Make these beautiful decorated eggs for Easter using plants to make the eggs colourful.
Hard boiled eggs - cooled
White vinegar
Cups or old containers
Elastic bands
Wax crayon
Dyes Red – red onion skins or beetroot juice Orange – yellow onion skins Yellow – tumeric Green – spinach Blue – leaves from a red cabbage
Ask a grown – up to help you hard boil some eggs and then leave them until they are cool.
Decide what colours you would like to decorate your eggs (see the list above). To add extra patterns on to your egg you can use elastic bands or a wax crayon, the dye will not cover these areas.
Mix a cup of boiled water with 2 tablespoons of white vinegar and add the egg and colour ingredients. Leave in the cup or container overnight for a deeper colour and make sure that the dye covers all of the egg.
Remove the egg from the dye solution and leave to dry.
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