Easter Egg Dye Art

Egg prices definitely have me rethinking the dying Easter egg tradition this year. BUT I have a great classroom alternative! I don’t love to dye eggs in the classroom typically because they just don’t end up getting eaten. I appreciate the process and all of the learning experiences (differences between raw eggs and hardboiled, dying sensory experiences, peeling dyed eggs, taste testing, etc.), but it definitely comes with a cost factor. This year I’ll be sticking with egg-free experiences, and dropper dying is one of my absolute favorites.

To do this great activity all you need is egg dye, water, eye droppers, and paper towels. Make sure that you have cookie sheets or plastic trays for each child to work on because this activity can definitely create some wet messes. Prepare your egg dye using only water – the vinegar isn’t necessary because you don’t need the dye to stick to an egg shell.

Once you’ve got all of the dye ready, give each child a paper towel – this will be their canvas. Using eye droppers children can drop egg dye onto their paper towels and watch the dye spread. As they add different colors the colors will mix. Once the paper towel is fully colored, hang them or lay them out to dry.

You can use these dried towels for other art projects – cut them into Easter shapes likes eggs or rabbits, use them to decorate cards, collage with them, etc. Or just leave them as beautifully colored paper towels.

This experience can start some excellent conversations about absorption and color mixing for added science fun!