That’s egg-citing, not to be confused with egg sighting, though I guess either would work in this case. ;)
On Saturday we dyed a crapton of 26 eggs using natural dyes made from things like tumeric, chili powder, beets, blueberries, and red cabbage. We did 14 during the day with the kids and my sister (Aunt Carrie), and then because I wanted to experiment some more, Jody and I did another dozen after the kids went to bed. We now have enough boiled eggs to feed a small village.
I will do a post with the details of the natural egg dyeing, including what worked well and what didn’t work so well and pictures of the process, later in the week. For today, however, I’m just sharing some pictures of the egg-dyeing egg-stravaganza, our indoor egg hunt (due to snow) and then my best shot of all of our eggs in one basket (I know, I know, they say not to do that) is at the end. ;)
Most of the pics were taken with the point and shoot, and a few with my SLR. Mouse over the pics for a description.
Our natural egg-dyeing egg-stravaganza was on Saturday. Julian enjoyed eating leftover blueberries (from the dyeing process) while the rest of us dyed the eggs.
Our Easter egg hunt on Sunday was inside (since our snow from the night before hadn’t melted yet). Ava had a blast finding all of the eggs, while Julian enjoyed smacking eggs together and throwing them around the house.
And lastly, here’s my best shot. All 26 of our naturally dyed eggs (in one basket). :)
Head on over to May Papers to see what everyone else has in store for their Best Shot Monday posts.
Stumble it!
Sherie says:
Eggcellent! Your eggs are beautiful, as is your family. So glad you had a fun weekend :-)
March 23rd, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Penny says:
Pretty eggs!!
March 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Heather says:
They turned out GREAT! Looks like you had a lot of fun, and I love that picture of Julian in your family shot, w/ the food around his mouth- he has that look like “What?”
I was very, very, lazy this year. My MIL & SIL invited Ryan over yesterday to dye eggs with his cousins, so I didn’t dye one egg. We took his home today though, and he had lots of fun.
March 23rd, 2008 at 11:32 pm
tracey says:
looks like a fab time!! cute pix.
hey girl, i edited and reposted my BSM post. there’s some important stuff i would love for you to read about. maybe you could pop back over?
thanks so much.
xo
March 23rd, 2008 at 11:35 pm
girl??s night out says:
[...] and a lot of people want to see the girls go out there and fight."www.coshoctontribune.comBest Shot Monday – 3/24/08 – Egg-citing! That??s egg-citing, not to be confused with egg sighting, though I guess either would work in this [...]
March 24th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Bonne says:
Oh how fun !!!
March 24th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Andi says:
What a wonderful idea…naturally dying the eggs! I would lOVE more information, as we always do it with store bought stuff. Your eggs are lovely; so is your precious family!
March 24th, 2008 at 3:54 am
Kellie says:
Ooooh I def. want to know all about the natural dyeing! We dyed eggs for the first time this year and used the regular old paz dyes …. but your colors are SO beautiful! I want to try that next year!!!! Love the pics :)
March 24th, 2008 at 4:00 am
Anna at Hank and Willie says:
Gorgeous! Can’t wait for the detailed post!
Gorgeous eggs and family too.
March 24th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Amanda says:
Wow, those turned out great! I love the colors… they’re really different from boxed dyed eggs. Looks like you all had a wonderful time. Love the photo of Ava in the bunny ears :)
March 24th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Maggie says:
Those are great shots! It looks like you all had a great time with the dying, and they turned out great!
March 24th, 2008 at 6:09 am
susiej says:
Those turned out GREAT!!! I love the natural colors, and the earthy way you did these.
March 24th, 2008 at 6:43 am
Rebecca says:
Nice pics! :)
March 24th, 2008 at 7:17 am
carrie says:
Oh, I LOVE them! I can’t wait to read what worked and what didn’t. The colors are really gorgeous! Beautiful photos!
March 24th, 2008 at 8:17 am
NTE says:
Sounds like you had a fabulous weekend: your eggs came out great! And throwing things around the house is, of course, the whole point of an egg hunt, everyone knows. ;)
March 24th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Kyla says:
Beautiful eggs! And I love the shot of your son with his hand in his mouth.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am
pinks & blues says:
Oh my gosh, natural dyes make eggs are SO MUCH more beautiful than the fake, chemical dyes! Those colors are seriously spectacular. Great shot. And what a fun time it looks like you all had!
Jane, Pinks & Blues
March 24th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Blessed Nest says:
SO MUCH FUN AND BEAUTIFUL EGGS…opps caps on…love the colors!
have a egg-siting spring!
March 24th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Mom On The Run says:
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun!
Visit me @ http://www.momontherun.net
March 24th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Becoming Me says:
So pretty! That’s how I am going to do our eggs next year. Love it!!
March 24th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Christina says:
Looks like the natural dyes worked great!! We’ve used red onion skins before. What fun!
March 24th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Sarah-Ji says:
Wow! Those eggs turned out AWESOME! I didn’t even think about drawing designs on the egg. I may have to celebrate Greek Orthodox Easter so I can do try this again…
March 24th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Tiff@The Shopping Fund says:
Love the pictures! It snowed today here but not much. Weird since yesterday was 65!
March 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Erinne says:
Very fun photos!
March 24th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
kim says:
Ava is such a cute little bunny. Looks like fun was had by all!
Love the BSM!
March 24th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
BerryBird says:
Those colors are gorgeous! I can’t wait to hear more about the natural dyes.
March 24th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Joy says:
They are beautiful! At http://greenbabyguide.com we too went a little crazy with natural egg dyes this year. A few dozen egg salad sandwiches later, we’re still figuring out what works. I’m looking forward to reading the details of your experimenting. The blue ones are especially gorgeous!
March 24th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Leslie- LaMamaNaturale' says:
Hi! Your eggs are gorgeous. The kids did such a great job!! Snow, on Easter…neato! Natural egg dyeing is the way to go. The eggs look so much more authentic and traditional. Great pics. I had a blast doing 8 eggs using 3 color combo’s…you’ll have to check out my blog…I look forward to hearing your notes about the process!!!
March 24th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Justine says:
I’m so jealous! Those eggs are just lovely. What a great message you are sharing with your kids, too.
March 24th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Heather says:
So fun! I only managed to do the baking, but not the egg dyeing for the holidays this year. We will have to do the natural dyes next year. Those look lovely!
What fun photos!
Oh, p.s. we made butter today–thanks for the idea. It was a blast. :)
March 24th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Julie says:
Oh wow!! Your eggs turned out beautifully! I love the designs. The dark blue is my favorite. Kudos!
March 24th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Jessie says:
Beautiful shots as always! It looks like you guys had a fabulous holiday.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Susan says:
Beautiful! What a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday:)
Thanks for sharing,
Susan
March 24th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Rose says:
Seriously Dude! I SO wanted to do natural dyes this year, but I opted for next year since it’s Harrison’s first time. I touch on that on my not-yet-published post today.
Yeah, I’m behind.
March 24th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Kate (Emma Lu's Mom) says:
I had to laugh when I noticed Ava’s dress. Emma has the same exact one but only we’ve been wearing it without the longsleeves & with sandals! =) Oh how I remember all the winters in MI growing up wearing turtlenecks under dresses!
March 25th, 2008 at 6:11 am
Mike says:
Love the Julian photo best.
Mike
http://somethingaboutparenting.typepad.com/
If you are interested in a photo challenge, please join me at http://www.mikeleonen.com/
March 25th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
maya says:
Those are the coolest eggs!!!
March 26th, 2008 at 4:58 am
Mandy says:
Great job on the eggs! You’ve inspired me to go with natural dyes next year.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:56 am
MamaBird/SurelyYouNest says:
Love your eggs! Please post details as we went for natural dyes this year and, well, they did NOT look like yours! Tx…
April 5th, 2008 at 7:36 pm