Tie Dye Easter Eggs
Bring a fun, groovy twist to your Easter traditions with these beautiful tie-dye Easter eggs! Using simple coffee filters and food coloring, this easy technique creates vibrant, one-of-a-kind patterns that look like they came straight from the 1970s.
Servings 12
Equipment
- Plastic gloves
Ingredients
- 12 White hard-boiled eggs
- Food Coloring
- 12 Coffee Filters
- 12 Twist Ties
- Paper towels
Instructions
- Start with dry, completely cooled hard-boiled eggs. This helps the colors adhere better and prevents any slipping during the process.
- Place one egg in the center of a paper coffee filter. Fold the coffee filter up and around the egg, gathering it gently at the top. Secure it tightly with a twist tie to hold everything in place.
- Place drops of food coloring directly onto the wrapped eggs. You can use as many colors as you like — the more colors, the more vibrant your tie-dye effect will be.
- Be sure to leave some white spaces between the drops. This allows the colors to blend beautifully and creates that classic tie-dye look.
- Continue adding drops until the coffee filters are nicely covered with colorful spots.
- Gently spray each food coloring dot with a light mist of water from a spray bottle. Watch as the colors begin to spread and blend together, creating those beautiful, groovy tie-dye patterns.
- Once you’ve sprayed all the eggs, carefully squeeze out the excess water using a paper towel. Be gentle so you don’t smear the design.
- Place the coffee filter dyed wrapped eggs on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and allow them to dry overnight (or for at least 8 hours) for the best, most vibrant results.
- Carefully unwrap the eggs from the dried coffee filters. As you peel them away, you’ll reveal the beautiful, one-of-a-kind tie-dye patterns — no two eggs will look exactly alike.
- These vibrant tie-dye Easter eggs are ready to display in a basket, use as table decorations, or hide for an Easter egg hunt.