Natural Dye Pink Easter Egg
This year we made some gorgeous natural dye easter eggs, using bits of leafy herbs, flowers and ferns to imprint beautiful patterns on the sides of our eggs.
- Prep time
- 1 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 24 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 12 wrapped eggs
- 2 beets, peeled and diced
- 4 cups water
- 3 tbsp vinegar
Instructions
- 1
Add water to large pot and heat til boiling.
- 2
Add beets and 1 tbsp vinegar and simmer for 30 minutes.
- 3
Lower the heat to lowest setting, add 2 tbsp vinegar and gently add in wrapped eggs.
- 4
Slowly turn up heat until simmering and cook eggs for 30 minutes. Be sure to turn the eggs often so as to have even coloring.
- 5
When cooled down, put in the fridge for a few hours or overnight, again turning eggs every so often. When you think the dye color is to your liking, remove pantyhose and pattern makers.
- 6
Set into an empty egg shell carton to dry.
- 7
When completely dry, rub very gently with some vegetable oil until shiny.