Holidays & Entertaining Easter Easter Eggs & Easter Baskets How to Dye Eggs with Shaving Cream for Pretty Marbled Easter Eggs Shaving cream Easter eggs might be the best egg decorating hack we've seen! Create marbled Easter eggs with shaving cream in just minutes. By Emily VanSchmus Emily VanSchmus Emily VanSchmus is the assistant digital home editor at Better Homes & Gardens, where she covers home decor, entertaining ideas, and more. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on March 8, 2024 Project Overview Working Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 1 hour Skill Level: Kid-friendly Estimated Cost: $10 Skip the store-bought kits this year and dye eggs with shaving cream to create marbled Easter eggs. It's easier than it looks: Just use shaving cream and food coloring to create a gorgeous design that easily transfers to the surface of hard-boiled eggs. So gather your little bunnies and spend the afternoon dyeing Easter eggs—you'll love how they turn out! If you plan to eat the decorated eggs, swap the shaving cream for a store-bought package of whipped cream. Just remember to store them in the refrigerator, so the beautiful eggs stay edible. 28 Eye-Catching Ideas for Decorating with Easter Eggs What You'll Need Equipment / Tools Small saucepan Large bowl Shallow pan or glass baking dish Bamboo skewers Rubber gloves Paper towels Materials Eggs White vinegar Shaving cream or whipped cream Food coloring Bowl of water Vegetable oil, optional Instructions Brie Passano Follow these easy instructions to learn how to dye eggs with shaving cream to create beautiful Easter eggs. You should be able to finish in under an hour. Brie Passano Prepare Eggs Start this easy Easter craft by preparing a batch of hard-boiled eggs in your saucepan. When the eggs have cooled, place them in a large bowl of vinegar. Let the eggs soak for 20 minutes to allow the dye to adhere more permanently to the shells in Step 3. Next, fill a shallow glass baking dish with a thick layer of shaving cream; we used generic drugstore shaving cream. Spray the shaving cream to cover the bottom of a pan with a layer about an inch thick. To make these dyed eggs with whipped cream, so they're edible, spread a layer of regular or non-dairy whipped topping in the bottom of your pan about an inch thick. Then, follow the rest of the instructions as if you were using shaving cream. Brie Passano Add Color to Shaving Cream Generously place drops of food coloring on top of the shaving cream; we used a two-color combination for each set of eggs. You can use one color or one combination for the whole pan, or divide the pan of shaving cream into halves or quarters to create more color combinations. When most of the surface is covered with food coloring, drag a bamboo skewer across the top of the shaving cream to swirl and marble the colors. The Secret to These Easy Marble Easter Eggs Is Hiding in Your Pantry Brie Passano Roll Eggs When the colored shaving cream is ready, put on a pair of gloves to protect your hands from the dye. Pick up a hard-boiled egg and set it gently on the surface. Slowly roll the egg over the surface so the colored shaving cream completely coats the egg's shell and dyes it. Place the egg on a paper towel and let dry for 20 minutes—don't wipe off any shaving cream until the egg has completely dried. Repeat this process with as many hard-boiled eggs as you'd like to color, reusing the same colored shaving cream mixture. These Recipes for Hard-Boiled Eggs Will Help Use Up Any Leftovers Brie Passano Clean and Display To clean the dried shaving cream eggs, carefully dip each egg into a bowl of water. The water will remove the excess shaving cream while leaving the colored design on the egg's shell. Next, pat each egg dry with a paper towel, but be careful not to rub or wipe the egg's surface, as this might smear or remove the dye from the shell. Add the eggs to a colorful display when each shaving cream egg has been cleaned and dried. To add sheen to the finished shaving cream Easter eggs, rub them with a bit of vegetable oil.