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title: Coloring Easter Eggs with Natural Dyes
date: 2009-04-08T14:56:15Z
modified: 2009-04-08T14:56:15Z
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tags:
  - blown eggs
  - Easter eggs
  - natural dyes
author: Elizabeth
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Make your Easter Eggs a little more artistic and a little less artificial this year by [coloring the eggs with homemade natural dyes and patterns](http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/ "naturally dyed easter eggs").

![](http://nikkidwright.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsc01555.jpg?w=69&h=96 "Natural dyes for Easter eggs")

My friend, the [ArtBizCoach](http://artbizcoach.com/ "Alyson Stanfield"), alerted me to this great idea posted by [Nikki Wright](http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/ "Nikki Wright") for those who have a little bit of artistic talents and are looking to try something a little unusual for Easter this year. The eggs are truly gorgeous and I love that she used things like onion peels and beets to make the natural colors.![](http://nikkidwright.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsc01556.jpg?w=470&h=352 "naturally-dyed Easter eggs")

I have nostalgic memories of blowing out eggs and painting them as a child. I wonder if it’s too soon to try this with my 6- and 4-year olds? So far, we’ve always dipped hard-boiled eggs in the Paas dyes for our Easter celebration (yes, we celebrate all holidays at our house!), mostly because of the fragility factor with little hands. I envision painstakingly blowing out each egg, only to have it grasped by enthusiastic fingers a little too exuberently…

Come to think of it, this might be a better project for when they are 6 and 8! I might have more sanity left afterwards…