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This year I am toying with the idea of doing natural Easter egg dyes. Here’s a recipe I found at http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/natural-egg-dyes-668314/

Instructions

1. Cold Dyes – Pink:

   Mix 1 cup strained juice from canned beets, 
   ½ teaspoon vinegar, and 3 cups water. 
   Soak cooled eggs in the dye for ½ hour.

2. Purple:

   Mix 1 cup purple grape juice, ½ teaspoon
   vinegar, and 3 cups water. Soak 
   cooled eggs in the dye for ½ hour.

3. Boiled Dyes – Orange:

   In a pot, mix 1 cup yellow onion skin (about 2 onions’ worth), packed loosely, 1 teaspoon vinegar, and 3 cups water. 

   Boil mixture for ½ hour, cool to room temperature, strain out the onion skins, then add cooled eggs and soak them in the dye for ½ hour. 

4. Light Blue:

   In a pot, mix 1 cup red cabbage leaves, torn and loosely packed, 1 teaspoon vinegar, and 3 cups water.

   Boil mixture for ½ hour, cool to room temperature, strain out the cabbage leaves, then add cooled eggs and soak them in 
   the dye for ½ hour. 

5. Yellow:

   In a pot, mix 1 teaspoon turmeric, 1 teaspoon vinegar, and 3 cups water.

   Boil mixture for ½ hour, cool to room temperature, strain out stray turmeric grains, then add cooled eggs and soak them in the dye for ½ hour.