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Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

March 31, 2018 By Erica Leggiero, M.S. Ed. Leave a Comment

Easter is such a traditional holiday, and involves favorites such as Good Friday service, egg hunts, baskets and bonnets, and eye dyeing. One of my favorite Easter traditions is dyeing Easter eggs! I’m so excited to share with you this Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs recipe.

I can remember being a little girl, dyeing eggs with my sister and cousins, eggs all over the place…just having the time of our lives! Remember those wax crayons how fun they were? Sure, back then and even in recent years, we used the grocery store standard food dye tablets. However, I’ve wanted to try to dye our Easter eggs with food-based dye for years, but I’ve always feel intimidated by it. It seemed like too much work with little to no results.

Since my son is 10 years old now, I thought this would be the perfect year to try it out! We gathered the natural ingredients from the produce or spice section of the grocery store, and set to work! He absolutely loved seeing how the fruits and vegetables could make pigments to dye eggs in. Before we began, he even tried to guess what color the different foods would turn the eggs.

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

Supplies

-hard boiled eggs (white eggs allow for more vivid colors; brown eggs would yield warmer/neutral tones)

-white vinegar

-3 beets

-turmeric

-3 red onions

-3 yellow onions

-10 oz. bag frozen blueberries

-coffee beans

-3 or 4 tea bags

-1 purple cabbage

-4-5 saucepans depending on how many colors you are making

-small containers or Mason jars to hold dye (bowls or plastic cups work too)

-spoons

-strainer

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

Here’s a small outline of what produce/spice will create each color. You may get different variations, as it varies on the different produce item and how concentrated the pigment is.

Beets: Red

Yellow Onion Peels: Orange

Red Onion Peels: Reddish Brown

Turmeric: Golden Yellow

Frozen Blueberries: Gray/Light Blue or Violet

Coffee Beans: Dark Rich Brown

Tea: Light Tan

Purple Cabbage: Light Blue

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

Ingredients

BEETS: RED

3 beets, peeled and grated

5 cups water

YELLOW ONION: ORANGE

3 yellow onions, peeled, just using the flaky skins (no flesh)

3 cups water

RED ONION: REDDISH BROWN

3 red onions, peeled, just using the flaky skins (no flesh)

3 cups water

TURMERIC: GOLDEN YELLOW

2 tablespoon ground turmeric

2 cups water

FROZEN BLUEBERRIES: GRAY/LIGHT BLUE

10 oz bag of frozen blueberries

2 cups water

COFFEE BEANS: DARK RICH BROWN

4 cups whole bean coffee

4 cups water

TEA: LIGHT TAN

3-4 tea bags (I used lemon lavender tea)

3 cups water

PURPLE CABBAGE: LIGHT BLUE

1 small head purple cabbage, grated

5 cups water

Instructions:

1. Place the produce/spice in a sauce pan with water and bring to a boil, then simmer for approximately 30-45 minutes. Increase the simmer time if you want darker hues.

2. Strain the liquid through a strainer or mesh sieve into a glass bowl or jar (big enough for your eggs to be submerged).

3. Add 2 tbsp. of vinegar to each solution and let cool to room temperature before submerging your eggs.

4. To dye the eggs, place the hardboiled eggs in the dye solution for up to an hour, or overnight for richer hues.

*I used my food processor to grate my produce pretty quickly

*I let my eggs sit in the solutions for 2 hours, and the shells were starting to get soft (due to the vinegar), so I suggest 2 hours max. I never tried leaving them in overnight.

*You can experiment by leaving the eggs in one color, and then dropping it into another color. It’s fun to mix-and-match.

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

After removing our eggs, I lightly dried them off with a paper towel, and left them in an egg carton to dry overnight in the fridge. This seems to help the color set. By morning, they were absolutely gorgeous!

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

The colors turned out so pretty on each individual egg and some even appeared to be marbled, which was awesome!

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

I know this seems like a ton of work, but it’s so worth it in the end. The colors are just so natural, gorgeous, and bring such a “farmhouse” and rustic feel. Put them in a wire basket in the middle of your dinner table, and you’ve got yourself one adorable centerpiece!

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

Have you ever tried dyeing your Easter eggs with natural dyes? I’d love to hear what you used and what worked for you!

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Erica Leggiero, M.S. Ed.

Erica Leggiero, M.S. Ed.

Erica Leggiero, M.S. Ed. has been working and teaching in the field of early childhood education for over 7 years. Erica is currently the director and teacher at a Preschool Enrichment Program in her area. Erica believes that young children learn best through play and exploration, and she is constantly looking for new and creative ways to incorporate learning through play. She embraces this belief in all of the activities she creates in her preschool classroom, and loves sharing them here on her blog. Erica has also co-authored the book, "Learn With Play" with other kid bloggers in the preschool field.
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