We typically dye our Easter eggs in those drugstore PAAS kits but after seeing a fun video on my FaceBook feed, we decided to try another technique. It was pretty simple and the results were gorgeous! Super important though: Wear gloves!!!
The steps were simple: Boil eggs, soak for 20 min in vinegar (so the dye will adhere better), put shaving cream in a pan, put blobs of color and swirl with a toothpick, roll eggs in dyed shaving cream, let eggs stand on paper towel for 20 min, wash eggs off in a bowl of water, blot dry with a paper towel and let dry.
Yes, everyone loved this craft. Isaac is so lucky to have older siblings... the world and what they do is infinitely interesting to him.
I initially thought Emily's eggs came out the coolest... she stuck with the blue/green/yellow theme.
In pure David fashion, he wanted all the colors, which usually results in brown or murky green results... however his eggs had the look of deep space with interesting random red splotches. So ultimately, David made the best looking eggs this year.
This is what they looked like while still a little wet:
As they dried, they took on an interesting speckled look and interestingly enough, the colors evolved over time with certain colors becoming brighter and others fading. So fun!!!
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