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Baking Soda Painted Easter Eggs

A delightful craft project that combines baking soda and food coloring to create uniquely textured and softly colored Easter eggs.
Print Recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 6 eggs
Course: Painting
Cuisine: Painting
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • Eggs hard-boiled or blown out, clean and dry
  • Baking soda sodium bicarbonate
  • White vinegar optional
  • Food coloring or liquid watercolors
  • Small bowls or cups for mixing
  • Spoons for stirring
  • Brushes of various sizes
  • Pipette or straw for adding vinegar drops optional
  • Paper towels and a protective mat or newspaper
  • A drying rack egg carton, or borrowed mug
  • Clear matte sealer or decoupage glue optional
  • Gloves optional

Method
 

  1. Prepare your eggs and workspace.
  2. Make the baking soda paint.
  3. Test the paint on paper first.
  4. Paint the first layer gently.
  5. Let the layer dry to a slightly damp finish.
  6. Add vinegar for fizz and texture, if you like.
  7. Layer colors for depth.
  8. Finish and protect your eggs for display.
  9. Clean up calmly.

Notes

Use food-safe dyes if you want the eggs to be edible. Painted hard-boiled eggs should not be eaten if they have been sealed with non-food-safe finishes.