11 Favorite Easter Crafts From Pinterest - Page 2

Dyed doilies Pinned by allfreekidscrafts.com

These festive doilies can be used for all kinds of things, from wrapping gifts to acting as coasters.

Supplies:

• A bowl or baking dish (I used a Pyrex baking dish)
• White doilies
• Food coloring
• Paper towels
• Rubber gloves

Directions:

1. Fill the baking pan or bowl with only enough water to cover the doilies – this is key, because you need the food coloring to be very concentrated. You will need to use quite a lot of food coloring. My first two or three attempts were failures (I had too much water in my dish and not enough food coloring). After I dumped out most of the water, and really poured in a lot of dye, it worked nicely.

2. Submerge the doily in the dish/bowl for a few seconds (10 or 15 seconds is sufficient). I started to get bolder toward the end of this craft and I left them in for longer, just to see.

3. Gently take them out of the dish and lay them on a paper towel to dry. They are very fragile, so use caution when you take them out of the pan.

4. Blot them dry right away with another paper towel very gently. Set aside to dry. (I laid mine out on a table, underneath a ceiling fan, and they dried very quickly).