Natural  Egg Coloring Ideas  Make  beautiful, all natural Easter eggs!

 

 

If you're trying to lessen your exposure to chemicals and other non-natural products, you may have wondered how you can create Easter Eggs without the commercial dye. Relax: you can do the same thing people did for years!

 

Here is the preferred method for using natural dyes:

 

Place the eggs in a single layer in a pan. Add water until the eggs are covered.

Add approximately one teaspoon of vinegar.

Add the natural dye. Use more dye material for more eggs or for a more intense color.

Bring water to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

 

If you want more intensely colored eggs, temporarily remove the eggs from the liquid. Strain the dye through a coffee filter (unless you want speckled eggs). Cover the eggs with the filtered dye and let them remain in the refrigerator overnight.

 

Lavender—purple grape juice Blue—canned blueberries or grape juice

Yellow—boiled cumin or tumeric

Brown—strong coffee or instant coffee granules

Orange—boiled yellow onion skins

Pink—beets, cranberries or raspberries

Red—pickled beet juice, boiled red onion skins

 

Published 02/15/08