Silk tie dyed Easter eggs are so much fun to make and way less messy than buying a dying kit or using vinegar and food colouring!
First you’ll need to start with 100% silk ties. Right now we’re on skiing vacation, so rather than rid Mr. MK of a few duds laying around in his closet, I picked up a few from a thrift shop in Banff. It’s a good thing we were buying them to destroy, because the pickin’s were slim and ugly (unlike me … ahahaha).
A good looking tie doesn’t necessarily mean a good looking Easter egg, so go ahead and use whatever you can find. Generally, I’ve found brighter colours turn out the best, but the results are always a bit of a surprise and what make this so much fun.
Go ahead and open up the ties by removing the stitching up the middle. Most likely you’ll find that there is a white liner inside the tie. Set this aside to use later on.
Wrap your egg in the silk fabric and tie it up at one end. We used dental floss, mostly because we are on holiday and I didn’t bring any sort of string. Just call me McGuyver … or not!
This is where you can get creative. You can use one large piece of fabric or several small strips. We found it was easier for small hands, if the fabric was wet when it was wrapped around the egg.
In addition, through trial and error we discovered that you don’t get large white spaces on your finished Easter eggs if you wrap the egg many times over with the string.
After you’ve wrapped the egg in silk you’ll need to wrap it in a clean white cotton. Normally, I’d cut up an old pillowcase, but our holiday accommodation doesn’t come with old pillow cases, so we used the white liner that was removed from the tie earlier.
Boil the eggs for 20 minutes in water and a 1/4 cup of white vinegar.
My kids are impatient, so I have a bowl of cold water waiting for the cooked eggs. I remove them from boiling water and let them sit in the cold water for 10 minutes.
The kids love unwrapping them! Every one is different.
Enjoy :)
MK xo
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April 3rd, 2010 at 05:26
Beautiful! I so need to get around to trying this some day.
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April 3rd, 2010 at 06:17
Wow, that is fabulous. I don’t know where you find out this stuff, but I wish you’d been my mother :)
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April 3rd, 2010 at 07:27
Those are beautiful, Kim! Thanks for the tutorial. :)
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April 3rd, 2010 at 08:53
Gorgeous eggs, I am going to the Thrift store right now to look for ugly ties. A great craft to do with the grandkids tomorrow while waiting for the turkey to cook. Thanks.
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April 3rd, 2010 at 09:44
E-mazing! Seeing ad I already boiled my eggs & bought the paas set, too late for this year but hoping I remember it for next year!
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April 4th, 2010 at 05:11
Thanks you for your article.
Nice informations ;)
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April 4th, 2010 at 12:51
Love this idea! Since we are moving we didn’t do up any eggs this year, but I’m going to have to remember this for next year.
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April 5th, 2010 at 09:36
I need to try this sometime.
I love the pebble placemat/runner.
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April 5th, 2010 at 10:50
That is so stinkin’ cool. I think I’m going to give this a try. I can’t wait to show the kids.
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April 5th, 2010 at 16:01
I love how intricate it looks. Just wondering how the design got transferred to the eggs?
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April 7th, 2010 at 13:58
Are you stinkin kidding me? Those are GORGEOUS. I will definitely try that next year.
Wow.
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April 7th, 2010 at 20:44
Beautiful but is that safe to eat especially for children?
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April 8th, 2010 at 04:43
Oh…how…COOL…is…that!?!? We stay over my mom’s house every year and color eggs on Good Friday. I am so going to try this, next year. It looks easy enough, maybe even I could do it…juuuuuuust maybe ;) Thanks for sharing!
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April 8th, 2010 at 14:21
They’re just beautiful! How/where did you learn to do this??
You’re so talanted.
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April 29th, 2010 at 20:15
How fun! Yours turned out beautiful, I wish I had of found this before Easter!
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