For the second year in a row, I made our Easter egg dyes out of foods and spices. This year’s dyes were made from the following ingredients:
Pink – canned beets
Orange – chili powder
Yellow – tumeric
Green – spinach with tumeric and purple cabbage mixed in
Blue – purple cabbage
I have to say I’m quite pleased with how they turned out. :) Yes, it was another year of mommy having more fun dyeing the eggs than the kids. But the kids had a great time finding the eggs (over and over again) in our Easter egg hunt, so it all evened out. ;)
Here’s my best shot for this week – a rainbow of eggs:
Want to know how I did it? Check out my tutorial on dyeing Easter eggs naturally.
I’m also fond of this picture, which isn’t my usual style, but I liked the motion blur of the kids off to find more Easter eggs while daddy paused to recall exactly where he hid them all. This so perfectly represents life in our home on most days.
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Marianna says:
Wow, those came out great! I skipped eggs this year but I plan to do this next year.
April 13th, 2009 at 5:44 am
Ames says:
Your turmeric yellow eggs turned out much brighter than mine did :( I tried that and cochineal this year, it only takes a wee bit and you get this really stunning and bright purple!
April 13th, 2009 at 7:02 am
lilbet says:
Those are great.
We tie dyed some at our house, with silk ties that were my dads. Really fun. Pictures on my blog.
I love the blue! Who knew?
And that last picture? That could be at just about every house on Sunday morning. We only had one that took us all searching to find cause Dad couldn’t remember! Great shot.
April 13th, 2009 at 7:20 am
bouncy says:
Ooooh, I love the yellow!
You have inspired me so I tried the purple cabbage this year. I also melted some candle wax and put it on the eggs before I inserted them in the colorful bath. The eggs don’t look as “polished” as I wanted them to be but there’s always next year :)
pictures of the result:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16496288@N03/3438542218/
April 13th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Amber says:
Using the blue and yellow dyes to make green is inspired! It seems like green is a hard colour to replicate with just one ingredient. I ended up going with artificial colour for that one. But thanks to you, I now have a much better idea for next year. :)
April 13th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Mandy says:
Beautiful colors! I’ll be sure to check out your tutorial. Looks like a fun Easter was had by all!
April 13th, 2009 at 11:13 am
killlashandra says:
I have to admit I’d never thought of dyeing easter eggs like that. What a neat idea. The colors sure turned out nice in the picture. And yes, I too can relate to having more fun coloring the eggs then the rest of my kids. ;)
April 13th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Suz Broughton says:
I like both of these pictures. I didn’t know you could even dye eggs with spices. I love the way they turned out.
I also love the picture of your family. The energy in it is amazing. It tells the story.
April 13th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Dawn says:
Wow! Those turned out great!
I love that pic too…it is fantastic and reminds me of our house too!
:)
April 13th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com says:
I love those types of pictures! I’m always trying so hard to get things perfectly in focus that sometimes I forget the best images are the ones that show children as they really are: a blur of motion, activity, happiness, and life.
April 13th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Farmer Gal says:
What a great idea! I’ll have to try that when my little ones get to the Easter egg dying age. I love the pictures.
April 13th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Stephanie - Green SAHM says:
That’s a great shot. Definitely reminds me of my life right now.
Also makes me think of the pics my 6 year old takes with her camera. Somehow they always come out wavy.
April 13th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
peppylady says:
My mom during the dust bowl and she was one of 12 kids.
That is how they died their eggs.
My boys are grown and we don’t do the eggs but I miss that part.
Coffee is on.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Daisy says:
These look great! I’m thinking of using food coloring next year. The commercial packs are so wasteful!
April 16th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
casual friday everyday says:
I didn’t do eggs this year, but if I had I’d love to of used those items to dye them. How beautiful they turned out!
April 18th, 2009 at 10:06 am
stephanie (LSL/Bold Avenue) says:
Beautiful eggs! Love the pic of your fam too!
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Chiropractors San Francisco says:
That was really beautiful! Thanks a lot for sharing! :)
June 30th, 2010 at 1:10 am