Easter Eggs have seriously never been cooler than now. Eric Isaac with some tips.
By Eric Isaac
I used to decorate these little guys as a kid and got bored with stickers and crayons and such. But then I discovered making my own natural dyes which gives each egg its own earthy randomness. The process is simple, chop or shred color veg and fruit (the ones that usually bleed color) and add it to a pot. Add a couple of tablespoons of vinegar and water to top off. Throw in the eggs and boil. Reduce to a simmer for about 30 minutes to reduce the liquid dye. Sift with a fine mesh sieve into a jar and now you have dye which you can add water to if needed. If you want less randomness and more uniform, solid colors, boil the eggs first then add to the dye.
Aside from cooking the eggs with the ingredients, you can also make sure some of the sediment makes it into the jar which will help create more uniform look. For example, the spinach didn’t yield great results on the boil. But putting the egg in the spinach dye overnight, got me a very cool earthy color and texture. The following are the results I got with the dyes. I’ll explain the process of each one under each image.
Fantastic post and gorgeous photos! We’re suffering through a wet and blustery week of school holidays leading up to Easter and my kids would love this project. Doing this TODAY!
these are beautiful, thanks for this post!
Are they edible afterwards or will the flavours of the veggies overpower the flavour of the eggs?