Sunday, April 8, 2012

dying Easter eggs

We dyed eggs again this year using natural food dyes.  It takes a bit more time to dye them but it's fun to see what colors things will make and I feel much better about feeding the dyed eggs to my family. 

Getting the dyes all set up

 
from left to right: beet juice, carrots, turmeric, spinach-turmeric-red cabbage, green tea, red cabbage, red cabbage-beet juice, coffee


Josh with beet juice on his hand after putting his egg, and his entire hand, in the dye 
 
drawing on their eggs with white crayon 
 
Finished eggs, back left to front right: beet, carrot x2, red cabbage x2, cabbage/turmeric/spinach x2, green tea, turmeric, beet/cabbage x2


 
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