How do you make homemade egg dye?!
Answers: I know you have to mix food coloring with vinegar but how much and do you add water? I tried this morning and the dye will not stick to the eggs...any ideas?
1/2 cup boiling water, 30-40 drops food dye, and 1 tablespoon white vinegar. Good luck !
I use about 1/2 cup of warm water with 1 tsp. vinegar and add a few drops of food colouring. Making designs on the shells with crayons before dying keeps the dye off of the coloured part.
The Muse
Oh, I hard-cook the eggs before dying them.
Things You’ll Need:
* Eggs
* Water
* Vinegar
* Produce
* Pantry items
* Saucepan
* Drinks
* Cups
* Food coloring
Step 1:
Add vinegar as a mordant. A mordant prepares the fiber to accept and hold the dye. Vinegar is safe to use on eggs because it can be ingested. You need 1 to 2 Tablespoons per batch of dye that you make.
Step 2:
Make homemade dye with produce or pantry items. The outer layers of an onion make brown dye, spinach or dandelion leaves make green dye and celery seed, ground turmeric or orange peels make yellow dye. Use crushed blueberries to make blue dye, crush cranberries or raspberries to make red dye and beet juice or chopped rhubarb to make pink dye. Put enough water to cover eggs, produce or pantry item and vinegar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
Step 3:
Use drinks to dye your Easter eggs. Add vinegar and hard boiled eggs to coffee or tea to dye them brown. You can make unsweetened Kool Aid into dye. Or you could use vibrant juices like grape juice or cranberry juice.
Step 4:
Mix food coloring for dye. Add 20 to 40 drops of food coloring to a cup of water and vinegar. The amount of food coloring determines the shade of the color. You can mix different amounts two or more colors to create a variety of shades.
a cup and a half or 2 cups water, 3 tablespoons or so vinigar, and then add five or so drops food coloring to the water. Let sit for a few minutes. Also you can color the egg with crayons and it will repel the dye in certain spots, to create patterns.
Dyeing Eggs Naturally
Tools and Materials
Natural dyeing agents (red cabbage, turmeric, onion skins, beets, and coffee)
3-quart pot (or larger)
White vinegar
Strainer
Small bowls
Eggs
Large metal spoon
Paper towels
Drying rack
Dye Recipes
Select a dyeing agent, and place it in the pot using the amount listed below. Add 1 quart water and 2 tablespoons white vinegar to pot; if more water is necessary to cover ingredients, proportionally increase the amount of vinegar. Bring to a boil, then lower heat. Allow the ingredients to simmer for 30 minutes. Strain dye into a bowl.
Red-cabbage dye: 4 cups chopped cabbage
Turmeric dye: 3 tablespoons turmeric
Onion-skin dye: 4 cups onion skins (skins of about 12 onions)
Beet dye: 4 cups chopped beets
Coffee dye: 1 quart strong black coffee (instead of water) Cold-Dipping Method
Cold-Dipping Method
With this method, the eggs and the ingredients for the dye are boiled separately. Using a metal spoon, lower cooled hard-boiled eggs into a bowl of cooled dye, and let them soak for as little as 5 seconds or as long as overnight, depending on the depth of color you desire. Remove eggs with spoon, pat dry with paper towels, and let dry on a wire rack. The cold-dipping method produces subtle, translucent shades, but can result in uneven coloring unless the eggs are rotated vigilantly while in the dye. For hollow eggs that will last indefinitely, cold-dip raw eggs, then blow them out after they are dyed.
Boiled Method
This method involves boiling the eggs with the dye; the heat allows the dye to saturate the shells, resulting in intense, more uniform color. Set raw eggs in a pot of strained dye; bring to a boil for the amount of time specified in our color glossary. Remove and dry eggs as with the cold-dipping method.
Finish (optional)
Natural dyes tend to fade over time, so finish any eggs you plan to keep with a matte or gloss acrylic spray varnish. To create an egg-spraying stand, stick a 6-inch length of wire into a block of Styrofoam; prop a hollow egg onto the wire through one of its holes. Spray egg with a coat of varnish in a well-ventilated area, and let dry.
Color Glossary
Natural dyes can sometimes produce unexpected results, so don't be surprised if, for example, your red-cabbage dye yields blue eggs. Use the following guide to help you achieve the colors you desire.
Deep Gold: Boil eggs in turmeric solution, 30 minutes.
Sienna: Boil eggs in onion-skin solution, 30 minutes.
Dark, Rich Brown: Boil eggs in black coffee, 30 minutes.
Pale Yellow: Soak eggs in room-temperature turmeric solution, 30 minutes.
Orange: Soak eggs in room-temperature onion-skin solution, 30 minutes.
Light Brown: Soak eggs in room-temperature black coffee, 30 minutes.
Light Pink: Soak eggs in room-temperature beet solution, 30 minutes.
Light Blue: Soak eggs in room-temperature cabbage solution, 30 minutes.
Royal Blue: Soak eggs in room-temperature cabbage solution overnight.
Lavender: Soak eggs in room-temperature beet solution, 30 minutes. Follow with room-temperature cabbage solution, 30 seconds.
Chartreuse: Soak eggs in room-temperature turmeric solution, 30 minutes. Follow with room-temperature cabbage solution, 5 seconds.
Salmon: Soak eggs in room-temperature turmeric solution, 30 minutes. Follow with room-temperature onion-skin solution, 30 minutes.
Natural Easter Egg Dyes
Ingredients:
---------------------------SPRING CHICKEN YELLOW---------------------------
1 ts Tumeric
2/3 c Boiling water
1/4 ts Vinegar
Instructions:
-----------------------------EASTER BUNNY BROWN-----------------------------
1 tb (heaping) instant coffee
2/3 c Boiling water
1/2 ts Vinegar
------------------------BOIL EGG WITH THE FOLLOWING------------------------
1/4 ts VINEGAR PLUS:
Onion skins (golden orange)
Beets (reddish purple)
Spinach (pale green)
Red cabbage leaves
Walnut shells (buff)
Grape juice (mauve)
Wash eggs in mild soapy water to remove oily coating which could prevent
dye from adhering. Simmer for 20 minutes. Spring Chicken Yellow: Add
tumeric to boiling water, stir until dissolved. Add vinegar. Easter Bunny
Brown: Add heaping Tbsp heaping instant coffee to boiling water, stri to
dissolve. Add vinegar. Seren"dip"ity: Try boiling eggs with one of the
lsited ingredients. Add 1/4 tsp vinegar to water.