The last of the green travel series will be ending this week with green travel tips and offsetting options, but tonight I wanted to give you some fun natural (plant based) Easter Egg dye for those of you who will be celebrating Easter with a basketful of decorated eggs.
*Find clover, small violets, grass clipping or small ferms and place them on the eggs using rubber cement or gesso or mod podge. Beautiful and natural.
*Try the following for “natural” colors (thanks Betty reader, cgresser!):
cranberry juice – red
pickled beet juice – light pink
dark tea or berry tea – light brown to rose
coffee – brown
*or cook theses plants, then collect the juice using a strainer:
yellow onion skin – yellow to orange tan
carrot tops – yellow
parsley or spinach leaves – green
purple cabbage leaves – purple
(sorry no fruits on this list – there not in season)
*don’t forget to add some vinegar to the color solution.
Enjoy! (Send pictures)
BWB
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