Fun night together dying eggs
When my kids were little they loved all the preparation time before the holidays that had us crafting, cooking and baking. We loved to make things that we could give away as gifts, sell at craft fairs and had guests oohing and ahing at the sight of the holiday table we set.
At 16 he’s into it…and I am grateful
CONCENTRATE!
They are a little older now but they still want to be involved in the messy creative stuff. Haley my 14 year old daughter came up with this one the other night. She thought it would be a great idea to dye eggs for Halloween. I gotta tell ya, when she said it, I was ready to dive into the pantry for some vinegar and food dye right then and there. We sat at the table mulling over ideas for fun designs and the following are our creations.
PUMPKINS!!!!
ZOMBIE egg!
Cup O Eyeball egg
- Troll egg
Black Cat egg
Monster Duo
If your kids like hard boiled eggs this is a great Halloween display turned fast meal before Trick-or-Treating. Use them as a display on Halloween night when your friends are arriving and you’re getting ready for the festivities, then crack into them as a healthy snack before Trick or Treating. Get dyeing will ya and if you do send me pics of your creations and I will share them here.
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I like this — I have some eggs I inadvertently left out of the fridge overnight–now I know what to do with them
PS- I wont be eating them for a nutritious snack though
LOL but you could dye them and use them for decoration!
yep–that is what I am going to do — I love the pumpkins in particular – pumpkin eggs–now there is the makings of a childrens’ story–have to tell Linus
Display them on some dried green peas which are cheap to buy, maybe a buck or two? Then you can have your own pumpkin patch! …and invite Linus!
hey, I like that — you are very creative — and I am sure Linus will want to come! that is my kind of Halloween–not the scary kind
This is such a great idea and a healthier alternative to candy treats..LOVE the art work!!
We had a great time using watercolors to paint after dying them.
Do you need to use special paint? Doesn’t it get on the edible part of the egg when peeling it?
Debbie
After dying them we used non toxic water color paint to paint the shell and it did not seep into the egg at all. Let me know if you try it, we had a blast…Also, we have some brown eggs cooked and did not have time to do scarecrows on them, but that would have been great fun too, a pumpkin and scarecrow patch.