Get The TechniqueToday is April 22—better known as Earth Day, which was founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 to promote environmental awareness and a commitment to sustainability.
There's no time like the present to join the green movement.
With Easter just around the corner, I tried to decorate some eggs with natural dyes. Using everyday ingredients from the pantry and fridge (who knew vegetable scraps could be destined for more than just compost?) I was pretty pleased with the results:
1 My favourite batch
2 Turmeric (boiled), grape juice (boiled), and red cabbage (boiled) next to undyed eggs
3 Pomegranate juice (boiled), paprika (boiled), beet (boiled), and grape juice (cold-dipped)
4 To get this effect, I cracked the shells of hardboiled eggs and cold-dipped them overnight in beet juice.
5 Grape juice and turmeric, both cracked and cold-dipped overnight
The best part was lifting the eggs out of the dye solution because some colors were so surprising, like the red cabbage-dyed eggs. And you know how much I love surprises.
Happy Easter!
From: Sonny - Kids' Craft Blogs | 4/23/11 at 12:59 am
Funny that Earth Day should fall so close to Easter this year. I had an idea to color 9 eggs to look like Earth, the 7 other planets in the solar system, and Pluto...
From: Katy | 4/25/11 at 10:34 pm
So neat! I just used a traditional dye but this is definitely something to try next year.