Baking Soda Easter Eggs

We are getting in the Easter spirit around here. We have made Easter Candy Crescents, Easter Peep Pops and recently tried decorating some Baking Soda Easter Eggs. If you've ever played with baking soda and vinegar before, you know how fascinated kids find it. I added some powdered paint to dye the eggs while creating an egg-plosion. Oh yeah, I went there.

You will need:

• Baking soda
• Vinegar
• Powdered tempera paint
• Tongs
• Containers
• Hard boiled eggs

**Powdered paint is not safe to consume, so if you peel you eggs and notice any color on them, do not eat them.**

You will need a container of baking soda for each color you will be using. Pour in some baking soda so that the bottom of the container is covered.

Next, add in the powdered tempera paint. We used a tablespoon of powdered paint. Mix until the paint and baking soda are throughly combined.

Have your child gently place a hard boiled egg into the conatiner with the baking soda and paint. I poured some vinegar in a small cup and then gave it to my daughter. She slowly poured it into the container and watched what happened.

The vinegar combined with the baking soda, powdered paint mixture to form fizzy green bubbles which covered the entire egg.

We tried dying eggs a variety of colors and the highlight was always when the foam started going down to reveal a colored egg!

I removed the eggs with some tongs and placed them in an egg carton to dry. When they dried, some of the baking soda/tempera paint left speckles as well as and interesting texture to the eggs.

For more Easter egg activities check out:

Easter Egg CVC Word Game                          Liquid Watercolor Decorated Eggs

                           

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