If you are looking for a SUPER easy and fun way to dye the easter eggs this year then you are going to love this How to Dye Easter Eggs with Shaving Cream step by step tutorial. Once you learn How to Dye Easter Eggs with Shaving Cream you will never use those egg dye cups with water and tablet (that make a huge mess) again!
Shaving cream Easter Eggs Dying
If you are looking for a super-easy way to dye Easter eggs then you are going to love dying East Eggs with shaving cream (or cool whip!).
Around my house dying of Easter eggs hasn’t changed much since I was a little kid. We always go to the store to buy one of those kits that you put a little color tablet into vinegar and then place your eggs into the solution.
The only thing that has really changed since I was a kid with those kits is that they now come with stickers and sometimes a white crayon to draw on your egg first. This is super messy and normally ends up with someone spilling a cup of dye.
To avoid a huge mess, the easy way to color easter eggs is this fun Shaving cream Easter Egg method!
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With two little kids under the age of five in our house, our eggs always end up this brownish color because they think it’s fun to dip them in each cup of color. I wanted to have a fun way to dye our eggs without ending up with gross colored eggs.
My kids had so much fun coloring the eggs using the shaving cream method. If your kids a neat freak like my daughter you will want them to wear plastic gloves while they touch the eggs. The food coloring will stain your hands but it tends to come off after a day or two.
Tips for Dyeing Easter Eggs
Use a deep dish. Using a deep dish makes it easier for the eggs to be covered in the cool whip and for the kids to roll the eggs around.
Use Gel food coloring. The colors will be brighter and more vibrant when you use gel food coloring instead of liquid food coloring. If you are using liquid food coloring I suggest adding a few drops of vinegar to the shaving cream or doing the vinegar submerging to get a better coloring on the egg shells.
Be Gentle. When you are rinsing the shaving cream off of the eggs be gentle so you do not crack the shells.
Leave the eggs in the shaving cream for at least 10 minutes. To get bright colors you want the eggs to sit for quite a bit of time. I suggest at least 10 minutes but prefer to leave them in the shaving cream and food coloring for 30 minutes to an hour.
Best Way to Cook Eggs for Coloring
There are two different ways that I like to cook my eggs. You can make hard boiled eggs in the oven, Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs, air fryer hard boiled eggs or hard boiled eggs on the stove top. Either way will work and give you perfectly cooked eggs.
After making the eggs allow them to cool completely before letting the kids color them.
How to Store Hard Boiled Eggs
After you have colored the Easter Eggs you are going to need to store them. It is best to store hardboiled eggs unpeeled (which is perfect since you want to see all of the beautiful colors after you dye the eggs. Allow the eggs to fully cool and then place them peeled or unpeeled in an air tight container or the egg carton and store in the fridge.
How long are Hard boiled eggs good for?
Hard-boiled eggs will keep fresh for about a week in the fridge if they are left in the shell. If the eggs are peeled it is best to eat them within 3 days. Hardboiled eggs are good left out for a max of 2 hours. If you are using them for Easter egg hunts or dying eggs make sure you have them back in the fridge within 2 hours or they are eaten.
Shaving Cream Easter Egg Dying Supplies
- 1 can of shaving cream or a tub of cool whip
- gel food coloring
- 1 wood skewers
- 12-24 hard boiled eggs
How to Dye Eggs with Shaving Cream
Spray the can of shaving cream or tub of cool whip into a 9×13 inch pan.
Add drops of the food coloring around the shaving cream, making sure to use different colors so the eggs will be tye-dyed.
Use your skewers to swirl the colors into the shaving cream.
Roll the eggs into the shaving cream and set them aside with the shaving cream on them for at least 10 minutes.
Rinse the eggs off with running water or fill a bowl with water and dip them in the water to wash off the shaving cream.
Keep your eggs in your fridge until you would like to display them.
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How to Dye Easter Eggs with Shaving Cream
Supplies Needed
- 1 can of shaving cream or a tub of cool whip
- gel food coloring
- 1 wood skewers
- 12-24 hard boiled eggs
Instructions
- Spray the can of shaving cream or tub of cool whip into a 9×13 inch pan.
- Add drops of the food coloring around the shaving cream, making sure to use different colors so the eggs will be tye dyed.
- Use your skewers to swirl the colors into the shaving cream.
- Roll the eggs into the shaving cream and set them aside for 10 minutes with the shaving cream on them.
- Rinse the eggs off with running water.
- Keep your eggs in your fridge until you would like to display them.
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