Classic Easter Eggs

Host Kathi Cardinalli demonstrates the best way to dye Easter eggs for the Easter holiday season.

Exchanging colored eggs is an ancient custom that pre-dates Easter. Many cultures have and still do celebrate the egg, and many even bury decorated eggs with their deceased.

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Materials:

hard-boiled eggs
decorative stickers
decorative rubber bands
mixing bowls
cut pieces of cardboard (toilet-paper roll) for a egg holder
rubber cement

Ingredients for Easter egg coloring:

paste food coloring (colors of your choice)
1 cup water
1/4 cup vinegar

Steps:

Mix the color desired by testing the paste with 1 cup water and 1/4 cup vinegar. Use less paste for a more subtle color and more paste for a bolder color.

Dip a decorated (with rubber bands or stickers) egg in the mixture and let set. The longer you leave the egg in the solution, the darker it will be.

Place the dyed Easter egg on a cut piece of cardboard roll to dry.

To create decorative swirls on the eggs, dribble some rubber cement on the egg. This creates a pattern. Let dry until the cement is not sticky. Dip the egg into dye solution and let it set. Remember, the longer it sets, the brighter the color will be. Roll off the rubber cement to reveal the remarkable color contrast on your finished Easter egg.