I think I had as much fun with this as he did. The end result actually turned out pretty awesome... but it was the process that was the most entertaining as we experimented and explored. That's how the best activities are right?
If your kids are ones that would make a baking soda volcano every day, then this activity is for you. It was so fun to have a different twist on an activity we seriously probably do every day.
Materials Needed:
- hard-boiled eggs
- food coloring
- vinegar
- baking soda
- paint brushes
- some cups
- big lipped plate or bowl
- a cup of water
Directions for Volcano Egg Dyeing:
1. Create baking soda paint using a tbsp (or so) of baking soda, couple tsps of water, and some food coloring. Mix it up and experiment until you have the consistency you want.
2. Grab a paint brush and start painting your eggs.
3. Drop some food coloring splashes onto your eggs using a dropper.
4. Pour vinegar on top of the egg and watch the "volcanic eruption" all around your egg (picture the bubbling of a baking soda volcano, but more colorful. Every time is different based on your colorful combinations).
5. Repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 again and again until you get bored and are ready to move on to another egg.
6. Pat off the excess vinegar off lightly or just let them air dry.
So once you've dyed some eggs, what do you do with them?
Here are some ideas we either already do, or have discovered recently:
- peel them and eat them (my daughter's favorite thing to do)
- decorate around your house with them
- hide them and host an egg hunt
- have an egg toss
- Egg wars
- egg relays
- Zwanzgerle (Swiss egg coin game)
- "Egg" another house (in a nice way... put cute notes on their house and hide eggs all around their front lawn for the kids to go find)
- Egg rolling contest via Nurturestore
What are your favorite ways to dye eggs at your house?
Do your kids like volcanoes? If so, make sure to check out these awesome gifts for dinosaur lovers. You may want to grab one to put in your child's Easter basket this year!
Here are a few other Toddler Approved volcano posts you might like:
Playdoh Volcano
Volcano tissue art
3-D Volcano craft
Volcano treat
Escape the Volcano Shape Game
Felt Volcano and Dinosaur Bean Bag Game
This is so cool! This year I am trying natural dyes, but I can't wait to try this when my little one is a bit bigger. I think your son and I are kindred spirits, I love a good volcano! Plus, they turned out so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOhhh, we are totally doing this!! Boiling my eggs now! Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteI loved these Eggs! they have turned out to be super beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a neat technique! I wasn't planning on dyeing eggs this year but think we'll do a couple using this method! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! We are playing with our hard-boiled eggs right now and I was all, "Let's do volcano eggs!" to my daughter. At first she said "yeah!" but then decided she wanted to do something else. Bummer, I will have to do this on my own tonight :-)
ReplyDeleteYup, if my daughter doesn't want to do this, I am doing this on my own! This idea is awesome!
DeleteSweet! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteHow awesome! We will be doing this on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteThis really is fantastic! Such a clever idea! We are about to do this tonight :) We already dyed eggs, but can't resist .
ReplyDeletePure genius!!! Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this greatidea! It looks like lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteCoooool! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSo cool ! My boys will love this. We, too, make baking soda and vinegar volcanoes often, so I know they will fall in love with this idea. Thanks for sharing !
ReplyDeleteI just LOVE this so much! My son would so much enjoy this. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy son is volcano OBSESSED. I cannot wait to try this and check out the other volcano idea links.
ReplyDeleteWe just did this today and it was very fun. I had a couple of easter egg dying kits so I just used the color tablets in those and disloved them in a teaspoon of water then added the baking soda to that. I love that this method is so much more involved for the kids. It is always hard to just sit and wait for the eggs to soak in the cups of color. They had so much fun painting on the eggs! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWe tried this today. It was awesome! Sure to be a favorite. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this idea! We tried it today and it was so much fun. My 7-year-old loved it. Ours came out pretty light, I think because we had too much water. Next time, I think a thicker slurry/paint will be great. But we just sprinkled some extra baking soda on them before adding the vinegar to get some more fizz.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to let you know my son loved this! I linked my Easter post to your blog!
ReplyDeleteWow, awesome idea! My daughter loves making baking soda/vinegar volcanoes. She'd enjoy this. I think we're going to be decorating eggs all year.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! WE are featuring your post to a collection of Creative and Fun ways to dye Easter Eggs. It will go live tonight on www.sugaraunts.com. Thanks for sharing your great ideas!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feature!! :)
DeleteI don't know about this being toddler "friendly". The natural tendency is for a child to hold the egg in their hand in order to paint it, even setting it down on some wax paper, since it is a round surface, you have to move it around with your hands. Dye is hard to get off your hands. I thought I used a lot of food coloring, but once it hit the vinegar it washed out a lot of the color. Even so, they looked pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your experience Jayne! Painting is something my toddler loves, so painting with baking soda paste on these eggs was perfect for us. My toddler hates touching things (especially slimy, wet, or painted ones) and had no interest in holding the eggs. Each child is different though, so I definitely recommend adapting for your own child.
DeleteThat was so fun to do with my kids! Thanks a bunch for sharing!
ReplyDeleteim about to do this hopfully it goes well i will let you know when im finished.. im doing this with my three yr old niece!!!
ReplyDeleteWe did this tonight and had a blast! Thanks for the great idea. My toddler thought the eggs were "hot" when she heard the sizzle of the baking soda/vinegar. Too funny!
ReplyDeleteJust did this with my boys (never got a chance to dye eggs before Easter) and they loved it more than Wii and the iPad! Fantastic craft, we loved it!
ReplyDeleteHi! I did this with my preschoolers last year and decided to do it again during our egg dyeing experimentation week, I linked my readers to your blog from my post recent post: http://seedlingsnurseryschoolaz.blogspot.com/2013/04/an-eggs-traordinary-eggs-travaganza.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration!!