Coloring eggs with sand at the beach is fun and easy!
Have you ever tried to color Easter eggs with alternative methods? We did on a Spring Break trip to the beach. Following these directions for dying sand, we were able add color to our hard boiled eggs. Coloring eggs with sand was really cool. You too can do it at the beach or with sand at home.
Coloring Eggs with Sand
Supplies
hard boiled eggs
sealable plastic bags
food coloring
sand
Directions
Open a plastic bag and fill it part way with sand.
Squeeze several drops of food coloring into the sand.
Seal the bag and shake and squeeze until the sand is uniformly dyed.
Add more food coloring if needed for a darker shade of the desired color.
Open the bag and place a hard boiled egg into the sand.
Seal the bag and shake the sand and egg together.
Squish and shake around the bag until the egg is fully dyed.
Remove the colored egg from the bag and let it dry.
Place in an Easter basket with favorite candy or goodies.
Isn’t that easy? My kids really enjoyed this activity and the colorful eggs that resulted. Look at how pretty and vivid the colors are!
I love the pattern that the sand leaves on the eggs. It’s like teeny little dots of color. We should have placed a colored egg into a different bag of sand to see what a mixture of colors would look like. It will be necessary to brush off the extra sand before removing the shells from the eggs.
What sort of beach crafts have you done? Check out my other beach vacation crafts here.
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Diana Rambles says
I have never heard of onion skin dyed eggs. I’ll have to look for that on Pinterest.
Gabriel Bregg says
That’s really cool. We’ve done onion skin dyed eggs before, but sand would be a lot of fun to do also.
Melissa says
We have a beach trip planned and I think my kids would go wild for this DIY CRAFT! And what better place to get full of sand than at the beach! This could not be a more ideal way to spend time with the kids getting crafty!
Tara says
I’ve never heard of this dying method before. The eggs turned out great. I really like the pattern left by the sand.
Bill Sweeney says
That’s an egg dying method I have never heard of before. I think it wold be a lot of fun to do with the kids.
Vera Sweeney says
That’s so neat! I have never seen eggs colored using this method before. I can’t wait to try it.
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
That is so cool! I’ve never heard of coloring eggs like this. Thanks!
gingermommyrants says
This is a great way to do your Easter eggs. It looks fun to do . I am sure the kids will love it.
Jeanette says
I love the patterns it does with the sand in there! What a fun way to make colored eggs!
Reesa Lewandowski says
We are going on a beach trip the week before Easter! I am going to try this with the kids, we’re going on a big family trip so this will be awesome for them!
Nancy @ whispered inspirations says
What a great idea! Never thought to use sand to color eggs! We’re gonna have to try this!