Use plants to dye eggs in times for Easter
Plant dyed Easter Eggs
What you'll need
Hard boiled eggs - cooled
White vinegar
Cups or old containers
Elastic bands
Wax crayon
Dyes
Red – red onion skins or beetroot juice
Orange – yellow onion skins
Yellow – tumeric
Green – spinach
Blue – leaves from a red cabbage
What to do
Ask a grown – up to help you hard boil some eggs and then leave them until they are cool.
- Decide what colours you would like to decorate your eggs (see the list above). To add extra patterns on to your egg you can use elastic bands or a wax crayon, the dye will not cover these areas.
- Mix a cup of boiled water with 2 tablespoons of white vinegar and add the egg and colour ingredients.
- Leave in the cup or container overnight for a deeper colour and make sure that the dye covers all of the egg.
- Remove the egg from the dye solution and leave to dry
