Dinosaur Eggs!

Dinosaur Eggs!

1. Boil your eggs and let them cool.

2. Lightly tap on the counter to make a bunch of little cracks. Some people whack them with a spoon.

3. Using one plastic bag per egg, put some food coloring in each bag.

4. Put one egg in each bag and SEAL or if you are using those weirdo folding sandwich bags, use a twist tie to be safe.

5. Sort of lightly smoosh the bag around to distribute the food coloring.

6. Let sit for a minimum of 30 min.

7. Rinse with water.

8. If you want, you can help set the color with a little pour of vinegar over them.

9. Peel!

We tried them ourselves, of course.

This was the first time EVER that none of my eggs cracked.

Will, resident egg cracker

All bundled up with dye (food coloring).

Keep 'em in the fridge.

Alternative version - using traditional egg dye kits.

This one involves one egg per bowl, and then leaving the bowl in the refrigerator for a few hours. I'm not that patient.

Electrical Tape Eggs

Using electrical tape is one of my faves - you cut it into pieces/shapes/letters and adhere it well to the dry egg (use the back of your thumbnail to rub). Drop your egg in the dye, remove tape, dye again if you like... and you are good to go.  You can get really intricate and spell out words, make pictures, etc -- with sharp, crisp edges.  

You can even save the pieces of tape and reuse them a few times.

This is electrical tape.  It's NOT the same as duct/Duck tape.

Sharpie Markers.. So Easy!

Wit & Whistle blog posted this for Halloween, but of course you could adapt it for Easter eggs.  
Just drop the vampire fangs.  Or not.  
 http://witandwhistle.com/2011/10/31/happy-halloween/

Someplace, I have some photos of my Sharpie-eggs.  I just made simple squiggles, zig zags and swirls.  You can use colored markers directly on the eggs in their white/brown form, or dye them a light color first.  Just make sure they're dry first so the marker sticks (and you don't drop your egg).









Meanwhile:  Check out Alisa Burke's Doodle Easter Eggs

Background on Egg Week

Each year, I pretty much harass my friends and family to decorate their Easter eggs.  I usually do this in person and via Facebook, but I thought it might be time to take my obsession to the next level and create a blog.  I'll roll out all techniques I know (with pictures) and any I find.

If you have any cool ideas, find any cool links -- please send them my way and I shall share them here.  And, I'll even credit you.  It's the least I can do.

By the way, Egg Week is the week before Easter.  You can decorate your eggs earlier than Egg Week... but you may not want to eat them.