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    • Dye Easter Eggs Naturally

      Easter Egg Dye RecipeCreate Beautiful designs in your eggs with just a little creativity. Choose from the following pretty colors.... Pale Yellow, Pink, Deep Yellow, Spring Green, Orange, Lavender, Blue.

      Gently wash your White Shelled eggs in warm water with a mild soap.

      To Set the Dye add 2 tsp of Vinegar to the Water
      and bring to a boil with one of the following colors for 30 minutes:

      Pale Yellow: Celery Seed, Orange Peels, or Carrot Tops, lemon peels : add 1 (or more) of the items

      Pink: Beet Juice, or 1 fresh beet - boiled with the eggs, chopped rhubarb stalks, red onion skins, crushed raspberries

      Deeper Yellow: Yellow Onion Skins, Ground Tumeric

      Spring Green: use the water from boiled spinach or dandelion leaves

      Orange: 2-3cups of chopped yellow onion skins.

      Lavender: any brand grape juice

      Blue: Boil red cabbage and allow to cool. Once cool you can dye your eggs with the juice.

      For Strange colors you can dye eggs with Kool-Aid Packets.

      To add writing, use a white crayon and draw designs or lettering, dye as usual
      Comments 2 Comments
      1. CoolCat's Avatar
        Thanks for sharing this! I can't wait for Easter this year. You can also use the following items for various colors:

        Color

        Lavender
        • small Quantity of Purple Grape Juice
        • Violet Blossoms plus 2 tsp Lemon Juice
        • Red Zinger Tea

        Violet Blue
        • Violet Blossoms
        • Small Quantity of Red Onions Skins (boiled)
        • Hibiscus Tea
        • Red Wine
        • Blue Canned Blueberries
        • Red Cabbage Leaves (boiled)
        • Purple Grape Juice

        Green
        • Spinach Leaves (boiled)
        • Liquid Chlorophyll

        Greenish Yellow
        • Yellow Delicious Apple Peels (boiled)

        Yellow
        • Orange or Lemon Peels (boiled)
        • Carrot Tops (boiled)
        • Celery Seed (boiled)
        • Ground Cumin (boiled)
        • Ground Turmeric (boiled)
        • Chamomile Tea
        • Green Tea

        Golden Brown
        • Dill Seeds

        Brown
        • Strong Coffee
        • Instant Coffee
        • Black Walnut Shells (boiled)
        • Black Tea

        Orange
        • Yellow Onion Skins (boiled)
        • Cooked Carrots
        • Chili Powder
        • Paprika

        Pink
        • Cranberries or Juice
        • Red Grape Juice
        • Juice from Pickled Beets

        Red
        • Lots of Red Onions Skins (boiled)
        • Canned Cherries with Juice
        • Pomegranate Juice
        • Raspberries
      1. Mrsbear's Avatar
        These are great suggestions for coloring eggs. Don't forget to hard boil them Grape juice will leave permanent stains on everything it contacts.
        Tumeric likewise. (Yellow) so put on your painting smock.

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