Eggs to Dye For
This past week on my regular appearance on The Today Show, I demonstrated how to create some fun, easy, and festive Easter eggs. This year, we broke tradition with pastel dyes, and experimented with neon food color and neon glitter, resulting in fabulous fluorescent gems. We also used neon colored thread to stripe brightly colored eggs. I really love how both of these techniques look. If you’d like more terrific egg dying tips, you can download our updated award-winning Eye Dying 101 app.
1 Here I am on the set of The Today Show with a lovely display of shiny gilded Easter eggs.
2 For instructions, go to http://www.marthastewart.com/267202/metallic-eggs.
3 Alyson Hannigan, star of 'How I Met Your Mother', loves to craft. She is currently expecting her second child.
4 Matt Lauer stated that after working together for 15 years, I should remember that he has no crafting skills and wanted Alyson to step in for him during this segment.
5 The first decorating technique I demonstrated was how to gild Easter eggs with glitter.
6 I explained that for glittered eggs, it's best to hollow out the eggs rather than hard-boiling them. This little egg blower is a very useful tool.
7 Blowing out eggs used to be quite difficult, but this blower makes it a cinch! You can use the blown out yolks and whites for cooking. www.surmastore.com
8 Once the eggs are all cleaned out, you dye them using neon food color and egg dye to get these bold colors.
9 This drying rack is made 1/2-inch thick foam board. You draw a grid using a pencil and ruler and insert pins where the lines of the grid intersect. The eggs rest upon the pins to dry.
10 You then brush the dry dyed egg with craft glue and sprinkle it with the same color neon glitter for a very intense color. Neon glitter is from Martha Stewart Crafts at michaels.com
11 You can dry the glittered eggs upon skewers, like this.
12 Aren't these neon eggs fabulous?
13 One simple way to give Easter eggs a crafty, homespun look - Add a bold stripe to dyed eggs with neon thread. Hold the loose end of a spool of thread against the egg, securing the loose end with the loops as you work - Tack periodically with Mod Podge. Tuck end and glue.
14 Ann Curry was very interested in the golden eggs, which were first dyed and then spray painted with metallic paint.
15 I explained that before spraying with the gold paint, I first covered the egg with sticky dots. When the paint dried, I peeled off the dots, revealing the original color that the egg was dyed.
16 These dotted golden eggs are quite stunning.
17 I then moved on to show Savannah Guthrie how to make whimsical bunny eggs.
18 All you need are dyed hollowed out eggs, white glue, and some crepe paper decorations.
19 Using a little brush, apply a dab of glue for where you want the bunny ears to go.
20 Apply the crepe paper ears over the glue.
21 Glue on a fuzzy nose and draw a cute face with markers. Set the bunnies in paper muffin cups.
22 You can also make crepe paper flowers.
23 Apply green crepe paper stems to orange-dyed eggs for a carrot look.
24 I surprised Alyson by breaking a confetti-filled egg in her hand!
25 Confetti eggs are simple to make. You need hollowed out dyed eggs, which have a larger opening at the top. Fill the egg with paper confetti.
26 Then, cover the opening by gluing on a circle of tissue paper.
27 Notice the tissue paper over the opening of these eggs?
28 I decided to have a little fun and began throwing them at Matt.
29 Matt may not be a crafter, but he knows how to catch!
30 Not one of those eggs broke!
31 It was a really fun segment.
32 Posing with Alyson Hannigan
33 Chris Klein, Alyson Hannigan, Tara Reid, and Eugene Levy were all on the show to promote their movie, 'American Reunion.'
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Posted by: Julie | April 6th, 2012 at 8:09 am
Thanks for sharing! I had a question on the golden eggs. On your regular show you mention finding golden eggs during the Easter egg hunts you host and I was wondering what the prize is for finding a golden egg during your hunt.
Posted by: Kristin | April 6th, 2012 at 8:21 am
That was a fun segment Martha! You have always had the best ideas for egg dying for Easter. I have to get the little egg blower, I first saw it when you had it on your show. I also like your idea of the foam board to hold the eggs while they are drying. We here in South Texas know all about confetti eggs. Our Fiesta is right around the corner and cracking confetti filled eggs over each others heads is a tradition! Happy Easter Martha, everyone at MSLO and all of Martha's fans!
Posted by: Cindy F | April 6th, 2012 at 8:33 am
What lovely opportunities for making memories! I like the gilded polka dot eggs best.
Posted by: Karen | April 6th, 2012 at 8:39 am
Hi Martha, OMG! What a fun time you have going to the Today Show with those wonderful hosts! They all seem to be so happy to be involved in what you present for all of us to enjoy and I love seeing you there as often as possible! Clearing out those eggs with that neat little egg blower tool was fabulous-I need to get one of those plus the new app for my iPad! The colors you used are beautiful and the gilded polka dot eggs are gorgeous! I got a big kick out of you tossing the confetti filled eggs to Matt-what fun that was! I love all of the different colors you used! These photos are sure fun to enjoy again and again and thanks for the video! Hope you have another great day today and a fantastic time on Easter Sunday with Alexis, Jude, Truman and others there for the Easter egg hunts, etc.!!!!! Happy Easter to ALL! Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | April 6th, 2012 at 10:01 am
Sadly not home for Easter this year. Will have to attempt some of these next year,
Posted by: Holiday Baker Man | April 6th, 2012 at 10:28 am
I would have loved to see Eugen Levy join in on the decorating. That would have been hilarious!
Posted by: Julie | April 6th, 2012 at 10:51 am
Martha,
Thanks for sharing this blog. Hope you have a great Easter!
Posted by: KLBrown | April 6th, 2012 at 11:17 am
Love Love Love the golden eggs with dots...so very charming!
Wishing you and your lovely family a wonderful Easter holiday.
Posted by: Sherey | April 6th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Martha, I love your morning segments on the Today Show, I don't know why they always cut you short and give you so little time, they always rush you through your segements.
Posted by: Mary | April 6th, 2012 at 10:37 pm
Martha, you're the best. This was one of the funnest things you've done on the Today show.
Posted by: Bella | April 6th, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Love love love all the gilded eggs...especially the dotted ones. Very charming!
A perfect Easter weekend here in Vancouver, BC. The sun is shining, my white hyacinths and daffodils are all in bloom...who could ask for more.
Posted by: sherey | April 7th, 2012 at 10:58 am
Martha,
You have some wonderful ideas for every occasion!
This year I'm taking an idea from your cupcake book and I'm making your Honey Bee cupcakes. I only hope I can do them justice. Thanks for all your great thoughts and ideas. Have a wonderful Easter!
Posted by: Jeanie Cook | April 7th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
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Ahh, so good to be back in town! Good to come home and see Martha painting the big city with all her color!!
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Happy Easter!
Andrea and the Weimaraners
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Posted by: Andrea Spencer | April 8th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Hi Martha, it looks like an amazing segment. Great ideas! I love love your previous post amazingly gorgeous flowers and photos.
Happy Easter to you and your family. Blessings xo
Posted by: Rowaida Flayhan | April 8th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
I would love to share my Easter dinner table photos of my home in Los Angeles...Is that a possibility?
My Home is going to be featured in "Living Etc."
May 2012
I love to take Marthas ideas and do my own twist...
Out here on the west coast..
Best,
Cathy Waronker
Posted by: cathleen waronker | April 10th, 2012 at 9:03 pm