As egg prices rise, Americans are turning to more affordable alternatives to the traditional Easter egg painting.
Egg prices hit a record high of $4.95 in January. To avoid the cost this Easter, families are instead dipping potatoes in food coloring and painting the vegetable's skin as a holiday alternative and sharing their results on TikTok.
TikTok user calliechalks turned her potato in an homage to "Wicked." She painted Ariana Grande's Glinda and Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba, complete with a tiara and pair of glasses.
@calliechalks Potato’s do have more surface area to paint on 🤷🏻♀️😊💗💚 #creatorsearchinsights #wicked #wickedmovie #elphaba #glinda #art #artideas #potatotiktok #pinkandgreen #easter #easterideas #eggsareexpensive #potatopainting
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While painting a potato pink, another TikTok user with text overlay reiterating that "eggs are way too expensive" to paint this Easter.
@joehipps We going to save that money #fyp #easter #egg #expensive #paint #potato #sunday #family
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A video by TikTok user jenniferraelbert showed two young children dipping their potatoes in food coloring.
"POV: Easter traditions are looking a little different this year 🥔," the video's text read.
@jenniferraealbert Those egg prices though 👀 🥚 🐣 🐰 #easter #eggprices #newtraditions #potatoes #relatable #humor #momlife
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