Traditional Easter Egg Dye Project

Here's three traditional ways to dye your Easter eggs:

Natural
Ingredients:
Various coloured food and plant items e.g. beetroot, coffee, saffron, grass, berries.
Saucepan for each colour
Cooking oil

For each colour, pour 1/2 - 1 cup of water into a saucepan and add the chopped up fruit or plant products. Bring to the boil and then let simmer until the desired colour is obtained. Let the dyed water cool and then add the eggs (already hard-boiled or blown). Let the eggs sit until they turn the colour that you want. Remove them from the dye and when fully dry, polish then with a soft cloth and a little cooking oil.

Food Coloring
Ingredients:
Food colouring
Hot water
White vinegar
Cooking oil

For each colour, place 1/4 teaspoon of food colouring in a small bowl. Add 3/4 cup of hot water and 1 tablespoon of white vinegar. Add the eggs (hard-boiled or blown) and let them sit until they turn the colour that you want. Remove from the dye and when fully dry, polish then with a soft cloth and a little cooking oil.

Crepe paper dye
Ingredients:
Different coloured crepe paper
Hot water
Cooking oil

Tear up large pieces/strips of crepe paper and soak each colour in individual bowls of hot water. Add the eggs (hard-boiled or blown) and let them sit until they turn the colour that you want. Remove from the dye and when fully dry, polish then with a soft cloth and a little cooking oil.

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