How to Naturally Dye Easter Eggs

It’s almost Easter, which means it’s time our favorite Easter traditions, from celebrating Holy Week to the excitement of Easter egg hunts, and one of my favorite childhood memories, the joy of decorating and dying Easter eggs! I have so many lovely memories of gathering around the table with my family to dye eggs over Easter weekend.

With the arrival of our son, it’s been such a joy to bring these beloved traditions to life, including naturally dying Easter eggs! This is the first year of our son being old enough to experience the joy of dying Easter eggs and celebrate all of our favorite traditions surrounding Easter. As a mama, my heart delights in having his tiny hands to help and embraces all his happy messes along the way!

I’ve always wanted to dye Easter eggs using natural dyes and now that we’ve tried it, there’s no going back! The experience is fun and easy, filled with lots of opportunities for children to learn new vocabulary, experience sensory play, help with measuring and watch as the eggs turn from white to the most beautiful, pastel colors.

How to Naturally Dye Easter Eggs

Here is what you will need to create the natural dyes :

BLUE : Purple Cabbage

PINK : Beets

YELLOW : Turmeric

ORANGE : Yellow Onions

GREEN : Purple Cabbage + Turmeric

PURPLE : Purple Cabbage + Beets

Note : Each natural dye will also need water and distilled white vinegar.

How to Get the Beautiful Pastel Color

In order to get the beautiful pastel color using natural dyes, I have found that leaving the eggs in the dye for 30 minutes is the perfect amount of time! If you are wanting to darken the color of your eggs, either leave the eggs in the dye for up to 24 hours or dip the eggs in dye multiple times. The longer the egg remains in the dye, the darker the color will be.

What You’ll Need to Dye the Eggs

Here’s the List of Ingredients :

  • 12 white eggs, hard boiled and unpeeled
  • 1 head of purple cabbage, chopped
  • 1-2 beets, shredded
  • 4 yellow onion skins, peeled
  • 4 tablespoons of turmeric
  • 2 tablespoons of distilled white vinegar, per each dye color

Note : If you are making green and purple dye, you will need to increase the amount of blue, pink and yellow dye you are making. 

As you celebrate Easter, I pray that each tradition points you the greatest gift of all, our Savior who died on the cross for our sins and rose victoriously, inviting us into the gift of relationship and eternal life, forevermore – HE IS RISEN!

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 

Matthew 28:5-6
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