Eggs dyed with tumeric, blueberries (boiled in water) and grape juice! The kids had so much fun. There are many other varieties of natural dyes you can make and use (beets, cabbage), but here are my three favorites that are nice and easy to whip together without much effort.
Freshly dyed Easter eggs!
Mix together the following blends for yellow, blue and purple eggs. Soak your hard-boiled eggs in the dye for as long or short as desired. The longer they're left in the bowls, the darker shades you can end up with.
For yellow egg dye mix together:
1 cup boiling water
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 - 3 tsp tumeric powder
For a blue egg dye:
In a small pot or in the microwave, boil together 1 cup blueberries with water to cover the blueberries. Simmer together until the blueberries have all opened and the water has turned a nice, bright blue color. You can leave the blueberries in the water or remove so you have ~1 cup boiling blueberry water.
Mix together:
1 cup blueberry boiling water (with or without blueberries is fine) + plus enough boiling water to have 1 cup total
1/4 cup white vinegar
For a purple egg dye mix together:
1/3 cup dark purple grape juice, heated in the microwave (you can use all grape juice, but make sure you bring it to a boil before mixing with vinegar)
2/3 cup boiling water
1/4 cup white vinegar
Let your dyes cool a bit, so they're not too hot. Then, hard-boiled eggs can be safely dyed to the desired color. They turn out a pretty bright yellow, pale blue and pale purple. The longer they're left in the coloring bowls, the darker shades you can end up with.
1 cup boiling water
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 - 3 tsp tumeric powder
For a blue egg dye:
In a small pot or in the microwave, boil together 1 cup blueberries with water to cover the blueberries. Simmer together until the blueberries have all opened and the water has turned a nice, bright blue color. You can leave the blueberries in the water or remove so you have ~1 cup boiling blueberry water.
Mix together:
1 cup blueberry boiling water (with or without blueberries is fine) + plus enough boiling water to have 1 cup total
1/4 cup white vinegar
For a purple egg dye mix together:
1/3 cup dark purple grape juice, heated in the microwave (you can use all grape juice, but make sure you bring it to a boil before mixing with vinegar)
2/3 cup boiling water
1/4 cup white vinegar
Let your dyes cool a bit, so they're not too hot. Then, hard-boiled eggs can be safely dyed to the desired color. They turn out a pretty bright yellow, pale blue and pale purple. The longer they're left in the coloring bowls, the darker shades you can end up with.
I love dying the eggs in colors that I feel are more natural, especially since we always eat our hard-boiled eggs!
Just one more picture - because they're just so pretty.
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