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    Home » Crafts

    Baking Soda Easter Eggs

    Published: Mar 26, 2014 · Modified: May 16, 2022 by Vicky · This post contains affiliate links.

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     We are getting in the Easter spirit around here.  The warmer weather and coming of Spring just puts us in a good mood. We recently tried decorating some Baking Soda Easter Eggs. If you've ever played with baking soda and vinegar before, you know how fascinating kids find it. Check out how we took this traditional kids eggs-periment up a notch by adding paint! Be sure to visit these other fun Easter egg activities as well. You'll also love these Shaving Cream Easter Eggs.

    Baking Soda Easter Eggs - Try this fun way to decorate eggs using baking soda and vinegar.

    Baking Soda Easter Eggs

    You will need:

    • Baking soda
    • Vinegar
    • Powdered tempera paint
    • Tongs
    • Containers
    • Hard boiled eggs

    **Powdered paint is not safe to consume, so if you peel you eggs and notice any color on them, do not eat them.**

    tempera paint, baking soda, vinegar

    You will need a container of baking soda for each color you will be using. Pour in some baking soda so that the bottom of the container is covered.

    baking soda in containers

    Next, add in the powdered tempera paint. We used a tablespoon of powdered paint. Mix until the paint and baking soda are thoroughly combined.

    colored baking soda

    Have your child gently place a hard boiled egg into the container with the baking soda and paint. I poured some vinegar in a small cup and then gave it to my daughter. She slowly poured it into the container and was amazed when she saw what happened.

    pouring water over an egg

    The vinegar combined with the baking soda and powdered paint mixture to form fizzy green bubbles which covered the entire egg.

    child making baking soda easter eggs

    We tried dying eggs a variety of colors and the highlight was always when the foam started going down to reveal a colored egg!

    baking soda easter eggs

    I removed the eggs with some tongs and placed them in an egg carton to dry. When they dried, some of the paint left speckles  and an interesting texture to the eggs. Baking soda Easter eggs are easy to make and the results are always different. They will certainly become a yearly tradition here.

    For more Easter egg activities, check out 16 Fun Ways to Dye Easter Eggs from I Heart Arts N Crafts plus these ideas:

    Liquid Watercolor Decorated Eggs

    Spotted Easter Eggs

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    1. LuxeCalendar

      December 06, 2018 at 5:21 am

      The vinegar combined with the baking soda and powdered paint mixture to form fizzy green bubbles which covered the entire egg.

    2. Vicky

      April 20, 2018 at 11:31 am

      Glad they enjoyed it!

    3. Vicky

      April 20, 2018 at 11:24 am

      I have not tried that before.

    4. Elaine

      March 27, 2018 at 8:52 pm

      Can these eggs go into multiple colors rather than just one?

    5. Elaine

      March 27, 2018 at 12:33 pm

      Does it work to try an egg in multiple colors?

    6. Irene Hutchinson

      March 17, 2018 at 11:19 am

      This was an amazing experiment for our children. We used food colouring so the children could eat their colored eggs later.
      Irene Hutchinson
      South Africa

    7. iTommasini4u

      March 27, 2015 at 11:46 am

      Hello I am giorgia from Italy. I found this your idea on pinterest and I took this for my blog post. I mentioned your blog and your name. Thank you very much and congratulations for your work I follow you with pleasure. Sorry form my english!!!!! My post is
      http://itommasini4u.blogspot.com/2015/03/uova-colorate.html . Have a nice day ! Giorgia

    8. Jessica

      April 16, 2014 at 5:11 pm

      we just dripped regular food coloring on top of the soda and then poured in vinegar. no mixing, worked great!

    9. Jenna MOMenvy

      April 10, 2014 at 1:23 pm

      We are so doing this next week! I LOVE this!

    10. Michelle Rotter

      April 09, 2014 at 9:24 pm

      Also wondering if you could use regular food coloring and mix it into the vinegar? I love trying new ways each year to color eggs, think I just found this years idea! Thanks!!!

      Michelle from http://www.grandmaagnesattic.blogspot.com

    11. Cheryl Gendron

      April 08, 2014 at 6:37 pm

      Could you use unsweetened kool-aid in the various colors (flavors) as a substitute dye? I use with plain white icing and it works great.

    12. ~*Kat*~

      April 08, 2014 at 5:05 am

      I know that powdered food coloring used to exist. I don't know if you can still get it anywhere, but if you can get your hands on some it would probably work just as well and it might even produce a bolder color.

    13. Jules@ArtfulStars

      April 07, 2014 at 6:11 am

      Great idea! I wonder if it would work with food colouring instead of powder paint, then they would be edible! 🙂

    14. Jeanine H

      April 04, 2014 at 3:19 am

      Coolest mom ever!!!!

    15. Amy

      April 04, 2014 at 2:35 am

      These look so cool! I'm sure my boys would love this kind of project! But we do like to eat our eggs after we dye them, so maybe we'll have to do another method as well.

    16. Natalie PlanetSmartyPants

      April 02, 2014 at 10:41 pm

      That's really neat! Thanks for sharing with After School Link Up!

    17. Suzanne Schlechte

      March 31, 2014 at 4:30 am

      eggstraordinary! Science & art in one!

    18. Tiffiny

      March 26, 2014 at 1:54 pm

      This looks like an amazing way to dye eggs

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