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  • What would Easter be without a basket filled with

  • brightly colored eggs?

  • Decorating eggs is easy and inexpensive, using a simple mix of

  • food coloring, water and vinegar.

  • To create a rainbow of beautiful eggs, here's what to do.

  • Step One: Choose and prep the eggs.

  • Select large white eggs. Brown eggs don't show color as well.

  • Before you color, you'll need to hard boil the eggs, or removed the yolks

  • and whites by blowing them out.

  • To blow out an egg poke a small hole in each end of the egg with a large needle.

  • Hold the egg over the dish, and blow into the top hole.

  • The raw egg will drip into the bowl, and leave an empty, and intact, eggshell

  • ready for color.

  • For hard-boiled easter eggs, make sure they are completely cooled to room

  • temperature before coloring.

  • Step Two: Assemble Materials.

  • Here's what you need to transform white eggs into colorful, easter orbs.

  • Newspaper, to cover your table or workspace,

  • eggs, blown or hard-boiled,

  • food coloring,

  • white vinegar,

  • smile bowls, or cups of hot water,

  • tablespoons, for dipping.

  • Step Three: Make the dye.

  • Fill each bowl three-quarters full

  • with warm to hot water.

  • The waters shouldn't be so hot it will burn your hand.

  • Leave enough room in the cups so the water won't overflow when you drop in an egg.

  • Add one tablespoon of white vinegar to each cup of water.

  • This helps set the color.

  • Next, add the food coloring.

  • If you plan to eat the eggs later, use food grade dye.

  • Drop in about 40 drops, or a half a teaspoon, and stir well.

  • The more dye you add, the more vibrant the color.

  • Get creative and mix up an assortment of colors.

  • Step Four: Dye your eggs.

  • Set and egg on a spoon and lower it gently into the dye.

  • Let the egg sit in the dye until it reaches the desired color.

  • The longer you let it sit, the darker the color.

  • Stir the egg gently to encourage even coloring.

  • Remove the egg from the dye, and set it sideways on an empty egg carton to dry.

  • Gloss up your eggs by adding a couple drops of vegetable oil to a paper towel,

  • and gently wiping the eggs.

  • Dying eggs all the colors of the rainbow is easy, so make lots.

  • Use colored eggs in your Easter brunch centerpiece, tuck them

  • into baskets and hide them around the house or yard for a

  • traditional egg hunt.

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