Baking Soda Easter Eggs

As Easter approaches, many families around the world are gearing up for one of the most cherished traditions of the holiday: dyeing Easter eggs. This is one of the yearly traditions I remember doing time and time again every Spring. It’s so fun for kids to create their own Easter egg designs and transform ordinary eggs into their own little works of art.

The process of dyeing Easter eggs is simple yet endlessly customizable. There are numerous techniques and methods to explore, but why not incorporate a little science experiment into the mix?

Dying Easter eggs with baking soda ‘paint’ is fun for kids of all ages. My three year old loved mixing the colors, painting the eggs, and watching the fizzy reaction to reveal a beautiful almost tie-dyed egg.

Here are all the supplies you will need:

• Eggs – I recommend hard boiling them the day before so they have time to fully cook and cool
• Muffin Tin
• Food Coloring
• Baking Soda
• White Vinegar
• Small Bowls
• Droppers
• Paint Brushes

After your eggs are hard boiled and cooled place one in each cup of your muffin tin. I like using a silicone muffin pan just to help prevent and eggs from breaking with little hands that aren’t gentle yet.

Add about 2 tablespoons of baking soda into a few small bowls (we did 5 colors so 5 bowls). Into each bowl, add 3-5 drops of food coloring. Keep in mind that some colors might need more or less drops depending on how vibrant they are. We found out that pinks, purples, and blues dyed the eggs better than yellows and greens.

Add a few droppers full of water into the baking soda and mix. You’re looking for a thick but spreadable paint.

Now let the creativity begin! Let your kiddos use the paintbrushes to paint the eggs with the colored baking soda mixture. The baking soda mixture should be thick on the eggs (and slightly chunky). If it’s too thin or too thick adjust your water and baking soda ratio. Once painting is done, let the eggs dry for a little – this doesn’t take long, maybe a few minutes for each egg.

Pour some vinegar into a bowl let your kiddo fill up the droppers with vinegar and squirt onto the eggs. They’ll see a fun fizzy reaction between the baking soda and vinegar and will leave behind a perfectly dyed egg.

Keep the eggs in the fridge if you want them to last longer. We did this activity a few days before Easter so they would still be fresh to decorate our Easter lunch table.

Happy Easter!!