I know it’s quite late to post another blog post about colouring eggs. I know natural colouring techniques are so 2012. However I still write this post. Just try to stop me.

I feel some kind of an expert now after doing a workshop on colouring eggs with natural dying methods. Actually in my family we coloured our eggs with natural ingredients since ever and after trying now a few approaches I must say this is the one with the most satisfying result.

Here are the natural ingredients that I used.

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The eggs came from my parents hen. They have some different kinds of hens and they all lay different kinds of eggs – from dark brown to even mint! It’s true. I swear! These are the different natural colours.

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I cooked the eggs for 10 mins with about a tablespoon of the colour and because the eggs came in different colour they also took on the dye differently. Fun Fact: the white eggs didn’t take on the colour the best. Au contraire – the opposite!
I once heard that washing them with a mixture of vinegar and water would make them more colourful. Bullshit! They even turn bad sooner!
But without further ado: look what colourful eggs I made!

Here you’ll see the different hues walnut shells create.

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This colours come from red wood.

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This nice pink colour are actually created by dried lice. I’m not joking. Cochineal lice. They get used for food and fabrics colouring.

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And this beautiful black to light purple colour comes from blue wood. Try yourself if you don’t believe me!

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And because it was so fun to play with my dads professional photography equipment, I took some more pictures of the different hues.

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Happy Easter to all my lovely readers!

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Now. Carry on!