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Dying Easter Eggs the natural way

DO NOT EAT THESE EGGS – NOT ALL WILL BE SAFE TO EAT AFTER DYING!!!

The more dye material you use and the longer the eggs soak the darker the colours – eggs can be Soaked overnight.

If you cover a portion of the egg with elastics, string, ribbon, felt markers, tape, you can create interesting patterns. Wrap the eggs in cheese cloth before boiling to get a mottled effect

Hard boil the eggs first for smaller children if you are going to create designs.

Rub eggs with fruits to obtain pastel colours

Colours can be made by using the following materials:

• Red – skins from red onions – boil with the eggs for ½ to 1 hour. A small amount of skins will make a lavender colour
• Pink – soak hardboiled eggs in cranberry juice or pickled beet juice
• Blue (violet) soak hardboiled eggs for several hours (overnight) in hot water to which you have added purple flower blossoms
• Lavender – soak hardboiled eggs in grape juice
• Yellow – boil eggs in water that has had 1 – 1 ½ teaspoons of turmeric and ½ teaspoon of vinegar for every cup of water
• Brown – for each cup of hot water add 1 tbsp of instant coffee and ½ tsp of vinegar
• Green – boil grass in water, strain dye and cook eggs in the grass water

Try other fruits and vegetables and see what happens

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