Easter Egg Tips
Here is a list of natural items to dye eggs with. For natural dyeing boil eggs with these items with vinegar about a tablespoon, even more wouldn’t hurt. After boiling for 20 to 30 minutes letting them set longer will deepen the color. (http://easter-stuff.net/Easter-Egg-Tips.htm)
- Tea or Coffee – Gives a brown or yellowish tan hue.
- Onion Skin – Yellow or purple hue, or reddish pick with red onions.
- Beets – Dark purple color.
- Red Cabbage -Purple hue or bluish.
- Turmeric or Saffron – Yellow color.
- Grape Juice or Dark Concord Grapes – Lavender color.
- Blueberries – Blue color.
- Spinach – Green color.
- Dandelions – Yellowish color.
- Orange peels – Lemon Peels – Yellow hues.
- Shredded Carrots – Yellow Orangish hues.
- Black Walnuts – Tannish stain hues.
- Chili Powder – Brownish Orange hues.