Grab Bag Friday: All Natural Easter Eggs
I've randomly come across two articles in the last day about how to make your own natural dyes for Easter eggs. I haven't quite decided yet if this sounds like a super-fun experiment or a disaster waiting to happen. At any rate, it's very tempting. If you want to try it at home, here's an article that tells you how:
Dye Easter Eggs in Nature's Hues
And here are some of the things you can use for dye:
Dye Easter Eggs in Nature's Hues
And here are some of the things you can use for dye:
- Onion skins (marbleized oranges and yellows)
- Shredded red cabbage (midnight blue and teal)
- Beet root (brown with a purple cast)
- Spinach (pale green)
- Carrots (yellow with olive overtones)
- Grape juice (deep lavender)
- Blueberries (frozen is fine...deep blue)
- Raspberries (frozen is fine...light fuchsia)
- Blackberries (frozen is fine...plum)
- Coffee (milk-chocolate brown)
- Cinnamon (subdued mahogany)
- Paprika (light orange)
- Turmeric (vivid gold)
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