Do you color or decorate your own Easter Eggs? Do you use a kit or other method?

Oh, you will have so much fun! The kits are really varied now. Stickers, paints, dye baths, shrink wrap, etc. Let me know what kind you get and how much fun you have. 4 is such a wonderous age, isn't it?

Very good question,

It's a lot like boiling eggs, but with a couple of added steps. Start water boiling, slowly add whatever coloring stuff in. After it reaches a boil again, slowly add eggs (the only drawback is if you aren't careful, you can get burned, so I use proper-sized spoons to slowly lower things in). The best dying comes when you use a fork or a spoon to pull plant matter over the eggs in small designs, but you can just let the eggs dye evenly if you want. I like to pull some of the cabbage apart before putting it in. Or cut into quarters.

Then boil like you do for boiled or hard cooked eggs. Then shut the stove off and let it cool down. Put the entire thing in the fridge overnight with a cover on. Then in the morning, check and see what beautiful colors you have and if you have designs or evenly colored eggs. I usually have a combination. Overnight usually really makes most of the colors pop!

For bark and leaves, make sure you consult a Wild Edible book or books to ensure that you don't use poisonous plants. Never, ever use cedar or dogwood.

I also have an article at Helium with more information. My profile has a link to my Helium page or I can provide a link.

If you wash off your eggs first, you can put them in an Irish Stew if you make one for St. Pat's Day. My stews have onions, cabbage in them and now an egg, too. Take care and have fun.

Let me know if you do it and how it turns out. I love hearing people's experiences with doing things like this. Many times there are some surprises. Take care

Thanks, I checked it out and also saw your other articles, especially the ones on dandelions. I have used both the root and the flower part, but didn't know autumn was the time for the roots..I will have to remember next time..:)

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you for checking out my articles.

Glad you enjoyed the dandelion one. Yes, most roots have the most in them stored up for fall. Really glad you checked it out. Take care Smile

Well thank you for writing those articles..I am always interested in doing and eating everything as natural as possible..

Thanks for the BR, I didn't have a chance this year to use the natural coloring, but I will in the future..

We don't have to decorate Easter Eggs. The people that do, do it because it's fun. It's like we don't have to have fortune cookies, but the people who like them, read them because it's fun.

Easter Eggs were originally dyed with whatever people had on hand. Then it evolved to more standardized stuff through commercialism. It also evolved into an art form called Ukranian Eggs. They are so beautiful.

I hope you have fun with your DVDs. You may want to check out the answer I gave to the person above you. Easter Eggs don't have to cost money or line a merchant's pockets. They can be just plain fun. Esp. if different people in a family dye or decorate eggs to exchange or to decorate a table or to have Easter Egg hunts with little kids. Take care and enjoy your time off.

I use hen's eggs, too. You are so lucky to have your grandkids to do the coloring with. I bet you will have all kinds of fun. I love to put surprises in my plastic eggs, too. One never knows what might be in them, chocolate beans, malted milk beans, and of course, jelly beans. Thanks and take care.

I've never tried coloring them with crayons before, that sounds like fun. What kit and what was in it that you can't do without it? Take care and thanks.