Yesterday I had the hair-brained idea to try and dye a few Easter eggs...naturally. Like without store-bought dye. I don't know, if I plan on eating them as egg salad later, I feel weird about some chemical dye being on my eggs.
While I prepared the dyes, Wren organized her spoons and drew on the counter with pencil.
I wanted to do light pink and brown eggs. I thought that would be pretty. I knew dyeing eggs naturally would mean they didn't get very dark. That was an understatement.
The pink eggs sat in boiled raspberry/blackberry mush.
The brown eggs sat in Kenton's day-old coffee. Obviously, they worked out way better than the pink ones.
She was just happy to stand on the stool even though I worried her falling off. Actually, the phone rang, I went to go get it, and she did fall off. But guess what, she lived :)
Voila! Our super pale Easter eggs! I might have broke one in the egg-boiling process.
Next year I might need to have a little more fore-thought on how to make nice, naturally dyed eggs...
However, my personal favourite eggs for Easter are those chocolate Cadbury cream eggs..*hint hint*. I know they are also Wrennie's favourite too... ;)
Actually, we went grocery shopping yesterday and I found some of those same eggs, but mini ones. I got a few, and I was hoping Wren would say "bleh!" so I could have them all!
(note: Wren says "bleh!" to anything she deems gross.. Or if she hears the words: yucky, gross, stinky, etc.)
Has anyone else tried different materials for dyeing eggs like this...things that actually worked? I would really want to know!
I think you just needed to add vinegar to your mixture! Was just reading about dyeing using foods. Here's a site to reference: http://chemistry.about.com/od/holidayhowtos/a/eastereggdyes.htm
ReplyDeleteWhat about using mashed up beets to do pink eggs?
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