Dyeing Easter eggs is a brilliant American tradition and so easy to do. The only catch is that you’ve got to buy white eggs to get the best result, so that means spending a few extra quid on duck eggs. See a few snaps from when we did this last year above and below.
Besides the duck eggs, you need food colouring, vinegar, crayons, Easter-ish stickers, cups and spoons.
1. Hard-boil your eggs and let cool completely.
2. Make dye by mixing one part food colouring with two parts white vinegar. You need enough to submerge the eggs. (If you can get your hands on a Paas egg dyeing kit, you can skip this step and follow the package instructions).
3. Colour simple pictures or designs or write names on the eggs with crayon.
4. Dip eggs in dye. Play around with this, you can do one colour, half and half, one then another. There is no wrong way!
5. Once dry, add stickers.
You can keep hard-boiled eggs in the refrigerator for up to a week, so you’ve got a week of lovely egg and cress sandwiches and fancy eggs in your future.
