How to Dye Easter Eggs

  Anyone who follows and loves this tradition will probably search for tricks and ideas about how to color the Easter eggs. Probably finding plenty of photos and videos.

These beautiful, surprisingly simple, Easter eggs are created by coloring them in different shades and using a natural decoupage technic. What I mean about natural- the traditional glue is replaced with fresh albumin who works flawlessly. The colors obviously are alimentary. For the final step-polishing, I use olive or sunflower oil.

What You Need

1. White hard-boiled eggs. 
2. towel and newspaper. 
3. Bowls or cups deep enough to completely submerge an egg.
4. A few spoons. 
5. A ½ cup of boiling water.
6. One teaspoon white vinegar.
7. Liquid food coloring (about 20 drops per color) or if you’re using a store-bought kit for dying Easter eggs, simply follow the instructions on the package. 
8. One fresh albumin.
9. Paint flat brush. 
10. Decoupage napkins with your preferred patterns.

First step:

Add the towel in your saucepan, the egg(s) and then the water. 
This way you avoid cracking them.

Then turn on the stove to high heat. Once the water is rapidly bubbling, immediately turn off the heat and cover the saucepan with a lid. Depending on how you like your hard boiled eggs cooked, they will take an additional 5 to 12 minutes to cook. Set a timer once you turn the heat off, based on the outline below. Once the eggs have spent the desired amount of time cooking, immediately remove them from the water and transfer them to an ice bath. Chill until cool enough to handle.

Second step - coloring:
Start with cool hard-boiled eggs.

Protect your surface by covering with the sheet of newspaper. Fill the container with the mixture of enough water to cover the egg, one teaspoon of white vinegar, and the color. The more food coloring you add, the darker the color of the egg will be. Place egg on a slotted or regular spoon and dunk, turning occasionally so both sides. Keep in liquid for up to 5 minutes, leave in longer for a darker shade. If you're doing multi-colored eggs, let them dry thoroughly between coats of dye. Store finished and dried eggs in empty egg cartons.

The third step - prepare your decorations:

Cut loosely around the designs on the napkin using small scissors. Separate the printed top layer and discard the lower sheets. Lay down the part of the printed layer on the egg. Then brush a layer of the albumin over the top to seal it. Allow it to dry before adding anything additionally. It dries fast. I found it worked well to work on two eggs at one time to allow one egg to dry while you are working on the other egg.

Final step: 

Let them dry and then put some oil on another napkin or tower and polish the egg with very gentle movements.

***This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are my own and I genuinely like and use these products. Thank you for your attention and please excuse any mistakes, as English is my second language.