Tie-Dye Easter Eggs

Most of us associate tie-dye and tie-dye apparel with the hippies of the 60s. However, tie-dye was part of American culture in the roaring 20s, and the 80s decade is when tie-dye hit a high point in fashion. Tie-dye continues to come back in style every few years. During the pandemic, tie-dye made a massive comeback and was a hot quarantine fashion trend especially in the form of stay-at-home lounge sets. Most of us have tried our hand at tie-dyeing t-shirts or other clothing items at least once. I remember my sister making tie-dye shirts with my young kids in the 90s (outside on the patio). Granted it can be a messy undertaking. But who doesn’t love a good tie-dye? When I saw tie-dye eggs pop up on my Instagram feed from Grossy Pelosi — using shaving cream or whipping cream — I knew that was definitely more my tie-dye speed. I’m here to tell you it worked magically and to share pics of my groovy eggs!

I made Grossy Pelosi’s Tie-Dye Eggs

It’s actually been years since I’ve dyed eggs – which made me even more excited to try these easy and quick tie-dye eggs from Dan Pelosi. They are super easy — you have time to do them today before the Easter Bunny arrives! If you don’t know Pelosi, he’s been described by the New York Times as “an avid home cook and quippy fashionista” who happens to love tie-dye! Here’s his video making the eggs.

Here’s what I used:

• Hard-boiled eggs (I used 6 white eggs, but I found out that you can actually dye brown eggs)

• A can of cheap store brand whipping cream

• Food coloring – the old fashioned liquid kind at your grocery store

Steps:

1.     Squirt whip cream in two tin foil pans. 

2.     Squirt two or more food colors  into the whip cream. I combined red and yellow; and green and blue.

3.     Using a skewer, toothpick, knife or you finger, swirl the colors together.

4.     Place your eggs into the whip cream beds, push down with a spoon and cover the eggs completely.

5.     They need to sit for 20 minutes. I placed mine in the fridge because the whipped cream started to melt.

6.     Lift eggs out with a spoon and wipe off with a paper towel. But don’t rub too hard! Just wipe off excess

No photo; I wasted way too many paper towels..

7.     Admire your eggs! I was going for a pastel effect. (You’ll see that Pelosi’s are much more vibrant, which could be due to more food coloring or maybe the shaving cream he used?)

Oooh aaah. I’m feelin’ groovy.