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How I (Easily) Dye Easter Eggs With 5 Kids Under 7 Years Old

April 1, 2013 by not your average mom 3 Comments

My husband had to work yesterday, so I was flying solo on egg duty.

I decided to try the muffin tin strategy.

First I covered the table with an old plastic table cloth that I keep and reuse for messy projects.

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Next, I mixed up the dye in measuring cups.

The kids watched the tablets dissolve.

They asked what dissolve meant and we talked about that.

It was very Pioneer Woman-y and home school-y.

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I poured the dye into muffin tins. I only filled them about 1/3-1/2 way full.

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There are 6 colors in a PAAS dye kit. Each kid got half a tin to him/herself.

No one had to share colors.

No one fought over the red.

Or blue.

Or green.

I saved the rest of the dye. Just in case.

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Each kid got 10 eggs.

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Well, except for the baby.

She got a lollipop.

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It helped to wash down the paint she somehow got a hold of, and it kept her occupied during the dyeing.

Then, they got their muffin tins and they got busy.

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The fact that the entire egg didn’t submerge wasn’t a problem.

In fact, it made it really easy to dye the eggs 2 different colors, which the kids thought was very cool.

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They came out pretty neat. Neat enough for the kids. I’m not concerned about having Martha Stewart quality eggs. I just want the kids to have fun…

And they did.

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Turning them over wasn’t a problem either.

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I also bought an egg stamping kit.

The stampers didn’t work very well.

But the kit came with a little paint brush, and that worked well with the stamp pad.

The kids loved painting on the eggs.

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Nobody tipped anything over.

Nothing spilled.

No one even cried.

They just cooperated.

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And cooperated.

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And cooperated.

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It was an Easter miracle.

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That is, until the eggs were left unattended.

And Number 7 got her hands on them.

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I don’t think those suckers are gonna be rising from the dead anytime soon.

 

 

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Filed Under: Kids' Corner Tagged With: Easter, easter egg dying, easter eggs, muffin, muffin tins, PAAS, reduce/reuse/recycle

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  1. nikea k says

    April 1, 2013 at 1:23 am

    Had a similar experience yesterday with my 5 munchkins under 9 yesterday the tins will be a great idea for next year!!!

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  2. Sherry says

    April 2, 2013 at 1:18 am

    Susie you are a riot, it reminds me of when my kids were young they went to Sunday school with dye on their hands the next day!

    Reply
  3. sandi says

    March 13, 2016 at 11:28 am

    Susie!! I love this idea and want to do it with my kids… Question… were you able to use the muffin tins again for baking or do they get stained/ruined by the egg dye?

    Reply

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