How to Create Swirled Easter Eggs

This new "spin" on egg coloring will give you a beautiful swirled effect.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Eggs
• Large Glass Or Metal Egg-dipping Bowls
• Scissors
• Scissors
• Old Newspapers
• Adhesive Tape
• Adhesive Tape
• String

1. Hard boil or blow out some eggs to decorate.

2. Fill a large glass or metal bowl with cool or room-temperature tap water. Make sure the bowl is deep enough so that an egg can be easily submerged in it.

3. Cut a piece of string at least 6 inches long.

4. Tape the string to the top of the egg you want to color. Use a very small piece of tape.

5. 

   Drop several drops of various colors of oil-based egg coloring into the bowl. Do not stir or mix.

6. Hold the string in one hand and get the egg to spin with the other hand.

7. 

   Lower the egg as it is spinning into the water very slowly until it is completely submerged.

8. Blow on the top of the water where you will lift the egg out.

9. 

   Lift the egg out quickly through the clearing you have made in the colors.

10. Remove the tape and string and allow the egg to air dry.

11. Rip a piece of newspaper as long as the diameter of the bowl and about 4 inches wide.

12. 

    Take the newspaper and curve it to fit along one inside edge of the bowl. Slowly draw the newspaper across the surface of the water. This will absorb the coloring.

13. Lift the newspaper up and out once you reach the opposite side of the bowl.

14. Add new colors to the bowl and begin again.

15. 

    Enjoy the beautiful swirled effect you will have achieved.

Tips & Warnings

• Try dipping half the egg, allowing it to dry, then putting the tape on the other end and dipping the opposite end into different colors.

[Easterbunny]

on 4/7/2007 Thanks dago. Yeah, no kidding. I remember this stuff costing around $3.00 lol. I did find some comparable oil based dye from Dudley's Swirl an egg. IT must have been old or just not a good product since after mixing it well, it poured out as a clear oil and the pigment was spotty. The eggs didn't color. They were mostly colored in clear oil. It was a huge disappointment to the kids.

[dago6262]

on 3/27/2007 you can fin rubys egg dye (the oil based kind) on ebay. The only problem is they are not exactly giving the stuff away. They are selling for $14.95 a package which is 3 bottles of dye (3 different colors)

[dago6262]

on 3/27/2007 I was able to find someone on ebay who has 9 kits of Ruby egg dye. There are 3 bottles of color in each package, The only problem is they arent exactly giving it away. You can buy one package for 14.95.

[Easterbunny]

on 3/22/2007 Where can one purchase oil-based egg coloring? I have scoured the web trying to locate a source but have found nothing. I went to our local art/craft store and they said they have never heard of it. I remember buying a kit at Walgreen's named "Ruby's" that used these oil based dyes and we made beautiful glossy marbled eggs as kids. Walgreen's said that company no longer exists. I would love to share this again with my little ones so if anyone could assist me in fining this I would be appreciative-Bunny