homemade easter egg dyes from your pantry

How To Make homemade easter egg dyes from your pantry

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  Some of these materials work best when they are boiled with the eggs (they will be noted below), and some work well made ahead and used by dipping or
  soaking the eggs.
  
  If you are using juice, just use it straight. Bulky
  materials will be boiled with the eggs or boiled and allowed to cool for dipping. The longer you let the eggs soak, the more intense the color will
  be (for the boiled versions, you can remove them from the heat and allow to cool in the dye bath).
  
  You can use your favorite egg-dying tricks here as well: Like crayons for a batik effect or rubber bands for a tie-dye effect. If you like a glossy egg, you can rub the dyed eggs with vegetable oil when they are dry.
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  Red
  Red onion skins, use a lot (boil with eggs)
  Pomegranate juice
  
  
  Orange
  Yellow onion skins (boil with eggs)
  
  
  Yellow
  Lemon or orange peel (boil with eggs)
  Carrot tops (boil with eggs)
  Celery seed (boil with eggs)
  Ground cumin (boil with eggs)
  Ground turmeric (boil with eggs)
  
  
  Yellow Brown
  Dill seeds (boil with eggs)
  
  
  Brown
  Strong coffee
  Instant coffee
  Black walnut shells (boil with eggs)
  
  
  Yellow Green
  Bright green apple peels (boil with eggs)
  
  
  Green
  Spinach leaves (boil with eggs)
  
  
  Blue
  Canned blueberries and their juice
  Red cabbage leaves (boil with eggs)
  Purple grape juice
  
  
  Violet Blue
  Violet blossoms
  Red onion skins, less amount than you need to make red (boil with eggs)
  
  
  Lavender
  Diluted purple grape juice
  Violet blossoms plus squeeze of lemon (boil with eggs)
  
  
  Pink
  Beets, fresh or canned
  Cranberries or cranberry juice
  Raspberries
  Red grape juice
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