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How to dye Easter eggs

Easter eggs decorated with Kool-aid dyes and gold-colored pen.

Easter eggs decorated with Kool-aid dyes and gold-colored pen.

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Red cabbage makes beautiful blue eggs.

Use red cabbage for beautiful blue eggs. For varied hues, take eggs out of the dye at different intervals.

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Floral touch

Easter eggs dyed with a flower transfer technique.

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Red cabbage, blue eggs

These eye-popping blue eggs are the work of red cabbage dye.

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Bugging out

Use paint pens to turn Easter eggs into bugs.

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Dye supplies

For DIY Easter eggs, use Kool-Aid, liquid dye, old silk ties or red cabbage.

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Glitter

Easter egg dipped in glitter.

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Easter eggs decorated with food coloring dyes.

Easter eggs decorated with food-coloring dyes.

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Emoji eggs

Easter eggs decorated as emojis using paint pens.

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Tape it up

Easter eggs decorated with washi tape.

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Easter eggs

Do-it-yourself Easter eggs using a multitude of techniques.

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Gilded eggs

Easter eggs decorated with gilding paint.

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Easter eggs dyed with silk ties technique.

Old silk ties were used to create the patterns on these Easter eggs.

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Easter eggs dyed with rubber band technique.

Rubber bands made the patterns on these Easter eggs.

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Easter eggs

Easter eggs are decorated with gold paint pens and a gilding paint-splatter technique.

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