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barefootmama
True Blue Farmgirl
133 Posts
Jennifer
BLOOMSBURG
Pennsylvania
USA
133 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 12:50:20 AM
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Hi All,
Does anyone have any ideas on how to color eggs naturally? Ive heard of onion peels and such but no idea how to do it? also if anyone has any natural tie-dyeing suggestions I would love to hear them! thanks
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Shery Jespersen
True Blue Farmgirl
115 Posts
Shery
Upton
Wyoming
USA
115 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 03:20:55 AM
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Hi Jennifer, One easy color to come by is beet juice. If you're a gardener/home canner, you may have it on your pantry shelf, but the store-bought variety is good too. The eggs are a lovely dark pink. I think the spice 'turmeric' works for yellow. I tried red onions years back for 'blue' and it didn't work that great...not to mention the odor (onions in hot water). You could GOOGLE your quest and probably come up with more colors. Shery J
Farmgirl Sister #753
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mrsamy
True Blue Farmgirl
167 Posts
Amy
Milwaukee
WI
USA
167 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 12:24:44 PM
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My Nana used to put yellow onion peels in the water the eggs were boiling in. They turned an orangish brownish.
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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
1333 Posts
Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 1:12:24 PM
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A great green that I've used to dye natural fabrics before is liquid chlorophyll. You can get it at health food stores and it's actually a really healthy dietary supplement as well.
Farmgirl Sister #1110
Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
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barefootmama
True Blue Farmgirl
133 Posts
Jennifer
BLOOMSBURG
Pennsylvania
USA
133 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 1:47:11 PM
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Wow thanks for the great suggestions they were all very helpful! We are coloring eggs this weekend and Im always worried about the nasty chemicals that are in the store bought color kits...you never know what we are consuming!!!!! Also the kids love tie dye so I figure we would have a "colorful" weekend! Thanks again ladies!
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
1900 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 2:35:27 PM
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Color
~Items To Dye With
Blue
~Canned Blueberries
~Red Cabbage Leaves (boiled)
~Purple Grape Juice
Brown or Beige
~Strong Coffee
~Instant Coffee
~Black Walnut Shells (boiled)
~Black Tea
Brown Gold
~Dill Seeds
Brown Orange
~Chili Powder
Green
~Spinach Leaves (boiled)
~Liquid Chlorophyll
Greenish Yellow
~Yellow Delicious Apple Peels (boiled)
Grey
~Purple or red grape juice or beet juice
Lavender
~Small Quantity of Purple Grape Juice
~Violet Blossoms plus 2 tsp Lemon Juice
~Red Zinger Tea
Orange
~Yellow Onion Skins (boiled)
~Carrots
~Paprika
Pink
~Beets
~Cranberries or Juice
~Raspberries
~Red Grape Juice
~Juice from Pickled Beets
Red
~Lots of Red Onions Skins (boiled)
~Pomegranate juice
~Canned Cherries (with syrup)
~Raspberries
Violet or Purple
~Violet Blossoms
~Hibiscus tea
~Small Quantity of Red Onions Skins (boiled)
~Red Wine
Yellow
~Orange or Lemon Peels (boiled)
~Carrot Tops (boiled)
~Chamomile Tea
~Celery Seed (boiled)
~Green tea
~Ground Cumin (boiled)
~Ground Turmeric (boiled) or Saffron
~resource:http://whatscookingamerica.net/Eggs/EasterEggDye.htm
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)
My Blog: ...following my heart, dreams and Jesus
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4739 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 3:34:23 PM
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Let us know how the natural dyes work out. We will be coloring eggs on Saturday for our Nowrooz (Persian New Year on the first day of spring) celebration.
Thanks,
Dawn in IL |
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southerncrossgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
631 Posts
Gena
Harmony
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2010 : 07:49:00 AM
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When I dyed eggs with onion skins. We first took a section off of a fern and I wet the egg then put fern leaves on the egg and dropped into a pantyhose toe and tightened it with a twist tie. As long as you can keep the leaves tight against the egg, they turn out beautiful. The egg will have the outline of the leaves.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2010 : 08:38:36 AM
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I don't see dandelion flowers on here. I have used those to dye eggs. It makes a pretty light yellowish-greenish color depending on how much you use.
These are all great ideas. Thanks for sharing them.
Kris
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