I’ve just realised that I did a post like this last year, it has obviously become a bit of a family tradition. So here goes for you want to give it a try…
All you’ll need is:
-eggs (raw)
-leaves or grasses
-old tights
-thread
-onion skins
While we took our dog out, the kids enjoyed collecting leaves, flowers and even an empty snail shell (not that we could use that for the eggs).
Once we got home, we put the leaves and flowers on the eggs. Fixed them with some old tights, tied them up with some thread…
…and boiled them for 10 minutes in the onion skins.
I did this last year based on your directions!! I tied something new this year. I used all natural dyes. Beets for pink and turmeric for yellow and paprika for red. I have to say, I am a little underwhelmed. The colors are super subtle. – Kat
Reblogged this on To Wonder at Beauty and commented:
These are beautiful–I’m going to try these next year! I’ve often dyed eggs with onion skins for Passover, but I love the nature patterns!
What a lovely post! This brings back memories … I used to do this with my great aunts as a child. We’d also use lace tights for a lovely lacy pattern on the eggs.
This is a tradition I grew up with in my home country and something I have introduced in my workplace that is becoming a small tradition for the children we look after. Must say, this year, we had the most beautiful eggs…
Happy Easter!
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Thank you!
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Cool!
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I’ve never seen this style of decorating eggs but it is definitely one to try and fun for kids as well. Thanks for sharing! Happy Easter.
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Thank you 🙂
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Wonderful tradition!
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Thank you, wonderful and fun!
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I love this! I’m going to give this a try. Part of the fun will be collecting the botanicals. Thank you for sharing this 🙂 Happy Easter!
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It really is fun and you never know how they are going to turn out. 🙂
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Beautiful and original. Love it!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Lovely idea!
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Exquisite!
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Thank you
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That is a marvelous tradition. Your eggs are beautiful.
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Thank you 🙂
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Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for looking by. 🙂
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I did this last year based on your directions!! I tied something new this year. I used all natural dyes. Beets for pink and turmeric for yellow and paprika for red. I have to say, I am a little underwhelmed. The colors are super subtle. – Kat
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That’s funny! I was thinking about trying that next year. Happy Easter! Tammy
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Lovely tradition! Very uniquely decorated eggs! They look so beautiful!
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Thank you
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I just dyed my eggs with skins yesterday before I read this – next year will have a go at adding the leaves etc.
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🙂
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Realised I did comment under my other account name –
about dying just using onion skins!
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Your eggs are beautiful. Happy Easter .
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Thank you 🙂
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This is really cool! I’ve never seen eggs decorated this way before. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for your comment! 🙂
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Reblogged this on To Wonder at Beauty and commented:
These are beautiful–I’m going to try these next year! I’ve often dyed eggs with onion skins for Passover, but I love the nature patterns!
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That’s such a neat way to decorate Easter eggs! Never seen it before.
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Thank you 🙂
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What a lovely idea! And by the way, your children are just so adorable!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Interessant! Ich mag deine photos so viel, die sind so schoen!! Du inspirierst mich! Danke schoen!
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Danke Dir für den netten Kommentar.
Liebe Grüsse Tammy
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This is such a cut articole 🐰💛
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Thank you 🙂
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So beautiful! Happy Easter 🙂
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Thank you, a late Happy Easter to you too!
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Beautiful! I love this idea!
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Thank you
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I’ve been looking for a more natural way too dye eggs…these look lovely.
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what a lovely family tradition. Hope your Easter was fab.
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Thanks, yes it was! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Love it!
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🙂
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Oh, these look fabulous. So pretty:) Did you need to use a lot of onion skins?
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Yes, about 10 onions, so we’ve got a lot of naked onions now 🙂 🙂 🙂
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What a lovely post! This brings back memories … I used to do this with my great aunts as a child. We’d also use lace tights for a lovely lacy pattern on the eggs.
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Thank you, maybe I’ll try the lace next year.
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Beautiful and inspiring
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Thank you
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Very pretty!
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Thank you!
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This is a tradition I grew up with in my home country and something I have introduced in my workplace that is becoming a small tradition for the children we look after. Must say, this year, we had the most beautiful eggs…
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Thank you for your comment, it’s nice to know that it’s such a manifested tradition all over the world. 🙂
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Hi Tammy – just letting you know that I have nominated you for a Blogger Recognition Award – thanks for your lovely recipes and stories 🙂 https://thewinsomebaker.com/2017/04/26/blogger-recognition-award/
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Dear Kearin, thank you for the nomination. I hope that I don’t offend you, but I would like to decline.
Kind regards,
Tammy
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No problem Tammy – it’s totally up to you 😀 have a lovely day!
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Thanks ☺️
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Very pretty!
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Thank you!
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How absolutely beautiful. We did the onion skins this year, but I will remember the flowers for next.
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Thank you 🙂
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Fabulous idea to decorate Easter eggs!
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Thank you
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Wow this is awesome! I’d love to try it next year!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Precious idea!💕
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Thank you! 💜
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What a lovely idea! I’ll have to give this a try next Easter 🙂
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Thank you❣️
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The photos are so beautiful and you are very talented tinkerer.
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Thank you! 😊
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