But if you are anything like me, then dyeing Easter eggs and decorating Easter eggs is still left on your to-do list—in fact, my kids are dying to try shaving cream eggs! (I still need to buy fillers for the kids’ Easter baskets too, but I digress.) Sure, those store-bought egg decorating kits that come with the dye tablet that dissolves in white vinegar or hot water are a classic and make it easy to color hard-boiled eggs in shades of yellow, green, pink, and blue. But if you are looking to put a spin on the time-honored tradition, there are some great alternative methods to coloring Easter eggs! Check out these tutorials for 20 other ways to color Easter eggs, including how to dye Easter eggs with shaving cream, melted crayons and with Cool-Whip and Kool-Aid! Fair warning: While some of these methods will give you beautiful Easter eggs, they may not all be safe to consume.
How to Dye Easter Eggs
1. Dyeing Eggs with Rice
All you need to make these beautiful rice-dyed Easter eggs from Easy Dessert Recipes is a cup of rice (per color) in a zip-lock bag and a few drops of food coloring. The eggs are edible, it’s a great activity for even the youngest kids to help out with, but you can use the leftover rice for a sensory table!
2. Plastic Baggie Watercolor Easter Eggs
Flip a baggie inside out, color with water-based markers, and then gently rub the bag over your egg for beautiful Easter Eggs that look like they were painted with watercolors!
3. Natural Dyed Easter Eggs
Straight from nature! Artist Claire Tomkinson of Waked Up Studio made natural dyes with turmeric powder, red onion, carrot and orange pepper, mint, blueberries, and hibiscus tea!
4. Fizzy Dyed Easter Eggs
These fizzy-dyed eggs from Mummy To Twins Plus One may be best as an outside activity because they are beautiful — but messy! The combo of baking soda and white vinegar will bubble and fizz like a volcano!
5. Shaving Cream Eggs
With just some white shaving cream and some food coloring, your little artists can go to town making these incredibly colorful Easter Eggs! (Even though they won’t be safe to eat!) See the tutorial from Endurance Apparel and Gear. View this post on Instagram
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6. Marker Dyed Easter Eggs
Grab a coffee filter from the kitchen, a spray bottle of water, and some washable markers from the junk drawer and you have all the tools you need to easily decorate your Easter Eggs!
7. How to Dye Easter Eggs With Cool Whip
Add food coloring to a whipped topping for a cool marbled effect on your Easter eggs! Bay Area Toddlers has the tutorial—and you can have the Cool Whip for dessert when you’re done!
8. Melted Crayon Easter Eggs
Put all those broken Crayola pieces in the crayon bucket to good use with this cool coloring trick from SoCraftastic. Adult supervision is needed since this method only works while the hard-boiled eggs are still hot!
9. Kool-Aid Dyed Easter Eggs
Use packets of Kool-Aid to color your Easter Eggs, and not only will your eggs be the bright colors of the powdered drink, but you can make your own color combinations by combining packets! See the tutorial from Tot School Resources.
10. Cracked Colored Easter Eggs
Gently rolling your hard-boiled eggs enough to crack the shell allows the food coloring to seep through to make these vibrant cracked-colored eggs. These will definitely kick your Deviled Eggs appetizer up a notch!
11. Washi Tape Easter Eggs
The combinations are endless when it comes to decorating your eggs with washi tapes or washi stickers, as seen in this tutorial from Washi Wednesday.
12. Paper Towel Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs
It doesn’t get much easier than tie-dying Easter Eggs by wrapping them in a paper towel and then dotting the towel with food coloring! Check out this hack from Mombrite.
13. Paint-Flecked Easter Eggs
Pasta to decorate Easter Eggs? Yep! Add acrylic paint to a pan of pasta, and each paint-flecked egg will turn out differently. (Note: you won’t be able to eat these, but they sure do look beautiful!)
14. Temporary Tattoos
If your kids love putting temporary tattoos on their arms, they will love decorating hard-boiled eggs with them! See the hack from Tried And True By Trista.
15. Sharpie Colored Easter Eggs
Draw a masterpiece right on the hard-boiled egg with brightly colored Sharpie pens. The fine-tipped markers really allow for some creative designs, as shown by artist Dea Lenihan.
16. Onion Skin Easter Eggs
Who would have thought that a nylon stocking, onion peels, and leaves and flowers would come together for such fancy-looking Easter Eggs?
17. Nail Polished Easter Eggs
You won’t be able to eat these Easter Eggs, but by dropping and swirling nail polish in water, you will create a cool marbled pattern to coat your eggs.
18. Silk Tie Dyed Easter Eggs
Wrap an egg with a 100% silk tie before boiling, and the intricate pattern will transfer to the egg! You may not want to eat these afterward, though!
19. Oil Marbled Easter Eggs
Water and oil mix together—or not!—with food coloring to create a vibrant marbled effect on dyed Easter Eggs.
20. Tissue Paper Decorated Easter Eggs
No cups of dye are needed to design Easter Eggs with bleeding tissue paper. When sprayed with water, the color transfers to the egg, leaving behind pretty pastel hues. (These may not be safe for eating afterward!) Check out… Easter Egg Hunt IdeasThe Best Easter MoviesMake-Ahead Side Dishes For EasterLivestream Easter Sunday Services
