FYI: Tie-dye Easter Eggs

Every year for Easter my grandma Bonnie helps all her grandchildren dye Easter eggs. Usually we do the typical tablets in vinegar method, but this year she came up with another way to make them look pretty.

Here are the materials you need to tie-dye your Easter eggs.

• a dozen hard-boiled eggs
• food coloring
• paper towels
• rubber bands
• spray bottle
• water
• vinegar
• tray
• rubber gloves

First, hard-boil your eggs and gather the materials. In a small squirt bottle, pour half water and half vinegar all the way up. 

Next, take your hard-boiled eggs and wrap them in tight in two paper towels. At the top of the egg put a rubber band around the excess paper towel. Your egg will have "bunny ears."

Line your tray with some paper towels and lightly spray the vinegar mix to dampen the paper towels. Do the same to your covered eggs. 

Put on your rubber glove. Once the paper towels are damp, use food coloring to tie-dye and create designs on your egg. Soaking the paper towel will create the design on the egg without using multiple rubber bands.

The paper towel will soak through and create the texture. I used red and blues on my egg. Make sure you get in between the crevices of the paper towel or some of the egg will be left white. 

Over the tray lined in paper towels, gently squeeze the paper towel so that it sticks firmly to the egg. Don't squeeze too hard or you will break your egg! 

Let the eggs sit in the tray for an hour. This will give the eggs time to soak in the paper towels to create the texture. Put on another pair of gloves and take the paper towels and rubber bands off the eggs. Set the eggs back in an egg carton to dry. 

These eggs are more for older children or adults to make. This is a messy, but fun project. If you want to impress the Easter Bunny this year, try tie-dying your Easter eggs!