We dyed some Easter eggs this morning and I wanted to share the results. The above purple is from blueberries. I didn’t follow to the T any instructions. I put about 2 cups of frozen blueberries into a pot and covered with water and about 2 tablespoons of white vinegar. Let come to a boil, then simmered for about 10 minutes and strained out the blueberries. The color is mottled but a very pretty purplish blue.
We had no blue as I forgot to buy the red cabbage which is supposed to make a really nice blue! Next time.
This is an egg in the beet juice. I cheated and used the beet juice from 2 cans of sliced beets I had in the cabinet. I added a few tablespoons of white vinegar and simmered it for awhile. It makes a nice pink egg.
The color to the left is the yellow from tumeric. I put about 1/2 cup of tumeric in a pot with about 2 cups of water and 2 tablespoons of white vinegar. I brought it to a boil and then simmered for about 15 minutes. My plan was to mix the blue dye and yellow dye for a green dye but since I didn’t have the blue, I figured I’d try the purplish color and yellow. The result was pretty good but the bizarre thing is that the dye actually looked orange but turned the eggs green!
Here is the an egg in the “green” dye; 
And the result is below in the bowl with the other colors…not too bad!
And here’s a look at some of the eggs together. We used wax crayons to make doodles on some..and we also doodled on the finished dyed eggs with magic markers.
I made all the dyes first and we dipped/soaked the eggs at the table. The longer you let the eggs sit, the more colorful they are. It was fun all around!
This is the first year that my son even noticed Easter. I didn’t want to do a big candy basket and didn’t want to flood him with more cheap toys. I thought that we could hide out from the commercialized holiday. And then, my neighbors came over smacking gum, showing off toys and bragging about all the Easter bunny left them. It didn’t dawn on me to make hard boiled eggs and dye them. So, here it is Easter Monday and we are going to dye eggs with the stuff we have in the kitchen cupboard. Thanks for the ideas!
I have to admit we do the candy thing. But we stick to mostly chocolate, gum, jelly bellys and some malted balls (my favorite!)
But we also do put some gifts in the basket. I usually get them activity toys; real yoyos or slinkies, kites, chalk, bubbles, etc.
Honestly, what the kids love the most are the egg hunt and following the clues to the basket. I forget how excited they get.
Hope the eggs are as fun for you as they were for us!