Be crafty and.. have fun with fabulous “firework” eggs this fourth of July.

making firework eggs is easy!

By using the technique of tea dying eyes and updating it a little, you can have fun making firework eggs!

All you need is :

Hard boiled eggs

food dye red and blue

water

paper towels

and containers to dye in.

After hard boiling eggs, mix up a cup of each color in water. Make the  color very dark. Crack the eggs so that they are cracked all of the way around. use enough force to split the inside membrane, but not enough to crush the egg.

Crack the egg all of the way around

Let the egg then sit in the food dye mixture for 5 to 10 minutes, depending on how dark you would like it. Do not use vinegar to dye the eggs with, it will make the egg taste funny.

Watch the eggs to see how dark you would like them.

Place the eggs on a paper towel to dry, and pat them gently, remember, food dye stains!

Finally! Peel and enjoy your festive eggs! Refrigerate  if not eaten right away.

Use these eggs to make:

a cool egg salad

Happy Fourth Deviled eggs

a fun breakfast snack

and use the extra food dye water to:

put in a vase and let flowers drink it up and change colors

(Carefully!) paint on white t-shirts

Jennifer Rizzo writes about other crafty things at her blog http://Sanctuary art. blogspot.com