We are getting in the Easter spirit around here. The warmer weather and the coming of Spring just puts us in a good mood. We recently tried a fun science activity by decorating Baking Soda Easter Eggs. If you've ever done a baking soda and vinegar experiment 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.
⭐Why This Craft is Awesome
- We dyed 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 are easy to make and the results of this science experiment are always different.
- When they dried, some of the paint left speckles and an interesting texture to the eggs.
🖍️Supply Notes
**Powdered paint is not safe to consume, so do not eat these eggs**
- Baking soda - Don't use baking powder
- Vinegar - Needed to produce the chemical reaction
- Powdered tempera paint - You can get these on Amazon or any art supply store
- Tongs - The kind you use for salad are fine. They will help you fish out the eggs.
- Containers - You will need a container of baking soda for each color you will be using.
- Hard-boiled eggs - Let them cool before using
- Empty egg carton - A great place to keep eggs so they can dry.
📋Step by Step Instructions
STEP 1: Pour in some baking soda so that the bottom of the container is covered. We used ½ cup of baking soda in each container.
STEP 2: Next, add in the powdered tempera paint. We used a tablespoon of powdered paint. Mix until the paint and baking soda are thoroughly combined.
STEP 3: Have your child gently place a hard-boiled egg into the container with the baking soda and paint. Pour ¼ cup of vinegar into a small cup and have your child slowly pour vinegar into the container.
STEP 4: The vinegar combines with the baking soda and powdered paint mixture to fizz and form colored bubbles which will cover the entire egg.
Kids will love this volcanic eruption of color!
STEP 5: When the foam goes down, a colored Easter egg is left.
STEP 6: Remove the eggs with some tongs and placed them in an empty egg carton to dry.
For more Easter egg activities, check out 16 Fun Ways to Dye Easter Eggs from I Heart Arts N Crafts.
✂️Expert Tips
Tip 1: Powdered paint is not safe to consume, so do not eat these eggs.
Tip 2: You can mix colors of powdered tempera paint to make new colorful combinations. Try different combinations and see what you get!
🤷🏻♀️Craft FAQs
Can I use warm eggs that have just been hard-boiled?
No, you want to make sure the eggs have completely cooled.
I don't have baking soda. Can I use baking powder instead?
No, baking powder will not produce the same reaction.
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🐰Craft Tutorial
Baking Soda Easter Eggs
Materials
- Baking soda ½ cup for each color you will be making
- Vinegar ¼ cup for each color you will be making
- Powdered tempera paint a tablespoon, more if you want a deeper color
- Tongs
- Containers You will need a container for each color you will be using.
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Empty egg carton
Instructions
- Pour in some baking soda so that the bottom of the container is covered. We used ½ cup of baking soda in each container.
- Next, add in the powdered tempera paint. We used a tablespoon of powdered paint. Mix until the paint and baking soda are thoroughly combined.
- Have your child gently place a hard-boiled egg into the container with the baking soda and paint. Pour ¼ cup of vinegar into a small cup and have your child slowly pour it into the container.
- The vinegar combines with the baking soda and powdered paint mixture to form fizzy green bubbles which covers the entire egg.
- When the foam goes down, a colored Easter egg is left.
- Remove the eggs with some tongs and placed them in an empty egg carton to dry.
Vicky
They are not edible.
Vesna
Are these eggs edible?
I am colouring eggs every Easter but to be eaten not just for fun and sake of being coloured.
LuxeCalendar
The vinegar combined with the baking soda and powdered paint mixture to form fizzy green bubbles which covered the entire egg.
Vicky
Glad they enjoyed it!
Vicky
I have not tried that before.
Elaine
Can these eggs go into multiple colors rather than just one?
Elaine
Does it work to try an egg in multiple colors?
Irene Hutchinson
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
iTommasini4u
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Jessica
we just dripped regular food coloring on top of the soda and then poured in vinegar. no mixing, worked great!
Jenna MOMenvy
We are so doing this next week! I LOVE this!
Michelle Rotter
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
Cheryl Gendron
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.
~*Kat*~
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.
Jules@ArtfulStars
Great idea! I wonder if it would work with food colouring instead of powder paint, then they would be edible! 🙂
Jeanine H
Coolest mom ever!!!!
Amy
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.
Natalie PlanetSmartyPants
That's really neat! Thanks for sharing with After School Link Up!
Suzanne Schlechte
eggstraordinary! Science & art in one!
Tiffiny
This looks like an amazing way to dye eggs