In a little over a week, there will be lots of egg dyeing going on.  I realized that our kids would be gone the night before Easter so we had our egg dyeing tonight.

The kids were thrilled when they saw the stock pot full of boiled eggs, the PAAS Egg Dyeing Kit and Heinz White Vinegar.  Our kids love boiled eggs!  I am pretty sure Emily would eat an egg-salad sandwich everyday of the week if she could.  Brad on the other hand, loves to just eat the boiled egg.  Now that the kids are 11 and 9 years old, I decided to let them get a little more involved.  They helped adding the dye tablets and water to each cup and then got busy decorating.

As far back as I can remember I have always decorated Easter eggs.  Even during my single days, I still boiled some eggs and decorated them.  There is just something cheery about colorful eggs.    Now with kids, we “have” to decorate.  It just wouldn’t be the same not doing it.

Here are some fun pictures of the kids tonight, decorating, having fun and being silly.  Even Scott and I got into the fun.  (Notice my “mom” egg?)

PAAS and Heinz have created an Egg Decorator app.   Your kids will love this and they can get so creative.  The best part is for every egg “dyed” on the app, Heinz & PAAS will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation up to $25,000.   Our family will be busy using the Egg Decorator app all next week while they kids are on Spring Break…and to know some great kids will benefit from all our fun.  A win win!

Here are some great tips when you get ready to dye your eggs.

• To help make colors vivid and bright, add three tablespoons of Heinz® Distilled White Vinegar to the egg wash before dyeing the eggs.

• Also, to help keep hard-cooked eggs from cracking, add two tablespoons of Heinz Distilled White Vinegar to the water before placing the eggs in the pot.

For the perfect hard boiled egg:

1. Place eggs in saucepan large enough to hold them in single layer.
2. Add cold water to cover eggs by 1 inch.
3. Heat over high heat just to boiling.
4. Remove  from burner.
5. Cover pan.
6. Let eggs stand in hot water about 15 minutes for large eggs (12 minutes for medium eggs; 18 minutes for extra large).
7. Drain immediately and serve warm or, cool completely under cold running water or in bowl of ice water, then refrigerate.

Credit:  PAAS website and American Egg Board

Have fun decorating your eggs this year!

 

Disclosure:  I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Heinz and PAAS and received a Heinz Vinegar bottle, a PAAS Egg Dyeing Kit, and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate