Playing with Food--Easter Eggs Part II

My post last week on natural dying Easter eggs evoked so much interest that I thought I would show you some more variations that you can use.  I colored all these with food items around the house.  Mind, I naturally dye things all the time, so some of them might not be common in your house.  So I'll be including a list of other things that you can use to successfully dye eggs.

1. Annatto broth powder--You can purchase this at Wal-Mart in the Mexican food section, it might be labelled "achiote" as well.
2. Coffee
3. Turmeric--powdered seasoning
4. Hibiscus--I buy this at our local Mexican market, but hibiscus tea might work also, if it is in your natural foods section.
5. Yellow onion skins
6. Blueberry--frozen berries.

1. Annatto broth powder
2. Coffee
3. Turmeric--powdered seasoning
4. Hibiscus
5. Yellow onion skins
6. Blueberry 

 I made each of my dyes with 1 cup of boiling water and a handful or several tablespoons of the dye material, plus 2 teaspoons of vinegar.  I used soup cans to submerge the eggs in the dye.  I left the eggs submerged for 15 minutes.  

WARNING--If you use soup cans they will be hot.  But they are handy!  I have them scattered all over the house and they are filled with beads, and mod podge, and paintbrushes and dyes!

Check out these Easter posts as well:

Easter Doggie Style
Easter Curry
My Original Easter Egg post
My Sister's Leaf Imprint Easter Egg Post on Her Blog


After I made the eggs I went ahead and dipped some cotton swatches in the leftover dye overnight and here's what I came up with (the fabric had also been dipped in an alum mordant.

1. annatto
2. hibiscus,
3. blackberry
4.coffee
5. turmeric
6. pomegranate molasses (didn't work on eggs)
7. yellow onion skins

Other suggestions for your Easter Eggs:

Blue	Canned Blueberries Red Cabbage Leaves (boiled) Purple Grape Juice
Brown or Beige	Strong Coffee Instant Coffee Black Walnut Shells (boiled) Black Tea
Brown Gold	Dill Seeds
Brown Orange	Chili Powder
Gold	Turmeric
Green	Spinach Leaves (boiled) Liquid Chlorophyll
Greenish Yellow	Yellow Delicious Apple Peels (boiled)
Grey	Purple or red grape juice or beet juice
Lavender	Small Quantity of Purple Grape Juice Violet Blossoms plus 2 tsp Lemon Juice Red Zinger Tea
Orange	Yellow Onion Skins (boiled) Carrots Paprika
Pink	Beets Cranberries or Juice Raspberries Red Grape Juice Juice from Pickled Beets
Red	Pomegranate juice Canned Cherries (with syrup) Raspberries Cranberries Lots of Red Onions Skins (boiled)
Violet or Purple	Violet Blossoms Hibiscus tea Small Quantity of Red Onions Skins (boiled) Red Wine
Yellow	Orange or Lemon Peels (boiled) Carrot Tops (boiled) Chamomile Tea Celery Seed (boiled) Green tea Ground Cumin (boiled) Ground Turmeric (boiled) or Saffron

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