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By Amy Schamburek
Painting Eggs with Food Color
This project will allow you to
hand paint and dye the eggs at the same time.
In a small glass bowl, combine 10
drops of one color, 3/4 teaspoon of water and 3/4
teaspoon of vinegar. Paint hard bowled eggs or blown
eggs with a paint brush.
Pastel Marble Egg
In a shallow glass bowl, combine
1/2 cup of boiling water, 2 teaspoons vinegar, 1/4
teaspoon oil and 4-8 drops Food Coloring. Gently
roll each egg in mixture 30 seconds or until egg is
the desired shade. Then transfer egg to second color
mixture and repeat the process. Allow egg to dry
completely, wipe away excess oil with paper towel.
Perfect Dye Colors
To make egg dye. Combine 1/2 cup
of boiling water with 1/4 cup vinegar and drops of
food dye specified below. Dip in for 5 minutes
Lime
24 yellow drops
4 green drops
Purple
15 blue drops
5 red drops
Cantaloupe
24 yellow drops
2 red drops
Jade
17 green drops
3 blue drops
Plum
10 red drops
4 blue drops
Spearmint
12 green drops
6 yellow & 2 blue drops
Maize
24 yellow drops
1 red drop
Watermelon
25 red drops
2 blue drops
Teal
15 green drops
5 blue drops
Grape
17 blue drops
3 red drops
Fuschia
18 red drops
2 blue drops
Jungle Green
14 green drops
6 yellow drops
Orange Sunset
17 yellow drops
3 red drops
Some Great Ideas to make special Eggs
Wrap rubber bands around eggs
while dyeing to make a tie-dyed eggs.
Color with white crayons to have
magic eggs.
Markers ad nice contrast to dye.
Contributed by
www.20ishparents.com
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