Natural Egg Easter Dyes
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Ingredients:
-----SPRING CHICKEN YELLOW-----
1
teaspoon
Tumeric 2/3
cup
- Boiling water 1/4
teaspoon
Vinegar
-----EASTER BUNNY BROWN-----
1
tablespoon
Instant coffee,
heaping Tbsp
2/3
cup
- Boiling water 1/2
teaspoon
Vinegar
-----BOIL EGG WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING-----
Onion skins,
(golden orange)
Beets,
(reddish purple)
Spinach,
(pale green)
Red Cabbage Leaves
Walnut shells,
(buff)
Grape Juice,
(mauve) &
1/4
teaspoon
Vinegar
Directions:
Wash eggs in mild soapy water to remove oily coating which could prevent dye from adhering. Simmer for 20 minutes. Spring Chicken Yellow: Add tumeric to boiling water, stir until dissolved. Add vinegar. Easter Bunny Brown: Add heaping Tbsp heaping instant coffee to boiling water, stir to dissolve. Add vinegar. Serendipity: Try boiling eggs with one of the listed ingredients. Add 1/4 tsp vinegar to water.
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