Easter Craft - Day 6 - Dying Easter Eggs with Explosive Excitement

Today was our Easter egg hunt with the family.  Although we hide plastic eggs, we still boil a few for the kids to dye.  This year, I decided to find a new way to dye the eggs instead of the same way as every other year.  I came across a few articles about using this as a time for a science experiment and making volcano eggs.  As a former educator, I thought this was an awesome idea.

Here is what we did.  I bought the egg dye kit that has the dye tablets.  The one that I bought had 9 colors.  I placed a tablet in 9 Styrofoam cups so that they could just be thrown away when we were finished.  I added 1 tablespoon each of vinegar and water to each cup.  There will be a little bubbling but that is okay.  Next, I added about 2.5 to 3 tablespoons baking soda to each color.  You will need to add enough to make a paste.  

After each paste is done, this is when you paint on the paste to the eggs.  Paint it on thick to make a better reaction later.  We painted multiple colors on each egg.  Alex loved painting the eggs.  This was much more fun for him than just dipping the eggs in dye.  Once all the eggs are painted, this is where the real fun begins.

I poured a few cups of vinegar into a large bowl.  Alex used the egg dipper to drop the eggs into the vinegar and watch the bubbles form.  It was awesome - a controlled volcano with egg dye!  Alex loved it!  If you are looking for something a little different, then this is it.  This will definitely be happening again next year!