Make Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs for Easter

Knowing how to cook a hard-boiled egg can come in handy this time of year. For many families, gathering around the kitchen table and decorating Easter eggs for a backyard hunt is a time-honored tradition. Some families may even be starting new traditions their own.

While Rosemount children loaded up with plenty of colorful plastic eggs at the , there’s still time to let them make a basketful of real eggs for Easter Sunday.

How to make perfect hard-boiled eggs for Easter

If you’re dyeing Easter eggs at home this weekend, these recipes from around the web should help you boil the eggs perfectly. I know, boiling an egg sounds simple, and truth be told, it is. But for the uninitiated, there's a few tips and tricks that will help prevent green eggs (yes, they exist and are the result of overcooking) and also make your eggs easier to peel when it comes time to have an Easter snack.

1. Elise at simplyrecipes.com says she knows "How to Make Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs." You can check out her recipe here.

2. The always crafty Martha Stewart has her own recipe on how to hard boil eggs on her website here.

3. Food Network also weighs in with their recipe on making that perfect hard-boiled egg. Check it out here.

Easter egg decorating tips and ideas

Between those options, you should be more than ready for the next step. Once you’ve got the perfect hard-boiled egg, it’s time to break out the color and start dipping, dunking, swirling and creating your masterpiece.

If you're not out for the extravagance of some of these incredible designs, some of these ideas will keep the kids entertained and create plenty of fun Easter egg designs:

1. These Easter egg decorating tips from Celebrations include egg pets, marbleized eggs, confetti eggs and more that the kids will love to decorate.

2. Disney has plenty of ideas that include melted crayon eggs, tie-dye eggs and egg wreaths.

3. If you want your Easter egg decorations to last for a while after the holiday, model and lifestyle guru Heidi Klum gives a riveting video demonstration here on how to blow out Easter eggs. Egg-dyeing tips and some inexpensive decorating ideas are also included.

Show off your masterpieces

Once you’ve got your Easter eggs decorated, don’t stop there. Take some pictures and show them off on Rosemount Patch. It’s easy to upload photos and share your ideas with your neighbors. We’d love to see them!