Easter Eggs Dyed with Rice

Learn how to dye Easter eggs with rice for a fun and less messy alternative to traditional dyeing! This easy method uses everyday household items and creates beautifully colorful eggs with unique textures.

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Shopping list:

• White Rice
• Food Coloring
• Hard Boiled Eggs
• Quart Ziploc Bags
• Disposable Gloves

This Easter egg coloring method is perfect for little ones!  

It's simple, mess free, and keeps the dye contained in bags while kids have fun squishing the rice around the eggs to create vibrant colors.  

These Easter Eggs Dyed with Rice turn out beautifully colorful, and you can dye as many as you like. Just add more food coloring to the rice as needed. No worries about spilled cups of dye, and kids can choose their favorite colors to make each egg unique. We even decorated some of ours with Easter stickers after they dried for an extra fun touch!  

Not only is this a creative activity, but it's also a great sensory experience. Plus, you can incorporate learning by identifying colors and counting eggs. I highly recommend this for all ages, both my 2 year old and 16 year old had a blast with it!

If you're looking for ways to use extra hard boiled eggs, try my Seasoned Hard Boiled Eggs or Easy Deviled Eggs!

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Recipe tips and substitution ideas:

• If the color isn’t as bright as you'd like on the eggs, add a couple more drops of food coloring to the bag. 

• I used gel food coloring, but I’ve had luck with water based dyes as well. Avoid oil based dyes as they tend to not grab onto the shell as well. 

• This works for colored farm fresh as well, the color will just appear less saturated or in some cases, darker. 

• I’ve used minute rice and regular rice and both worked, although I liked the minute rice more. Brown rice should work as well, if you have some on hand.

• You can do multiple colors, one after another. Just give it a couple minutes to dry in between colors for the best results. 

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Easter Eggs Dyed with Rice

Ingredients

• White Rice
• Food Coloring
• Boiled Eggs
• Quart Ziploc Bags
• Disposable Gloves

Instructions

1. Decide how many colors you’re going to do and have one baggie per color.
2. Place about a cup of rice in each baggie, about a ¼ full.
3. Place four drops of the same color of food coloring in each baggie.
4. Remove air from the bag and seal it before squishing the rice all around until the dye is distributed.
5. Be sure your eggs are dry before choosing your color and placing the egg in the bag. Remove the air and seal the bag before gently moving the egg around in the colored rice until you’re satisfied with the color distribution.
6. Remove eggs from rice wearing the disposable gloves. Refrigerate for about 2 hours until dry.

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