Coloring Eggs

I have fond memories of dying eggs with my cousins when we were young. And at the edges of that memory is the impression that it was kind of a pain for the adults. Spending forever hard boiling a thousand eggs and trying to make sure the dye doesn't get every where and everyone gets the colors they want and all. So I wasn't sure if it was a form of celebration in which we would partake.

Then pinterest (always pinterest) had an answer. They put baking soda in the bottom of a little bowl, mixed in some powdered tempra paint, placed the egg on that, and then the kids poured vinegar on it. It bubbled up the baking soda and colored the egg. I thought it was perfect! Luca isn't trying to carefully dip an egg in, having to wait until it's well saturated, and then carefully transfer it to the carton to dry. Only problem is tempra isn't edible, so if any color was on the egg when it was peeled it would have to be thrown away.

I figured using food color in the vinegar would do a similar thing and the results would be edible, so that's what we did. And Luca loved it! He placed the egg in the baking powder, picked the colors, and poured the vinegar. He was so entertained watching the ensuing bubbles. So much fun, so little mess =)

Plus, I get to eat sort of tie-dyed egg salad!