Natural Easter Egg Dye

Want to dye Easter eggs naturally? Easy enough! Plenty of leftover food items in your kitchen will turn out lovely colored eggs. Keep in mind that when using spices, you want to boil enough water to fill a bowl just large enough to hold an egg or two and add a tablespoon or more or the desired spice with a bit of vinegar. The longer you soak eggs, the more intense the color.

My fave natural egg dye? Red wine. Not only does it color the eggs, but the sulfites give it sparkle. And, of course, you can drink what you don't use for dunking eggs. And the wine you use for the eggs can be saved for cooking.

 

Rubber bands are all you need to make tie-dyed eggs. Use a collection of different sized rubber bands. Wrap the rubber bands, one at a time, around the eggs. Make sure to leave some of the egg shell exposed so it can be dyed. 

Pink
Pickled beet juice

or 

1 beet, quartered
cold water to cover
1 teaspoon white vinegar

Cover the beet with cold water in a small pot and bring to a boil. Simmer until tender. Pour off 3/4 cup of beet liquid into a small cup. Mix with vinegar. Reserve the beet for another purpose. Soak eggs for 15 minutes to 1/2 hour.

Yellow
3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon turmeric
1 teaspoon white vinegar

Bring the water to a boil. Whisk in turmeric and white vinegar. Let the liquid cool. Soak eggs for 15 minutes to 1/2 hour.

Blue
1/2 cup blueberry juice poured off from a bag of frozen blueberries, thawed
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon white vinegar

Heat the blueberry juice and water to boiling. Add vinegar. Let the liquid cool. Soak eggs for 15 minutes to 1/2 hour.

Purple
1 cup red wine

Soak eggs for a few hours in the refrigerator. They will become a mottled, sparkly purple. The wine can be reserved for cooking

Green

 Water leftover from boiled spinach

or

3/4 cup water
2 to 3 chlorophyll caplets (get them at natural food stores)
1 teaspoon vinegar

Bring the water to a boil. Break open the caplets and pour the content and stir. Let the liquid cool. Soak eggs for 1/2 hour or longer.