Blueberry Dyed Eggs
Easily make your own gorgeous, naturally dyed blueberry dyed eggs this Easter - no toxic ingredients or paint needed to add decoration!
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Servings: 5 eggs
Ingredients
- 5 boiled eggs
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup white vinegar
- spoon
- paper towel
- baking tray
- medium-sized saucepan
- colander
- jug
- containers for the vinegar and blueberry juice
- cup for dyeing - beg enough to fit a whole egg
Instructions
- Line your baking tray with the paper towel. Then wash your blueberries and put them into the saucepan and add the water.
- Gently bring the blueberries to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Then turn off heat and remove the saucepan. Set aside to allow the blueberries plenty of time to cool down.
- Place a colander over the jug.
- When the blueberries have cooled down, pour the mixture into the colander to separate the skins from the juice.
- Discard the skins of the blueberries.
- Pour the blueberry juice into a cup for dyeing. You’ll want it big enough to allow the whole egg to fit in the cup.
- Dip one egg into the vinegar for a few seconds. Then place the egg into the blueberry juice. Leave it sit for 5 to 20 minutes, depending on how dark a colour you want.
- Take the egg out of the juice using a spoon and place the egg on the paper towel lined tray.
- Roll the egg around on the paper towel to remove the remaining juice. (Try not to rub the egg with the paper towels to avoid removing or smearing the coloring.)
- Allow the eggs to dry naturally once the excess juice is removed. (Note: Try not to leave the egg in one place on the paper towel or you may end up with a lighter ‘stain’ or print from the paper towel on one side of the egg. For this project, I propped the eggs up against the tray once the excess juice was removed and the bottom of the egg was dried well.)
- Repeat the steps with all eggs above until all eggs are dyed!
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Nutritional information is an estimate and provided as a courtesy. The values may vary according to the ingredients and tools that are used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed information.