dying Easter eggs..

CharlottesWeb

Dd asked me this morning if we could color some eggs for Easter. I haven't given her an answer yet. Obviously you need white eggs to do this, and all our farm eggs around here are brown. So I would need to buy CAFO eggs which I don't really want to do.

Ugh....I can just imagine having this convo with dh or ...well pretty much anyone.

What do you think? Once a year, so not a big deal....? Or stick to my principles and try to explain it to dd...?

Roni.Cedra

Could you do some other type of 'dyeing' of eggs? 

I didn't realize eggs had to be white, but what about blowing eggs? i have some really pretty ones like that... According to Martha Stewart, you can still dye Brown Eggs but they just give a more muted color... I don't know your Dd, but I have nannied for enough kids that it may be possible if you don't make a big deal of it, and just get the brown eggs that you normally use and color them... that it would be good enough!

Good luck! 

hollyfp

Roni.Cedra:

 According to Martha Stewart, you can still dye Brown Eggs but they just give a more muted color... I don't know your Dd, but I have nannied for enough kids that it may be possible if you don't make a big deal of it, and just get the brown eggs that you normally use and color them... that it would be good enough!

Good luck! 

I was thinking the same... some of the brown ones are lighter than others, too.  I would just use those!

Roni.Cedra

Speaking of dying eggs... just saw this:

http://dishnthat.blogspot.com/2008/03/dye-easter-eggs-with-silk-ties.html 

ijack

I'm usually just a lurker, but I thought I'd share this

http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/coloring-brown-eggs-111861 

CDMay2006

We've dyed brown eggs, and it works.  Not exactly the colours you'd expect, but still nice looking.  You can also use natural dyes.  Reddish kale makes the water bule-purple... i wonder if it would do the same for eggs?  Beets would be another good one.  This link tells how to cold-dye eggs, so you don't even have to boil them. http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=546576ecfd22f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&lnc=ad27a68fc92fe010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=taxonomylist

I've heard that you can use vinegar to remove the brown outer layer of the eggs (i think used in hungarian/ukrainian eggs).  I wonder if using vinegar instead of water would work?  Otherwise you could soak in vinegar for a bit, then dye as desired.

CDMay2006

Here's the vinegar "bleaching" method: http://www.nanettethorell.com/blog/2009/10/14/how-to-decorate-an-egg-using-vinegar-etching-tutorial/

PurposelyVague

we dyed brown eggs and most of the colors work really well with it. red comes out really intense. the only problem colors were blue and purple and we found they turned out fine if you just leave them in longer.