Yesterday at Walmart, I realized I forgot to buy an egg dying kit. We couldn't find them anywhere and when we asked someone she pointed us to a certain aisle and said they only had the sports kits left. Hmm....we looked and they were sold out! I looked at Miss V and she didn't look very happy so I said we could try another store.
Well in the check out line I had a great thought! I have tons of pretty gel food coloring, I bet we would just make up our own! Miss V perked up at that thought.
When we got home I boiled up the eggs and let them cool. She picked through my bin of Wilton and Americolor food gels.
She picked Wilton pink, Wilton Golden Yellow, Wilton Leaf Green, Wilton Royal Blue and Americolor Electric Purple.
So I mixed up about 1/2 cup of hot water in each glass, 2 tsp of white vinegar and the food color.
It was fun experimenting with the colors and how long to leave them in each glass.
Here is an example of the blue eggs. One she left in for only a minute and the other she left in for a couple minutes.
Ha! No more buying overpriced kits for us!
5 comments:
Those turned out great!
Thank you!!
Those dye kits are only food coloring anyway. ;o) Next year, we've decided we're going to use the gels, as well, so we can make up our own colors!
Victoria's eggs came out great!
Your eggs look great! We did the same thing, using Mccormick food coloring instead of a kit. I'm with you, I'll never buy a kit again! We made much more interesting colors this year by mixing our own.
You're such a clever mama - I'm sure Miss V will always remember how you pulled this one off - WAY TO GO MOM! =)
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