Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Dyeing Eggs With Kool-Aid

Now let me start by saying that I'm actually not big on dyeing eggs. My oldest is turning 5 soon and this is the first time I have actually dyed eggs with the kids of Easter. Why you may ask? Well, to be honest, I don't like the whole vinegar smell and it just seems like a whole lot of work. Funny thing is, I use a vinegar and water mixture as my all purpose cleaner, every single day but for some reason, I can't stand it when it comes to dyeing eggs.

While browsing through Pinterest a few weeks ago , I came across a pin that said dye your eggs with Kool Aid. I remember thinking, oh, I never knew you could dye eggs with Kool Aid, it sounds so simple! But then didn't really think about it again, I didn't even pin it.

Then when I was in the supermarket picking up an ice-cream cake for my husband's birthday, I came across the holiday aisle with the endless boxes of egg dyes and I happened to remember the Kool Aid pin. So I thought, why not! Unfortunately, the store only had Tropical Punch flavor available at 4 packs for $1, so that is what I got.


Today was the start of spring break for the 3 older kids, so I thought it would be fun for us to dye some eggs. I hard boiled 6 eggs, thinking they could each do 2 and got the dye baths ready.


I wanted to see if we could do some fun patterns, like an ombre look so I tried to make dye baths in different amounts.


One of the great things about using Kool Aid is that it smells really good! Nowadays with what I know about the dangers of food coloring and such, I would never drink Kool Aid. But I must say it was nice to not smell vinegar when dyeing the eggs. And it was super easy. I emptied the contents of the 4 packs that I bought into 3 clear cups and then added room temperature water and stirred. That's it!

Each kid put in one of their eggs and watched them change colors! I was amazed at how vibrant the color turned out and the kids were pretty excited at their first egg dyeing experience. Like I mentioned earlier we tried to do an ombre look but the kids weren't quite patient enough to successfully do it.




So after they were done dyeing their eggs and we were waiting for them to dry, I decided to boil up 3 more eggs for myself to see if I could make some more artsy ones.

First here is how the kids' eggs turn out:

Here is how mine turned out:



Pretty good first experience for me and the kids I must say! I'm actually kinda inspired to get some other colors next year so we could have some rainbow colored eggs!

Do you dye eggs for Easter? Have you dyed eggs with Kool Aid before?

Zi

8 comments:

  1. They were vibrant!!! And for the ombre, maybe try diluting the kool aid, at different heights, and taping off the eggs too. Not that I'm an expert because this is the first year we'll be dyeing eggs. And not that I'd try it because I'm lazy ;). I bought the packaged kit. Will try Kool Aid next year though!

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    1. Taping off the eggs is a good idea but I'm just too lazy to do that, haha! I did use a whisk when I did mine to try and stabilize the egg a bit which sorta worked. Good luck with your first egg dyeing experience with J!

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  2. They turned out beautiful! This will be the first time I will be dying eggs with Baby C. I won an Easter egg dying kit from EcoKidsUSA. So I'm so excited to use eco-friendly dye. I also bought a whisk so hopefully it won't get too messy.

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    1. Eco-friendly dyes sounds awesome! I'm going to check them out. I wasn't sure about the whisk but it is helpful.

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  3. Nice color! We just used the regular dye kits and don't get such bright colors.

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    1. I was very surprised at how bright the color was as well! Happy Easter to you and your family!

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  4. Oh I like your eggs! Very cute. Speaking of dye, my mother-in-law dyed the white part of her deviled eggs all sorts of very bright colors....did not make me want to eat them! No crafting this year at my house....but maybe next year? Not sure if a two year old boy will like that or not, although I'm sure if it involves something edible I could convince him :)

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    1. Thanks Ally! It is hard to craft with a 2 year old...your basically doing all the work =) I'm sure you can do more crafts next Easter though!

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