Dying Eggs With Food Coloring And Vinegar. Now unwrap and check out all the cool colors. While your eggs are cooling, mix up your dye.
There is no need to spend money on a kit to dye your Easter eggs when you very likely have all the ingredients for Easter egg dye in your kitchen cabinets. To create a tie-dye effect, try dripping food coloring on a paper towel, then spraying with your water and vinegar solution until it starts to spread. If you're dying eggs with kids, allow the dyes to cool before proceeding.
If you're doing multi-colored eggs, let them dry thoroughly between coats of dye.
Your good old food coloring from the grocery is an acid-base dye and the vinegar traditionally used to dye eggs helps the food coloring to bond to the eggshell.
The eggs are pretty on their own, but we also discovered a quick way to add an. To create different tints, vary the dipping time. To create a tie-dye effect, try dripping food coloring on a paper towel, then spraying with your water and vinegar solution until it starts to spread.