{"id":838,"date":"2012-04-10T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T02:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=838"},"modified":"2012-04-10T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T02:33:10","slug":"dyeing-easter-eggs-two-ways-part-1-kool-aid-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/04\/dyeing-easter-eggs-two-ways-part-1-kool-aid-eggs.html","title":{"rendered":"Dyeing Easter Eggs — Two Ways! Part 1: Kool Aid Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This year I let GeekMom.com and Pinterest drive our Easter egg efforts. \u00a0As I’d said over the weekend, we enjoyed coloring our eggs with Kool Aid and a couple of Dave’s old silk ties. \u00a0And I had promised some details.<\/p>\n

Here we go!<\/p>\n

Kool Aid Eggs<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is really easy. \u00a0Add a packet of non-sugared Kool Aid to a mug with 2\/3 c. of water — it doesn’t matter what temperature. \u00a0Stir and just add eggs!<\/p>\n

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In the case of the Kool Aid, the kids did most of the work. It was quite nice! \u00a0Pardon my crazy-cluttery kitchen!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We chose a variety of flavors to give us rainbow colors.<\/p><\/div>\n

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15 minutes on the timer!<\/p><\/div>\n

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VERY bright!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I want to speak about these eggs in particular. This is what you get with the "grape" flavored Kool Aid. Brown with blue speckles peeking out.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year I let GeekMom.com and Pinterest drive our Easter egg efforts. \u00a0As I’d said over the weekend, we enjoyed coloring our eggs with Kool Aid and a couple of Dave’s old silk ties. \u00a0And I had promised some details. Here we go! Kool Aid Eggs This is really easy. \u00a0Add a packet of non-sugared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[209,213,185,54,210],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-dw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":814,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/04\/my-easter-egg-plans.html","url_meta":{"origin":838,"position":0},"title":"My Easter Egg Plans","date":"06 April 12","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to Pinterest, and a GeekMom who actually tested it last weekend, I will be trying a new approach to dyeing Easter eggs: Kool-Aid! 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