Creating your own natural Easter egg dyes is a little bit more work than using the store bought dyes from the local grocery store, but the colors you can create are beautiful and it is so much fun for the whole family; using fruits, vegetables and spices it is fun to see what beautiful colors they create! If you try this fun DIY, please tag us on Instagram. @yourhivehelper
image by: Leigh Anne Wilkes
How To Dye Eggs Naturally
You can find just about everything you need in your produce department. The things we’ve had the best luck with are:
Blue Eggs – 2 cups red cabbage
Green Eggs – 2 cups red onion skins
Blue Gray Eggs – 1 cup blueberries
Orange Eggs – 2 Tbsp paprika will give you a light or 2 cups yellow onion skins will be more gold.
Yellow Eggs – 2 Tbsp turmeric
Pink Eggs – 1 beet
Salt
White Vinegar
*A few things that didn’t work well were carrot tops and spinach. It was difficult to get a decent green color. They may have worked better if we had been more patient and let the eggs soak longer. Surprisingly red onion gives you somewhat of a green color! Feel free to experiment with whatever produce you have on hand.
image by: Leigh Anne Wilkes
How To Color Eggs With Natural Dyes
For each dye:
Place 2 cups of water into a pan on the stovetop.
Add 1 tsp of salt.
Place each ingredient into the pan and bring the water to a boil, and then let it continue to boil for 10 to 15 minutes.
Strain the water from the pot and place it in a jar or bowl. Add 1 Tbsp white vinegar and allow to cool.
Once cooled, you are ready to use your dye!
Pour all the dyes into small plastic cups and use plastic spoons to take the eggs in and out of the cups.
We recommend writing the name of what each one is on the plastic cups as well as on the table. (You will want to cover your table with plastic and or paper because this can get a bit messy!)