Have you ever wondered how to dye easter eggs naturally at home?

Easter is only 2 days away, and this year is a little different as we are all quarantining at home (if you’re reading this blog post in the future, this was the year of coronavirus and social distancing🙃). I wanted to do a fun styled shoot for easter, so I decided I wanted to color hard boiled Easter eggs!

The only problems are that I really hate the artificial colors and toxins found in store bought egg dye (neons are not my jam) and I also didn’t want to make a trip to the store. So just in case you’re in the same boat as I am this year, I thought I’d share with you my favorite method I’ve found to dye easter eggs naturally from home.

I’ve used this method for a few years now and I LOVE the gorgeous natural colors! If you’re a photographer or blogger, naturally dyeing your eggs produces lovely colors for your photos and posts. And I know everyone will love that you get to use up ingredients you have already sitting around your pantry, and it never turns out the same way twice — it’s a win-win!

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what to do:

1. Hard boil white eggs (I used my instant pot — so easy!)

2. Make a large pot of boiling water

3. Collect spices and ingredients, and separate them out into separate cups and then fill the cups halfway with the boiling water

4. Place a hard-boiled egg into each cup, and leave them to sit for a few hours, or overnight

5. Rinse each egg and let them dry! Voilà!

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before + After:

Here’s a little before and after of the dyeing process:

Some ingredients i used (feel free to get creative!):

• mint tea

• ground coffee

• crushed frozen spinach leaves

• ground turmeric

• raspberry tea

• mashed frozen blueberries (mashed after they melted in the boiling water)

• pickle juice

• earl grey tea

• grape juice (or red wine would work!)

• balsamic vinegar

• ground ginger

• chili powder

Have fun! I can’t wait to see your results!

xo, catherine