Dye Your Easter Eggs "Green"
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This year, why not have a green Easter?
Bunnies are sensitive creatures, so when Peter Cottontail comes hopping down the bunny trail this year, why not give him an organic, environmentally friendly Easter basket?
Even though many egg dye kits are labeled non toxic, many are also made from coal tar and petroleum products--not eco friendly at all. You should be looking for plant based dyes.
You can make natural dyes from easy to find foods such as spinach, red onions, oranges, and red cabbages. If you use green products to dye eggs, you can compost everything when done.
Instead of lining your Easter basket with plastic grass, try wheat grass or raffia. They're both good recyclable choices.
Finally, please, please, please don't buy live rabbits, ducks, or chicks as a gift. Each year thousands of these animals are abandoned after acting as live ornaments.
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Traditionally in Russia we boil eggs wrapped in oinion skin. Those who are very lazy just put onion skins in the same pot as eggs.:) Eggs appear light to dark brown after that...
BTW, Clara, if you add just 145 words to this hub, it will rank much better :)
Misha-
I was just reading about onion skins and Easter eggs. Thanks for the tip. I'll beef it up tonight.
Great hub. Another good natural egg dye is to boil your eggs with a couple of sliced beets. The eggs turn a beautiful shade of pink.
True, lots of vegetables can act as a natural dye and don't do any harm to the person or the environment.
Easter is appeared on the horizon, and this hub slwoly is becoming more actual again :)
That's the good thing about seasonal hubs :)
Hey, my granny used onion, too :)
Darlene Norris 4 years ago
Many people don't realize how easy it is to dye eggs without the petrochemicals. I'm glad you brought this up. Good article.