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Six different colored Easter eggs dyed with rice rest in an egg container on a white surface.
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Easter Eggs Dyed With Rice

These vibrant Easter eggs dyed with rice and food coloring are sure to be your new favorite creative (and mess-free) way of decorating eggs!
Prep Time5 minutes
Dry Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 5 minutes
Keyword: easter eggs dyed with rice, rice dyed easter eggs
Yield: 10 eggs

Equipment

  • quart baggies
  • rubber gloves optional

Materials

  • 10 boiled eggs we made 10 but you can make as many as you'd like
  • food dye a variety of different colors
  • white rice you can also use brown

Instructions

  • Prepare one baggie per color of your choice. If you’re using gloves, now’s the time to put them on.
  • Place about a cup of rice in each quart baggie. You can eyeball the amount if you don’t like measuring; just make sure the bag’s only about 1/4 full.
    Four quart baggies with rice inside each on a white surface. Beside them are three small bottles of food coloring.
  • Add four drops of food coloring into each baggie. Remember to add only one color per bag.
    A gloved hand about to drop food coloring inside a quart baggie with rice at the bottom.
  • Remove the air from the bag and seal it. Then, squish the rice all around until the dye is evenly distributed.
    Two gloved hands squeezing a quart baggie with blue-colored rice inside.
  • Place an egg in the quart baggie with the color of your choosing. Make sure they’re dry and not wet, or else the color might not transfer as well to the eggs.
    A gloved hand about to place a dry white egg inside a quart baggie with colored rice inside.
  • Press to remove the air from the bag and seal it. Then, gently move the egg around in the rice until you get the color or design that you want.
    An egg inside of a quart baggie on top of reddish-pink colored rice grains.
  • Take the colored egg and set it aside to dry.
    A person with gloves holding a pink-colored egg over an open quart baggie.
  • You can place the eggs in another colored baggie if you want, or display them and enjoy as is.
    Six Easter eggs dyed using rice sit in an egg container on a white surface.

Notes

  • If the color isn’t attaching to the eggs as much as you'd like, just add more dye drops to the bag.
  • You can dye the eggs with multiple colors, one after another, if you want. Just give the eggs a couple of minutes to dry in between colors for the best results.