How to Make Colored Eggs Using Kool Aid & Vinegar

Kool Aid can stain clothing and furniture when dying eggs.

The practice of painting or dying eggs is believed to be more than 2,500 years old. Evidence of the egg-coloring tradition was found in drawings on the walls of caves in the Middle East. Traditionally, Americans have used food coloring to dye their eggs, but other colorants that are safe for consumption can also be used. Kool Aid is ideal for dying eggs because it transfers easily, it is safe when consumed, and it does not irritate the skin. It is important to remember that it can temporarily stain the skin and permanently stain furniture and clothing.

Things You'll Need

• Old newspaper
• 12 hard-boiled eggs
• Egg carton
• Plastic cups
• Kool Aid packets
• Vinegar
• Spoon

Instructions

1. Spread several layers of newspaper out on a flat, dry work surface. Place one plastic cup for each packet of Kool Aid in the center of the paper.

2. Pour 2/3 cup hot water in each of the plastic cups. Add 1 tbsp. of vinegar to each cup and stir to blend.

3. Empty one packet of Kool Aid into each cup of water. Stir the contents of each cup until the Kool Aid has dissolved.

4. Lower a cooled hard-boiled egg into each cup carefully with a spoon. Let the eggs sit in the cup between one and 10 minutes. The longer they sit, the darker the color will appear.

5. Remove each egg from the cup of Kool Aid with a spoon. Place the egg in an empty egg carton to dry.

References

• Earth To Eats: Dye Eggs With Kool Aid
• "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Household Solutions"; Melodie Moore; 1998