A Simple Easter DIY | Naturally Dyed Eggs

Natural dyes are a simple and beautiful way to colour Easter eggs using ingredients you may already have in your kitchen.

Vegetables, fruit, and spices create a surprising range of soft, earthy colours, from soft pinks, blues, and purples to warm yellows and browns.

This easy DIY shows how to make six natural dyes and colour your eggs with subtle, organic tones that feel perfect for spring.

Follow these easy steps to get started!

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Supplies Needed:

• White hard boiled eggs

• A variety of vegetables, fruit, or spices to create 6 coloured dyes.

  I used the following:

• 1/2 of a head of Purple Cabbage chopped-blue dye

• Yellow Onion Skins from about 8 medium onions- orange/red dye

• 2-3 Beets chopped- pink dye

• 1 cup frozen or fresh Blueberries- light to dark purple dye

• 2 tbsp Instant Coffee- brown dye

• 1 Tbsp Turmeric powder- yellow dye

• Pot(s)

• Water

• Stove top

• Tea kettle

• 6 pint size jars for colouring eggs

• Baking racks (for cooling cookies)

• Paper towel to lay under the racks to catch the drips 

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Making the dye:

1. Use a separate pot for each of the colours.

2. Place the cabbage, onion skins, beets, blueberries into their respective pots.

3. Add enough water to barely cover the surface of the produce.

4. Bring to a boil and let bubble for about 10 minutes. I mashed the blueberries as they cooked.

5. Remove from heat and let cool.

6. Strain the fluid from each pot into 4 of the 6 jars.

7. Add 2 cups of heated water into each of the remaining 2 jars.

8. Add the instant coffee to one and Turmeric to the other.(I experimented by blending the turmeric and water to prevent it from settling out and it worked!)

   You now have 6 natural dyes. 

   The left overs from straining the fluid make good compost. 

Colouring your eggs:

Place 2-3 boiled eggs in each of the jars of dye. If you plan on eating the eggs be sure to refrigerate the jars.

I checked the eggs after 1 hour, 2.5 hours and over night. I found that 2.5 hours was sufficient, over night didn’t really make that much of a difference in colour intensity and I actually prefer a softer colour. The blueberries created a very dark rich purple shade, I removed one after only 2 minutes and got a soft purple colour.

Place the colored eggs on the baking racks to dry.

Enjoy! ♡

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with love,

Loralie

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