How To: Glowing Eggs For Halloween

Halloween is full of all sorts of spooky and unnatural things and as we're gearing up for the big day at the end of the month, we've been working on ideas for the best Halloween party this side of the Mississippi. One project we'll be having fun with is glowing eggs. All you need is egg dye and a microwave, video after the jump...

We found a video this morning telling us we could make glow in the dark Easter eggs. But that seems like such a long time to wait, so we'll be making spooky Halloween eggs instead.

To start, soak raw eggs in Easter Egg dye for 5 minutes. Allow to dry completely and place them in the microwave for 10 seconds on full power. Now turn out the lights and you'll see the eerie glow that they provide!

We can see them hidden amongst bushes or plants for trick-or-treaters to enjoy, or even in a bowl on your dimly lit party table. Paint on monster eyes or silly shapes to make them come alive! Check out the video below for more on the science behind why the transformation takes place:

Note: This only works in 1 of 3 eggs so make sure you dye extra. Eggs are NOT edible after they have been used.

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Comments (7)

1 minute on full power?? The video says 10 seconds! Please fix this. Exploded, glow in the dark, non-edible egg in the microwave, mmmmm.

Thanks for the catch e_lisa! That could have been quite chaotic, it's been changed.

-Sarahrae

actually its still incorrect, it now says "1 seconds."

how long do they glow for? second? minutes? days?

Seems like a total waste of food to me since you can't eat the eggs after they've been nuked, as you can with regular dyed Easter eggs. Why not get the plastic Easter eggs and pain them with glow inthe dark paint? You can also stuff Halloween candy in them and reuse them year after year.

Another way to do this is to blow out the eggs, buy a string of some teensy fairy lights, enlarge the hole in one end of the eggs just enough to insert the light, and you can have a whole glowing nest of them. Brown eggs are lovely, no dye needed, and you can use the whites and yolks for cooking.

Uh it's very dangerous to microwave raw eggs. I don't recommend it. Seriously, no joke. The egg can explode, OUTSIDE of the microwave, after you take it out, serious injury is possible. I'm not kidding.