# coloring eggs in the fall **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 20, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloring-eggs-in-the-fall/270213 "2004-10-20T13:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloring-eggs-in-the-fall/270213/1 "2004-10-20T13:58:55Z")
If I wanted to color eggs (like you do at Easter) where would i find the kits? Who sells em in Oct? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloring-eggs-in-the-fall/270213/2 "2004-10-20T14:08:52Z")
Well, you’re in luck if you happen to live by a Meijer. I just saw egg coloring kits there next to the food coloring. Some of the kits even had Day-Glo color! 😃 I think Wal-Mart has them this time of year also. Have fun. So, are you coloring Halloween eggs? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloring-eggs-in-the-fall/270213/3 "2004-10-20T14:09:40Z")
You can buy the standard [PAAS egg dying kit](http://www.kitchendance.com/eaeggdyecoki2.html) on-line. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloring-eggs-in-the-fall/270213/4 "2004-10-20T14:10:53Z")
I’m thinking of Easter Bunny as Halloween Costume so eggs would be nice. But still, why be able to have egg fun only in March? ---
**Author:** ![meowpossum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@meowpossum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meowpossum)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloring-eggs-in-the-fall/270213/5 "2004-10-20T14:19:59Z")
When I was a kid, we didn’t have none o’ them fancy Easter egg dyeing kits. [/geezer voice] Actually, my mom was too cheap to pay money for something so easy to make. Just add a couple tablespoons of vinegar to a teacupful of warm water, and then use food coloring to get the color you want. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloring-eggs-in-the-fall/270213/6 "2004-10-20T14:33:32Z")
My kit of liquid food coloring has the formula for dying eggs on the back of the box. Look at your kit, if you have one. Craft stores sell egg-shaped pieces of styrofoam in various sizes. These can be easily painted (check the paint to make sure it’s safe for styrofoam, thouth) and they’re much lighter than real eggs, unless you want to blow out the real eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloring-eggs-in-the-fall/270213/7 "2004-10-20T22:32:22Z")
Martha Stewart can help you: [Bewitching Halloween Eggs](http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=content&id=channel191144). ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloring-eggs-in-the-fall/270213/8 "2004-10-20T22:39:45Z")
> [@meowpossum](#): > > Actually, my mom was too cheap to pay money for something so easy to make. Just add a couple tablespoons of vinegar to a teacupful of warm water, and then use food coloring to get the color you want. Yep. It was boiling water, a little vinegar and food coloring until the color was what you wanted. Even now, vinegar makes me think of dying eggs - it was just about the only time we smelled it that strongly in our house. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloring-eggs-in-the-fall/270213/9 "2004-10-20T23:18:54Z")
> [@meowpossum](#): > > When I was a kid, we didn’t have none o’ them fancy Easter egg dyeing kits. [/geezer voice] > > Actually, my mom was too cheap to pay money for something so easy to make. Just add a couple tablespoons of vinegar to a teacupful of warm water, and then use food coloring to get the color you want. Another me too. I do, however, remember ours being a little bit more pastel than the other kids who used the “faincy” dye.