Craft Speckled Easter Eggs!

These speckled eggs are made with food dye and uncooked rice.

 

Supplies for making speckled eggs.

       Their are several ways to 'speckle' your Easter eggs with dye or paint, however, this is the cleanest way to do it with little children in my opinion. 

       You will need the following supplies to get started: tongs, rice of any color, plastic sandwich bags (one per color), food dye, white vinegar, eggs, and a pot of water for stove.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Boil the number or eggs of your own choice in a pot of water.
2. Once the eggs have boiled for 10 minutes, let them cool slightly in that water and add a couple of Tablespoons of white vinegar to that same water.
3. Now fill each plastic bag with about 1/2 cup of rice. You will need a bag for every color you wish to make.
4. Add four to five drops of food dye into one bag of rice along with a warm egg (in shell).
5. Seal the plastic bag carefully and then shake it's contents together until the desired degree of speckle is transferred to the egg.
6. Repeat the steps for each color separately.
7. You may repeat the process by coating the eggs with multiple colors and you may continue to add dyes to the rice to intensify the speckling.
8. Toss the rice out when you have finished.
9. Keep your eggs refrigerated until you are ready to eat them for Easter brunch.

Left, use tongs to insert the boiled eggs inside of the plastic bag if these have not cooled enough
before dying. Squeeze 5 or 6 drops of food coloring on top of the rice before sealing the bag.
Right, now for the fun part. Toss the egg and rice back and forth between your hands until it
looks they way you want.

See our speckled eggs in white, green, red and blue.