Sunday, April 20, 2014

Herby Easter Eggs

Happy Easter to those who celebrate!

I can already smell the ham and deviled eggs. I decided to do a little tutorial for you this year. Shapes on your eggs! Any interest? Well, too late. I waited until the last minute to do this last night. So, you're getting it!


Supplies:
Hard boiled Eggs
Food coloring
Nylons (I used on leg for 7 eggs)
Cups
White vinegar
tiny rubber bands
Herbs/Stickers


Step One: Cut your nylons into 3 inch sections and place an egg inside each.
Step Two: Tie each end off with a tiny rubber band, making sure to twist the nylons until its tight.
Step Three: Pull both ends with rubber bands together, twist, and secure with another rubber band.


Step Four: Lay out your cups (in my case 7)
Step Five: Put a 1/2 cup hot water and 2 tsp of vinegar in each cup
Step Six: Add your dye. There are recipes for certain colors on the box. Or you can find more HERE
Step Seven: Gentle place your eggs in the dye with your tied end facing upward for easy removal.


Step Eight: Let them sit in the cups for five minutes (TIME IT!)
Step Nine: Remove your eggs, cut off the nylons, and remove the herbs. (Don't bother removing the stickers they are fine for now)
Step Ten: LET your eggs SIT. Do not handle them until they are completely dry.

As you may or may not be able to tell I ran out of herbs. What I have here is a weed, shamrock, a weed, another weed, and parsley! I also used oregano but I somehow cut that out of the picture. The 7th item I used was a heart I just cut out of duct tape and put on the egg before submerging it in the dye. :D

Thank you for following along!


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