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Groovy tie-dyed Easter eggs

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These eggs are seriously groovy, dudes.

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And they are not to be confused with the eggs I shared on Monday that are dyed from silk neckties. (A little confusing, right?)

These have the look of the T-shirts I tie-dyed at Girl Scout camp in the mid-nineties. In other words, they are nostalgic to me. And Henry actually had a ton of fun with these. (Unlike the silk tie eggs, which he couldn’t have cared less about.)

Ingredients

Here’s what you need. Gel food coloring and medicine droppers.
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And also white vinegar, hard boiled eggs, a surface to work on (I like to use an old cookie sheet) and a paper towel. (Something else you will probably want is gloves. We didn’t use them and survived with colored hands for a day or so.)Tie-die easter eggs02

 

Eggs + Vinegar

First, soak the paper towel in white vinegar and roll an egg inside to look like a Werther’s Original. Or like this, if you prefer a visual.
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Add color

Next – use the medicine dropper to “color” the paper towel. Henry loved the medicine dropper.Tie-die easter eggs06

He also loves Mater the Greater, but that’s another story for another day.Tie-die easter eggs07

 

Here’s what the egg looks like as you start adding colors. Just roll the egg around until the colors are everywhere.

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You can use tongs to rotate the egg and get the paper towel nice and saturated with colors.

 

 

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Open Sesame

Use the tongs to remove the paper towel. And, BAM – you have yourself a faux tie-dyed Easter egg. If there are white spots, you can simply roll the egg on top of the paper towel to dye those areas.

 

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The neat thing is that you can do the whole process over and over from start to finish. Or you can be like us and just use the exact same paper towel for all 12 eggs. (This is when it got really messy and would have been better to have gloves. Just wrap another egg in the pre-dyed paper towel and roll it up. We pressed the sides gently to make sure the eggs were getting dyed. When it was getting faint, we added a little more dye.)

I adore how the eggs turned out. They are bright and festive and also unique.

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And the entire process was extremely easy for me and a toddler. I was also able to talk a little about the Easter story with Henry, which was also fun. (Basically, as we wrapped up the egg I told Henry that went Jesus died, his body was locked away in a tomb. And then after dying the eggs, we opened them up and I shared that when the tomb opened after three days, Jesus was alive. And now he lives in all of us and makes us colorful and alive, too. Maybe it’s a stretch, but I thought there was a connection. And I had a captive audience who seemed to enjoy it.)Tie-die easter eggs10

Plus, even though the eggs were all made with the same paper towel (God), they all look different.
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Just like us, right?Tie-die easter eggs12

I’m pretty sure that I’m not at all qualified to be giving religious lessons, but Henry didn’t seem to mind if there were theology issues. And at the end, we ended up with some really groovy eggs, to boot.Tie-die easter eggs13

Who wants to come over for some groovy egg salad?

Comments

  1. This is a cool idea. Ive been trying new ways to dye our eggs each year. Last year we did it with kool aid and they were so bright. Might try it this way this year. 🙂

  3. I looked at your silk tie and tie dye eggs. Great ideas! I bet they were fun to do with your son. My girls are teenagers and we still enjoy coloring eggs. May try these ideas.

    I am right there with you on wanting that “bonding moment” and having it not go as planned.
    The theology lesson was perfect for his age!
    Keep up the great mom and son moments. He will appreciate them.

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