Marbled Easter Eggs Using Oil
Learn how to make Marbled Easter Eggs Using Oil. Enjoy the process of marbling the eggs with your family and have beautiful eggs for the Easter table.
Equipment
- Paper towel
- Forks or spoons
Ingredients
- Boiled eggs
- 1/2 cup Boiling water
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil plus just a dab extra1/2
- 1/2 tbsp Vinegar
- 10-20 drops Food dye natural
Instructions
- You’ll need one bowl per color you would like to use. You can use cheap cereal bowls from Amazon because they’re cheap and the perfect size. You don’t want the water to be over half an inch because you don’t want the egg to get fully submerged when dropped in. Start by adding ½ cup boiling water to each bowl along with ½ tablespoon vinegar. Add 10-20 drops of dye to each bowl (one color per bowl). The darker colors don’t need as much dye, so start with 10 drops for those (purple, blue, etc.) Stir well before adding 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to each bowl. Leave just a bit of oil in a small dish to the side for later use. Make sure your eggs are at room temperature and dry. Wear gloves at this point, if desired. Using your finger or an old small paint brush, make little streaks of oil all over the egg, but do not cover the entire egg in the oil. Random spots and streaks are what you want. Agitate the dye and oil mixture using a spoon or fork and immediately roll the egg in it so that the entire egg has touched the dye mixture at least once. Do this super fast, and immediately pull it out and wipe dry with a paper towel. After wiping the egg clean, let it sit for about 5 minutes back in the egg carton to dry. Repeat for all the eggs you would like to do.