Dyeing Eggs

 Rachel and I dyed eggs again this year and managed not to have any accidents with the dye.  Last time we used food coloring for a craft it got spilled all over the kitchen cabinets.  It was a pain the clean up and the inside of one of the cabinet doors still has some subtle red streaks.  I got smart this time and we did it outside.  I hard boiled 6 eggs for Rachel.  She would have done more, but you never know what will hold a toddler's attention and for how long.  I loved the idea we saw last year of using a whisk to dip the eggs.  It really seems to help prevent mess.  We only dripped a little on her plastic table which wiped right off.  As a mentioned we used food coloring again this year.  I seriously contemplated making natural dyes from food, but decided that for the amount of eggs we were dyeing it wasn't worth the extra cost or time.  Plus Rachel still struggles with leaving the eggs in the dye for any length of time, and it seemed like with natural dyes the eggs have to sit in them.

 Rachel was very proud of her eggs when they were done.