These Watercolor Easter Eggs are one of my all time favorite ways to decorate Easter eggs. It’s a really simple process, and you probably already have everything you need to do them. I love decorating these and using them on my Easter table as decoration.
Tips and Tricks for Watercolor Easter Eggs:
- For these to work best, in my experience it s best to make sure the colors you are using are very saturated. If you are using food dye, I use 10- 12 drops in about a cup of water. If you are using other dye, just make sure it is as saturated as it can be. For the lighter colors just add more water.
- Starting out with the darker colors, and then layering over the lighter colors seems to work best. I try to cover most of the egg with a couple of good spoonfuls of the darker color and then fill in the gaps with the lighter colors.
- Make sure you are letting your eggs dry in between each layer of color. That way they don’t run together.
- I like to use plastic water bottle caps, or milk jug caps to rest my eggs on when they are drying. That way they don’t roll round.
- If you want to speed up the drying process, you can use a blow dryer to dry the eggs in-between each color layer.
- Batik Dyes are how I got such saturated color in the images within in this post. If you use food coloring, your colors will not be as dark, but will still be beautiful!
Easter Egg Dye
For these Watercolor Easter Eggs I have tried a couple different dyes. Here are some of my recommendations:
- Batik Dyes. In my opinion, these dyes have the best more saturated colors.
- Food dye. I love this neon color way, and it actually doesn’t really turn our neon at all, but more pastel. This is the more traditional food dye you find in grocery stores, and it works great!
- I also love this Natural Dye Easter Egg Kit.
Below I’m using neon food coloring!
How To Dye Easter Eggs Using The Watercolor Technique
Equipment:
- Cups (6 or more)
- Spoons
- Baking Sheet
- Plastic latex gloves (optional)
- Food coloring or other egg dye
- Cooled Hard Boiled Eggs
Process:
Time needed: 1 hour
- Prepare your hard boiled eggs.
Soak your completely cooled hard boiled eggs in a bowl mixed with 50% water and 50% vinegar.
- Prepare your watercolor dye colors.
We recommend a minimum of three different colors. If you are using food coloring, I have found 10-12 drops in one cup of water gives you good color saturation for dark versions of the color. For lighter versions of the color use half as many drops in one cup of water. You want lighter and darker variations of the same color for layering the colors.
- Dye the eggs using the watercolor technique.
Hold your hard boiled eggs on either ends with one hand. Pour spoonfuls of dye over the eggs. You can do this over the dye cups, or over a baking sheet lined with paper towels. Let dry completely before you repeat with other colors.
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I saw the same process in different blog post before but didn’t try yet. It is really easy and very simple ieda.
great chocolate. I like to eat chocolate, although I am quite fat. ;)) I will do it~~ yummy . thank you very much
Easter is coming, so I like the dish associated with eggs or chocolate. thank you for sharing. I will try to do this dish. happy Easter!
Very pretty. Joyeux pâques
This is such a cute idea! And it seems pretty simple. . . Hopefully mine turn out as pretty as yours!
Shae @ http://www.currenthabits.com
The eggs are so pretty and – best part – they can actually be eaten since they’re done with something non toxic. There are so many real interesting posts for coloring eggs this year, but most warn not to eat the eggs because the coloring is toxic.
Yours are pretty and edible – thanks.
Tavette – S. Florida
These are SO BEAUTIFUL! Would go perfectly w/ our Hostess box, Amelia, for Easter! =)
Cheers!
Sherry
something different & new, planning to try this, will let you all know my experience. http://kitchentuts.com/
Are the watercolor eggs uncooked or hard boiled? If uncooked can you cook them after?
They are hardboiled!
Hey! Those are some pretty awesome designs! Really cute too!
Can you do this with watercolours?
Thx,
Alexia F
Great idea on the eggs!!!
The sandwich looks so creative and simple!
To get eggs with perfect dark yellow yolks, be sure to plunge them in iced water after boiling- ever since I’ve learned that I’ve been having them every day!
Everything about this post is absolutely beautiful. Gorgeous Spring colors – and the sandwich looks so delicious. I truly want to lift it from the computer and eat it! No eggs in my nest anymore with my daughter off to college. Really miss coloring eggs. I was able to live vicariously through this post. Thanks!
Gorgeous and easy! Love this!
These are too pretty for words! Simply gorgeous and a great one for the kids!
Those eggs are so pretty that I’d almost want to display them in an a pretty bowl in the house. Of course, the eventual stench would keep me from doing it. But, I’m hopping onto that egg salad sandwich – the pickles sealed the deal for me!
These are so pretty – kind of like pastel camouflage! Love that fresh egg salad sandwich too – beautiful :-)
Ummm…dhese are super pretty. Like rilly rilly pretty!
Those eggs are so pretty! I used to love coloring eggs when I was younger – I can still do it now, right?! Great job + hope to stay in touch via our blogs!
Wow, those eggs are seriously pretty.
The watercolor eggs are beautiful and the sandwich looks delish!
I love these!!! I am definitely doing this next year.
Your eggs are gorgeous! They’re like edible art!
What a great idea for dying eggs! Love the watercolor look. And love the idea of an egg salad sandwich that is not eggs mashed to death.
I just love this blog. The pictures are great, the food looks (& tastes!) delicious! One of my very favorites.
This looks like a great take on the super creamy (and unhealthy) egg salad that is traditionally made. I can’t wait to try it! (I love hard-boiled eggs)
xoxo,
mon amy
Love the fancy painted eggs AND the sandwich. Hell yeah. This sandwich is so much prettier than the smashed remix. <3
Me too… I really love painted eggs! I always paint eggs for easter and it’s always a wonderful moment!