam

You will need: 

• food dyes
• plastic container or deep baking tray
• white shaving foam
• pipette or straw
• boiled eggs

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process:

1. Squeeze a sufficient amount of foam onto the sheet and distribute it well.
2. Drop food coloring of different colors onto the foam from a pipette and stir a little to form patterns on it.
3. Then dip the boiled eggs into the colored foam and shake them in it.
4. Wait 10 minutes and wipe or wash each egg.

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If using shaving foam in coloring is unacceptable to you, you can replace it with whipped cream, but in this case the concentration of the pattern on the shell will be less strong.

How to dye eggs with whipped cream

You will need:

• deep plate
• whipped cream
• food dyes
• vinegar
• boiled eggs

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process:

1. Before painting Easter eggs, dip them in vinegar for a couple of minutes so the pattern sets better.
2. Scoop a generous amount of whipped cream into a deep plate and drizzle in different colored food coloring. Don't mix the colors too much!
3. Dip the eggs into the cream and roll them well in it, leave them there and put the plate in the refrigerator for half an hour.
4. After that, take out the Easter eggs and wipe each one. The drawing is ready!

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Rainbow eggs

You will need:

• plastic cups
• food dyes
• boiled eggs

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process:

1. To get this effect on eggs, you need to gradually dip the egg into a lighter shade of food coloring. For example, first dip the edge of the egg into red and wait 5 minutes, let it dry.
2. Then dip this egg into the yellow paint a little deeper. This way, in addition to the stripe paint, you will have yellow.
3. It is essential to dry each layer, otherwise the drawing may become dirty.

How to color eggs with erasers

You will need:

• rubber bands or strips of fabric
• food dyes
• boiled eggs

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process:

1. In order to dye eggs for Easter in this way, you need to prepare 2 colors of food coloring that go well together.
2. Wrap wide rubber bands around the egg (you can use hair ties), dip it in the base color for 5 minutes, then let it dry. Remove a few rubber bands.
3. Dip the egg in the lighter dye solution again. Let it dry and remove the rubber bands.
4. Dip the egg a third time into the solution with the lightest shade of dye.

Gradient Eggs

You will need:

• gouache
• wide brush
• boiled eggs

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process:

1. The point of dyeing eggs this way is not to paint them perfectly.
2. Take 2 colors of gouache and draw them on one brush from different sides. Draw zigzags and waves on the egg.
3. A child can handle this technique on their own, and you will get beautiful gradient transitions.

Marble eggs

You will need:

• vegetable oil
• water
• fork
• food dyes
• boiled eggs

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process:

1. First, you need to dye the eggs a solid color or use rice (see below) to create a base color that you will then marbleize. Let the eggs dry.
2. Pour 150 ml of water into a glass and add food coloring in a color that contrasts with the background of the eggs. Then add one and a half tablespoons of oil.
3. Place the egg in a glass and let it sit for a while. After 15 minutes, remove the egg with a fork and set aside to dry.
4. You can't touch the Easter eggs until they're dry!

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Northern Lights Eggs

You will need:

• paper towels
• gumka
• food dyes
• spray
• boiled eggs

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process:

1. Place the egg on a napkin and tie it tightly, like in a bag, with a rubber band.
2. Dilute the food coloring and sprinkle different colors on each side of the bag alternately. Don't be stingy, sprinkle so that the colors blend and there is white space left.

You can use just a couple of colors, but the egg will be much brighter. For example, for the egg in the picture, only red, yellow, and green were used.

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Dyeing eggs with vegetable oil

You will need:

• vegetable oil
• food dyes
• boiled white eggs

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process:

1. Take several glasses, dilute a dye of a certain color in each of them and add 1-2 tbsp. of vegetable oil.
2. Drop an egg into the glass and stir it into the liquid.
3. Leave the eggs in the glass for half an hour, then let them dry.

See how to dye eggs for Easter in this way in the master class:

How to dye eggs with rice

You will need:

• food coloring
• long rice
• plastic containers with lids
• boiled eggs

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process:

1. Pour a little rice into each container and add food coloring. Shake to ensure all the coloring is absorbed into the rice and colored.
2. Then, place the egg in a container with colored rice, close the lid, and shake gently. For convenience, choose small containers that can be shaken more vigorously.

You will end up with eggs covered in colored pollen. This technique is great for basic egg coloring before marbleizing.

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 How to dye eggs for Easter with your own hands using rice, see the master class: