Natural Dye for Easter Eggs (fun & creative ideas!)

Easter is the time of year to have some fun with arts & crafts, adults and kids alike! We decided to decorate using all-natural dyes & some products we found around the house & yard. Using natural dye for Easter eggs is easy to do and a lot of fun too!

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• Ingredients for colors on white eggs
• Decorating ideas

Ingredients for colors on white eggs

• Lavender:  2 cups red onion skin
• Light red:  2 cups yellow onion skin
• Dark red:  2 cups chopped beets
• Sepia/brown:  2 tea bags
• Orange:  3 tablespoon chili powder
• Yellow: 2 tablespoon turmeric powder
• Blue/purple:  2 cups red cabbage or 2 cups crushed blueberries

After decorating raw eggs (see below), add coloring ingredients to 2 cups water and 2 tablespoon white vinegar. Add eggs to the same pot and bring to a boil. Let simmer for 15 minutes, then remove from stove and let soak another 15 minutes. If you’d like your color to be darker or more intense, simmer longer and/or let soak longer until desired color is achieved (you can even let them soak in the refrigerator overnight!).

Decorating ideas

• Wrap multiple thin rubber bands or string around eggs in varying directions for a striped look

• Tie a lacy doily around the egg, secured at the top with a rubber band or string, for an intricate pattern

• Apply hole-reinforcement stickers for cool circles (those stickers to protect your pages from ripping out of a binder)

• Place a flower on your egg.  Wrap it inside a bit of pantyhose, tied at both ends, to hold it in place.

• Drip rubber cement onto eggs in any pattern you like

• Spray paint stencils onto your egg

• Cut painter’s tape into thin strips and wrap around the egg in different directions

• Cut mailing labels into abstract geometric shapes and apply in an open mosaic pattern

• Wrap a wide rubber band (the kind that holds produce together) around the egg, for a cool wide stripe

• Wrap eggs in scraps from an old silk tie, to transfer the image

• Draw any image or words onto your egg using a Sharpie marker

• Splatter paint eggs with brown and gold paints before simmering in dye, for a speckled egg effect

• Stamp words, names, or images onto your egg using a stamp kit

• Place branches from bushes or leaves from herbs onto your egg. Wrap it inside a bit of pantyhose, tied at both ends, to hold it in place.

Paint designs or patterns onto the egg before simmering in dye

• Wrap eggs in a textured fabric, like lace or tulle

• Cut a bandaid into fun geometric shapes and stick onto the egg

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Did you try using natural dye for Easter eggs? Let us know in the comments below!