Color Eggs With Food Coloring And Vinegar. Vinegar helps dye stick to the egg surface. The pastels were truly pastel and needed a lot more dye to obtain brighter colors.
I have been a mother for over five years now and somehow this is the first year that I actually get around to dying Easter eggs with my kids. Now add a few drops of the second color of food coloring to the eggs in the colander. Gently place boiled and cut egg shells into the colored water.
Pour hot water in shallow bowls.
Use a dropper or measuring spoon to drop small amounts of vinegar onto each egg; the reaction between the vinegar and baking soda will bubble and creating a tie-dye look.
Vinegar is a common ingredient in many types of cooking. Turns out those little tabs were nothing but super condensed food coloring and it is just as easy to homemade easter egg dye as it is to buy the box. Your good old food coloring from the grocery is an acid-base dye and the vinegar traditionally used to dye eggs helps the food coloring to bond to the eggshell.