Egg Coloring- Part One

Marbled Eggs!

I am trying to stick with my once-a-week commitment here, but I am going to cheat and do 2 this week!

I have always been completely un-impressed with the way dyed eggs turn out.  It is super messy and, lets face it, pretty boring.  Allexxa had a BLAST with these eggs and they turned out wonderful with barely any clean-up!  The best part is the only thing I had to buy (besides eggs) was the shaving cream, for a dollar at the Dollar Tree!

All you really need to set up for these is wire cooling racks, cake or jelly roll pans (you can use one, I chose two because of time constraints,) shaving cream, white vinegar, and food coloring.

 

First I placed the hard boiled eggs in a shallow pan with white vinegar and rolled them around for a couple minutes.  Make sure they are dry before you start.  I then filled the pans with a thick layer of shaving cream and let Allexxa dot the shaving cream with food coloring.

 

At this point you can use a toothpick to "marble" the shaving cream by dragging it across the top, but I found this step completely unnecessary.

I did find some cute egg tongs for her to use so that the food color stayed off her hands.  She placed the egg in the pan with the shaving cream and food coloring and then pushed it around with the tongs until she thought there was enough color on it.  

 

 

 Then I had her pick up the egg with her tongs and put it on the cooling rack.  This was her favorite part.  She said they didn't look like eggs but like creatures!

That is basically the whole process.  Once they dry an hour or so, rinse them under cold water and let them dry again.  Then they are ready for the giant creepy rabbit!

Below are a few examples of how ours turned out (with the neon liquid food coloring!)  If anybody tries it, let me know!  I would LOVE to see pictures of how yours turned out!