Tie Dye Easter Eggs and Flowers

Create gorgeous tie-dyed Easter eggs and flowers for beautiful dirt cheap spring decor. This is a fun, fairly quick Easter project to do with the littles! There are a number of different types of food coloring available, if you want really fun colors we suggest the Neon food coloring available from McCormick.

Tie Dye Easter Eggs

Here is the easy-peasy directions step by step, first, gather the ingredients for your eggs (and/or flowers!) While we recommend a coffee filter for this particular craft project, plain cheap paper towels work just as well.

You’ll Need:
1 Dozen Hard Boiled Eggs
White Coffee Filters
Eye Droppers or Spray Bottle
Food Coloring Dye (the Neon colors come out really well!)
Newspaper
Disposable Gloves

First, if you’re tackling this fun project with kids, be sure to cover your entire working area with newspaper to prevent accidental staining. It also helps to wear disposable gloves to avoid staining your fingers too.

Wrap each egg in a plain white coffee filter, gently twisting at the end to tighten.

Add drops of food coloring to the tissue paper, choosing various colors to alter the pattern.

Holding the egg over a dish, spritz it generously with water. The more water you add the more washed out the design will become. If you prefer Bold colors, go easy on the water.

Set the egg aside to dry. Repeat with the remaining eggs.

Let the eggs dry, this takes about an hour without help, but if you’re impatient you can use a hairdryer set on low to quickly dry the eggs (about 5 minutes!)

See it in action: Tie Dye Easter Eggs Video

Tie Dye Easter Eggs Using Homemade Dyes

First, protect the work surface with newspapers.

Secondly, Prepare the Egg Dyes in various colors.

Third, to begin tie-dying your eggs, place 1 egg inside a coffee filter, bring it to a close around the egg and secure it closed by twisting gently.

Next, Using the eyedropper (you could also use a straw by holding the end to pick up one drop of dye at a time) drop your choice of colors on the coffee filtered egg.

Once the egg is drenched in varying colors, set it aside to dry. Continue decorating until all the eggs are finished.

Allow drying for at least 60 minutes.

Once the filters are dry, untwist, avoid tearing the coffee filter. Voila, you now have a tie-dyed egg!

Tie-Dyed Flowers

If you want to create an additional craft, lay 2-3 of the dry colored coffee filters on top of one another. Bunch them in the center and tie them off with a rubber band, This will form a flower. You can either insert a green pipe cleaner for a stem or if you’d prefer, leave off the pipe cleaner add a safety pin and you have a corsage to wear!

Tie Dye Easter Eggs and Flowers

Article or recipe authorAuthor: Melissa 'Liss' Burnell

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preparation timePrep Time 20 minutes mins

total timeTotal Time 20 minutes mins

These tie dye Easter eggs and coffee filter flowers make bright, inexpensive spring decor using hard-boiled eggs, filters, and food coloring. This batch makes 12 decorated eggs plus about 4 to 6 flowers for an estimated total cost of $8.06, or about $0.67 per egg before optional flower assembly extras.

YieldYield 12 decorated eggs

Budget101 Price BreakdownApprox Cost: $8.06

Equipment

Coffee filters

Eye droppers or spray bottle

Newspaper

Disposable gloves

Dish

Hairdryer (optional)

Materials

Tie dye eggs

• ▢ 1 dozen hard boiled eggs
• ▢ 12 white coffee filters
• ▢ Food coloring dye
• ▢ Water for spritzing

Optional flowers

• ▢ 2 to 3 dry colored coffee filters per flower
• ▢ 1 rubber band per flower
• ▢ 1 green pipe cleaner per flower optional
• ▢ 1 safety pin per flower optional

Instructions

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Tie dye eggs

1. Cover the work surface with newspaper and put on disposable gloves if desired.
2. Wrap each hard boiled egg in a plain white coffee filter and gently twist the end to tighten.
3. Add drops of food coloring to the coffee filter, using various colors to create the pattern.
4. Hold the wrapped egg over a dish and spritz generously with water. Use less water for bolder colors and more water for a softer washed look.
5. Set the egg aside to dry and repeat with the remaining eggs.
6. Let the eggs dry about 1 hour, or use a hairdryer on low for about 5 minutes.
7. Untwist and remove the dry coffee filters to reveal the tie-dye pattern.

Tie-dyed flowers

1. Lay 2 to 3 dry colored coffee filters on top of one another.
2. Bunch them in the center and secure with a rubber band to form a flower.
3. Insert a green pipe cleaner for a stem, or attach a safety pin instead to make a corsage.

Video

Notes

Prep time is estimated from wrapping, coloring, and setting aside 12 eggs. Drying time is not included in total time.
For bold colors, use less water. For softer pastel colors, spritz more generously.
Plain white paper towels can be used in place of coffee filters.
Store hard-cooked dyed eggs in the refrigerator and use within 7 days of cooking.
Dry coffee filters and finished flowers should be stored in a cool, dry place.

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