Dyeing Easter Eggs - Onion Skins and Patterned Dye

Dyeing Easter eggs is a simple way to get beautifully patterned eggs without store-bought dyes: the eggs are boiled in onion skin broth and in a brilliant green solution, while rubber bands wrapped around the shells leave behind light patterns. I recommend moving the eggs back and forth between the two containers - that's how you get the most interesting colors. Happy Easter!

Dyeing Easter Eggs

Easter eggs dyed with onion skin broth and brilliant green solution, patterned with rubber bands - simple and original.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Servings: 10 eggs

Course: Cake decorating

Cuisine: Home cooking

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• eggs
• onion skins
• brilliant green solution

Method

 

1. Wash and dry the eggs. Cut elastic cord into pieces, join the ends with a stapler, and slip the resulting bands onto the eggs.
   
2. Prepare two containers: one with onion skin broth, the other with brilliant green solution.
   
3. Boil the eggs in both containers, moving them back and forth to get different colors - at least 10 minutes of boiling per egg.
4. Remove the finished eggs, cool them in cold water, and take off the bands.
   

Tips

• You can make the bands easily from elastic cord: cut it into pieces and join the ends with a stapler.
• The longer an egg stays in the dye, the deeper the color - move the eggs between containers for different shades.