You’ll see that even without a store-bought kit and artificial colors you can actually have beautiful dyed and decorated Easter eggs. Learn which household ingredients you can use to decorate Easter eggs naturally The environmental topic has been extensively often discussed in the past several years. So if you understand how important it is to be eco-friendly and live green, you will sure like the idea for an eco-friendly Easter.
Creative ways to decorate Easter eggs naturally
1. Natural Easter Egg Dye Recipes
Decorating Easter eggs naturally with fruit, vegetable and herb dyes, is a step towards creating healthier homes and teaching kids about green living. And remember – the longer the eggs stay in the dye, the deeper the color will be You can experiment with different foods as coloring, but if you want to be sure which one to use for the primary colors, we’ve prepared a short list. Instead of buying artificial dyes, go green and use dyes that nature offers for free.
- Bluish-Gray – blueberries
- Gray – Hibiskus
- Blue – red cabbage
- Jade Green – red onions
- Pale Green – Spinach
- Pale Orange – Saffron
- Orange – the skin of yellow onions
- Red-Orange – paprika
- Rich yellow – carrot
- Mustard-yellow – turmeric
- Various shades: bags of chamomile or green
- Pale yellow: goldenrod
- Faint yellow: the peels of oranges
- Brown – Coffee
- Brown-Gold – dill seed
- Dark pink – beet
- Lavender – grape juice
2. Decorate with seeds, cereals and pasta
Rinse with water and clean the egg. Yet you need a lot of patience and time, because the work is not for one day. First you have to blow out the eggs. You can first draw an image to follow or you can invent it on the fly. It’s a very exciting experience Pierce a thick needle into the egg and make two holes (2-3 mm in diameter) at opposite sides. Apply the glue, then the seeds and only after they dry out continue to the other side. Then get the needed materials like PVA glue, a pencil, brushes for applying the glue, a thin stick to arrange the separate grains, various seeds, cereal and tiny pasta stars. Blow in one of the holes and the yolk and white will easily come out through the other hole. The seeds should be applied to the egg base gradually.
3. Decorate Easter eggs naturally by boiling them in onion skins
Let the eggs sit in the dye until they cool enough to handle. of white vinegar. Plece them into the refrigerator until they are as dark as you like. 5 cups of water and 2 tbls. Skin about 10 yellow onions and place the skins into a medium sauce pan along with about 4. Remove gently the pantyhose and they are ready Place the leave or flower petal onto the raw egg and wrap it tightly in a small piece of pantyhose. Cover the pot and leave to simmer on medium low for about 30 minutes. Secure with a knot in the back or with pony tails. A traditional method for coloring Easter eggs and decorating with imprinted floral motives. Place the raw eggs into the dye and hard boil them by bringing the pot to a light simmer on medium heat.
