How to color eggs for Easter with natural dyes. How to dye eggs with red cabbage juice

Easter has its own customs and traditions, one of which is the painting of eggs. The article will be useful for both adults and children. Easter eggs are a symbol of a great holiday. Mistresses are in awe of painting eggs, and many tend to come up with new patterns.

The tradition of painting eggs for Easter

There are several versions of the origin of this tradition.

Version 1.

When Jesus was resurrected, Mary Magdalene came to the emperor with the news. Since a gift was needed for such a trip, she took a white egg with her. She said to the emperor, "Christ is risen." The emperor did not believe such news and said that it was as implausible as the fact that the egg turned red. And miraculously, the egg immediately turned red.

Version 2.

Hens in Lent lay eggs non-stop. The owners were afraid that they would spoil. Therefore, we decided to dye fresh eggs red.

Version 3.

When Jesus was a baby, painted eggs were a form of entertainment for him.

What eggs to paint for Easter?

At Easter it is customary to paint chicken eggs: no matter the color or size.

IMPORTANT: For even coloring, wash the eggs thoroughly with vinegar and soap. Otherwise, the paint will take unevenly.

What colors are used to paint eggs for Easter?

Previously, eggs were dyed only red.

Now for the Easter holiday you can find a wide variety of options for painting eggs:

painting in one color: yellow, green, blue, orange. In fact, the color can be whatever is closer to your soul.

painting in several colors: many patterns, drawings

How to dye eggs red?

Color the eggs traditionally Red color will help:

Food colorings
onion peel
Beet. Boil an egg along with a whole beetroot. Boil until you get the desired color. You can simply grate a boiled egg with beetroot broth or beetroot, grated

How to dye eggs with onion skins?

Take a pot filled to the top with onion skins
Fill with water not to the very edge
Put to boil for 45 minutes. Boiling time depends on the desired paint color
Let the potion cool down
Put the eggs in the husk and cook for 10-15 minutes after boiling
Boil until you see the desired color

IMPORTANT: Eggs must be completely submerged in water. Turn them over for even coloring.

Food coloring for Easter eggs

Eggs can be dyed with natural and non-natural food coloring.

WITH non-natural dyes everything is clear: go to the store, buy the food coloring of the desired color, dilute the dye in water, put the egg in the water with the dye until the desired color is obtained.

IMPORTANT: Staining with these dyes usually produces a more uniform color. But from this there is a feeling of unnaturalness.

WITH natural the dye issue is more complex. Many natural dyes can be used depending on the desired color of the final egg.

Yellow.

Turmeric will help color the egg yellow. Painting technique:

In 0.5 liters of water, add 2 tbsp. turmeric, 1 tbsp. table vinegar
Put the eggs in the water
Cook until ready

Pink color.

The pink color of the eggs will be given by cranberry juice, in which the boiled eggs lie down until the desired color is obtained.

Dark brown color.

Boil eggs in strong black tea.

Blue color.

Blue color will help to get red cabbage:

Finely chop 2 cabbages
Pour 0.5 liters of water into a saucepan
Add 6 tablespoons to the water. table vinegar
Pour in the cabbage
Leave overnight to infuse, after mixing
In the morning, put boiled eggs into the infusion until the desired color is obtained.

Easter egg painting

Egg painting will look equally good on both pre-dyed eggs and natural colored eggs.

Painting with a permanent marker.

An easy way to paint Easter eggs for those who can draw.

Painting with paints.

For painting, you only need paints and brush thin. Paints can be used the most simple acrylic.

IMPORTANT: With this method, you can decorate the egg with your child and make a painting that you like.

Painting with powdered sugar.

Prepare the powdered sugar
Add as much water to it as needed until a thick homogeneous mass is obtained.
Apply the pattern with a confectionery syringe with a sugar mixture
Let the egg dry

Wax painting.

For painting with wax, you will need wax pencils or wax paints.
Choose the tool you will use to paint: knitting needle, needle, awl, copper wire

IMPORTANT: The copper wire will keep the wax hot for a long time, allowing you to draw more lines at a time.

Heat the wax up to 65 C
Dip the tool in wax and apply the pattern

If you do not have the makings of an artist or cannot come up with the desired pattern, use stencils.

Print a stencil
Pick up paints and apply them with a sponge or brush
Attach the stencil to the egg
Blot with a sponge or brush over the stencil
Remove the stencil and dry the egg

How else can you paint eggs for Easter?

Colored floss threads.

Wrap the egg completely with different colored floss threads and boil the egg hard.

Beautiful napkins.

Buy beautiful napkins with a pattern suitable for the holiday
Cut out the elements you want to transfer to the egg
Prepare gelatin according to package instructions.
Dissolve the gelatin granules by heating it
Apply the cut out pattern to the boiled egg
Brush over the prepared gelatin
Align the pattern from the center to the edges

Paper.

From paper, cut out figures, stripes, patterns
Attach paper of your choice to the egg
Wrap the egg tightly with nylon or gauze
Dip in the desired dye. If necessary, cook in dye.
Waiting for the egg to dry completely
Removing paper

Silk.

Cut a piece of silk in your desired color
Wrap an egg in it
Wrap over with gauze or nylon and secure
Pour water into a saucepan and 3 tbsp. vinegar
Boil wrapped eggs in water with vinegar for 20 minutes after boiling

Roll wet egg in rice
Wrap with gauze
Dip in dye
After staining, open the gauze and let dry.

marble effect.

First way.

Choose two dyes that match in color (preferably light and dark)
Paint an egg in one of them
Pour the second into a bowl and pour a few tbsp. vegetable oil (depending on the volume of water)
Mix water with oil
Dip the egg completely once into the water so that it catches as many fat bubbles on the water as possible.
Blot with a tissue
Let dry

Beautifully decorated boiled eggs are an essential attribute of such a great Orthodox Easter holiday. Each housewife wants to decorate eggs in a special, exclusive way. This article will help both experienced housewives and even completely inexperienced ones to make Easter eggs really beautiful and unique, while not spending a lot of money and time.

Materials needed to dye eggs with dyes

On the eve of the Easter holiday, markets and supermarkets have a large selection of food colors for making Easter eggs. Therefore, in order to dye eggs in the classic way with the help of dyes, it is enough to buy it.
To dye eggs with food coloring you will need:

Eggs.
A bag of dye of the desired color.
Tablespoon.
Vinegar - 2 tbsp.
Sunflower oil - 1 tbsp.

The classic version of dyeing eggs with dyes

Having prepared the necessary materials for work, we gradually paint the eggs:

Pour eggs at room temperature with cold water and cook hard-boiled for 10-15 minutes.
Ready hot eggs pour cold water and wait until they are completely cooled.
While the eggs are cooling, prepare the dye solution. Usually, the instructions for preparing the coloring solution are written on bags of purchased food coloring.
If it is not available, then the following steps must be taken: pour the contents of the package into 0.2-0.5 liters of water, mix well. The concentration of color depends on the volume of water used.
Pour the coloring solution into a shallow, flat container.
Treat eggs with vinegar before painting. Dip a small linen cloth in the vinegar, and wipe the shell of each egg. This is done to degrease the painted surface.
Place a dry egg ready for painting on a tablespoon and dip it into the prepared solution.
We perform such actions with the number of eggs that you want to paint in the selected color.
Eggs should stand in the coloring solution for 5 minutes.
With the help of a tablespoon, we take them out of the solution and put them on a paper towel so that the excess water is glass.
After complete drying, rub the painted shell with sunflower oil, this will give the egg a shine, the color will become more saturated and will play in the sun.

An unusual way to dye eggs with dyes

For an unusual way of painting eggs, we prepare them in the same way as described above. We dilute the bag with food coloring in 100 g of water and perform the following actions:

Pour the coloring liquid into a tall glass so that it covers the bottom by 2 fingers.
We lower the prepared egg there. It should be half immersed in the dye solution.
We wait 3-5 minutes and add ordinary water to the glass so that it completely covers the egg.
After 5 minutes, take out the egg.

The Easter egg will turn out to be darker on one side, and on the other hand, the color will not be so saturated.

Painting eggs with dyes using electrical tape

The method is quite interesting. In addition to the above materials, you will need electrical tape.

Cut the tape into narrow strips.
We wrap the prepared egg with electrical tape, a spiral.
Dip in the dye of the same color, for example - in yellow, hold for 5 minutes.
We take it out, let it dry, remove the tape.
We wind the tape on the other side, overlapping the previous strips.
Dip in a dye solution of a different color, blue or green, hold for another 5 minutes.
Put on a napkin and wait for drying to remove the electrical tape.

The result is an original Easter egg with multi-colored spirals. A vowel condition, the first dye should be several tones lighter than the second.
You can also cut out various figures from electrical tape, stick them on and follow the steps described above. Such eggs will not yield to their originality.

With spring warmth and sun, the bright holiday of Easter comes to us. Tall stately Easter cakes, tender cottage cheese Easter, a variety of pastries in the form of chickens, rabbits and, of course, colored eggs. If dishes are prepared for family and guests, then eggs are presented to all acquaintances and strangers. From children who bring the news of the Resurrection of Christ in the morning to work colleagues. "Christ is risen!" - they say at the same time. "In truth, he has risen!" - they hear in response and receive a testicle in return.

What are Easter eggs?

Interestingly, dyed Easter eggs have their own names, depending on how the eggs were dyed. Krashenki are plain eggs, krapanki are eggs covered with multi-colored spots, which are obtained with the help of droplets of wax. And if we paint the eggs and scratch out the drawing, then we get a drape. Separately, it is worth noting the Easter eggs. This is not just an Easter attribute, but a work of art! Drawings on eggs are made with a special tool - a scribbler.
In the article, we have collected both the well-known ways of painting eggs, which everyone knows very well, but may have forgotten the nuances, as well as the more interesting and “unhackneyed” ones. In addition, we will talk about quick options for beautifully painting eggs with the least effort, about decorating methods that you can do with your child, and about such original ways where you can let your imagination go free swimming and expect great results! For convenience, all 20 methods are divided into thematic blocks.

Key to start - preparing eggs for painting

First: never start boiling eggs without first taking them out of the refrigerator at least an hour or two before coloring. Eggs should be at least at room temperature so they don't burst during cooking. You can prevent the explosion of eggs in another way. They need to be pierced with a thin sharp needle. However, the first option is much easier and safer.
Second: when cooking, add 1 tbsp. l. table salt per 1.5-2 liters of water. It is believed that this is done so that the shell does not burst. In fact, it is correct to say that salt will prevent the protein from leaking out and forming white “growths” if the shell suddenly cracks.
Third: the eggs should be thoroughly washed, perhaps even using a dish sponge. This is done so that the paint lays evenly. You can also wipe the testicle with soapy water or alcohol.
Fourth: you can paint eggs for Easter not only chicken, but also quail. It turns out very interesting and unusual! We also pre-keep them at room temperature, rinse and cook for 4-5 minutes.
Fifth: in order for the paint to hold better, vinegar (9%) is added during the dyeing process. On average, 1 tbsp. l. for 1.5 l. water.
Well, one last piece of advice. how to give already dyed eggs a festive look. Rub them, after wiping dry, with vegetable oil.

How to dye eggs in onion skins

First: classics of the genre - onion peel and its variations

The traditional crimson, brown or dark yellow eggs are obtained by dyeing them with onion skins. In this case, both the husks of ordinary onions and red onions are used. When calculating the color, you can focus on such a hint. If you take the husks of 8 onions for 2 glasses of water, you get a red-brown color.

Prepare the dye solution. To do this, pour onion peel into a pot of water.
Bring to a boil and simmer for about half an hour.

Let the broth cool down. During this time, he will insist.
Strain the "paint", discarding the husk.

Immerse the prepared eggs in the solution so that it completely covers them.
Boil the eggs in onion broth over low heat "hard-boiled", that is, 12-15 minutes.
Cool them quickly with cold water to make it easier to peel off the shell.
If the eggs have not received the desired shade during this time, return them back to the coloring solution.

Second: a tandem of husk with brilliant green

A very interesting option is burgundy-green or brown-brilliant eggs. For their execution, you will need onion peel, brilliant green (standard vial, 10 ml per 1.5 l.), nylon stocking (or gauze), gloves (to protect the skin of the hands from brilliant green).

Third: coloring in the husk with patterns

You can diversify the coloring with onion peel if you first apply a patterned figure to the egg and fix it with a piece of nylon. At the same time, to obtain a pattern, you can take what is at hand. For example, parsley leaves, parsnips, dill, peppermint, fresh or dried flowers. Dry material must first be soaked with hot water, and then applied to the egg.

The chosen motif - a leaf or flower, tightly fix with a nylon stocking (or bandage, gauze) and carry out standard staining with onion peel. Then remove the stocking, remove the stencil for the pattern, and an egg painted with onion peel, but with an imprint of a leaf or flower in the natural color of the shell, will appear.
By the same principle, you can decorate the dot with chaotic dots of the color of an unpainted shell. To do this, roll a wet egg before painting with onion peel in rice, crushed peas or millet, or attach a piece of lace to it. Fix the croup or lace patterned motif with stocking capron.

You can get a variety of patterns without using a fixing material:

for straight lines in the natural color of the shell on the egg, put rubber bands on it for money;
any pattern can be made from masking tape, plaster, self-adhesive paper, or simply paint the egg with wax crayons;
eggs in the "cell" will turn out if you put on them mesh stockings or a vegetable mesh.

Methods with dyes - natural and not very

Fourth: gifts from nature - natural dyes

Pour water into a 1.5 liter saucepan and put a natural pigment - the source of color.
Bring to a boil, let it boil a little and leave to infuse for half an hour.
Strain the broth, pour in 1 tbsp. l. 9% vinegar and put eggs in a saucepan.
Simmer over low heat until at least tender (12-15 minutes). If the color is taken poorly - up to half an hour.
If the coloring is not successful even within half an hour, leave the eggs in a saucepan with a coloring solution overnight.

Fifth: a scientific alternative to natural dyes - food grade dyes

Multi-colored eggs on young grass, what could be fresher and more attractive for Easter? To make them quickly and without much hassle, you can buy a special Easter set in the store. When choosing it, please note that dyes are different according to the method of application.
One of the options is exactly the paint that needs to be applied directly to the boiled egg. The other is a powder or tablet for diluting a colored solution. Eggs are lowered into it and kept there until the paint is taken.
The staining method must be indicated on the dye packaging. There is nothing complicated in using ready-made liquid paint. It is applied to the prepared egg, evenly distributed and allowed to dry. The method of coloring with water-borne dyes in the general case looks like this:

Sixth: with the world on a string - a colorful egg

A riot of colors in one egg is a method of dyeing with floss threads. Very simple and beautiful:

Wrap multi-colored floss threads on a raw, room temperature, pre-washed egg. Combine colors and arrangement of threads as your fantasy tells!
2. Boil them in the usual way until hard-boiled (12-15 minutes).
3. Remove threads.

Seventh: fabric translators

Transfer a beautiful pattern from fabric to an egg? That's quite possible. Just take the choice of fabric seriously. In our age of the extremely developed chemical industry and the desire to reduce the cost of things at any cost, you can run into a chemically dyed fabric. Despite the beauty of the drawing on it, it is better to refuse to use it. Examples of permitted material are a Pavloposad shawl or a silk tie with an interesting pattern.

Place the selected fabric with the right side on the egg. Secure it by stitching along the contour.
From above, you can additionally fix the matter by wrapping the egg with a nylon stocking or white cotton cloth.

Add 9% vinegar (3 tablespoons per 1.5 liter saucepan) to the cooking water and boil the hard-boiled eggs (12-15 minutes).
Drain the water, cool the eggs and free them from the tissue. The drawing should appear with gentle contours on the shell.

We paint with the children

Both adults and children look forward to Easter with the same impatience. Give the kids the opportunity to make a beautiful craft egg and give it to, for example, grandparents. Being engaged in such creativity, we encourage the children's desire to make beautiful things and give it to loved ones. Moreover, it is very interesting and fun!

Eighth: craft egg

From krashenka you can make a perky chicken:

Color the egg yellow with food coloring. Although chickens can be of other colors: blue or pink, for example. Even a child from 3 years of age can cope with coloring with colored powders or tablets diluted in water. Of course, under the supervision and strict guidance of an adult.
Cut out details for decorating a chicken from colored paper: eyes, wings, tail, beak, scallop. And also: a bow - if it's a girl or a bow tie, a tie - if it's a boy. You can also use decorative fluff from a needlework store. It turns out cool and very cute!
Use gelatin glue to fix the prepared parts. To do this, soak the gelatin as indicated on the package. Drain excess liquid, and heat the granules until they dissolve. It is not necessary to bring to a boil.
Apply gelatin glue with a brush on the details, the egg and gradually turn it into a chicken!

Ninth: funny faces

Show your children that you can draw on the egg in an unusual way. But since this is a product and it is then eaten, the paints must be natural. For example, it is very easy to make an edible "gouache" from cocoa powder. She can draw the face of an animal, the face of a funny weirdo, or even a portrait. Eyes can also be depicted, but it will be more interesting to glue ready-made ones from a needlework store.

Boil the eggs. If necessary, color with food coloring, for example, if you are making a lion's face - yellow.
Slowly pour warm water into a tablespoon of cocoa until sour cream is thick.
Plant the finished eggs on stands, such as plastic bottle caps, and draw.
Let the chocolate gouache dry.
Then glue the eyes with gelatin glue if they do not initially have an adhesive base.

Tenth: wax crayons (pencils)

This is a way for school children. Since you have to work with a hot, freshly boiled egg.

Take them out of the pot, pat dry with a towel.
Place the egg on a stand, such as a bottle cap.
Start drawing with wax pencils. The wax will diverge from the heat and create bizarre transitions, overflows. Choose colors carefully!
You can paint eggs in this way not only with pencils, but also with the help of sprinkling with wax crumbs. To obtain it, the crayons are rubbed on a fine grater. And then poured onto a hot, freshly boiled egg.
And another way to decorate with wax crayons is to melt them and dip an egg into it.

Time saving

When a woman is not only a housewife, but also the main earner in the family, there is not so much time for home life. Moreover, Easter eggs are painted on Maundy Thursday. Until the weekend, this activity is not postponed. Therefore, in the absence of time, you can resort to "quick" ways to make Easter eggs.

Eleventh: thermal film stickers

Once and done - this is about one of the easiest ways to create an Easter mood using thermal stickers. How beautiful they are: with Gzhel, Khokhloma painting, with intricate patterns, butterflies, flowers, church plots, as well as rabbits, kittens and even children's cartoon characters! If you plan on using thermal stickers, choose smaller eggs. Otherwise, they simply will not enter the thermal basis. Stickers can be applied to unpainted boiled eggs, and you can also use them as a fallback option, if the shell cracked when painted with husks.
Please note: eggs in thermal stickers are stored less than, for example, dyed with husks or food coloring.

Boil the eggs in the usual way.
Put the thermal base on the egg and put it in a strainer.
Dip the strainer in boiling water for a few seconds. As soon as the thermal sticker "hugs" it, pull it out.

Twelfth: holiday attire

Being one of the most important Easter symbols, the egg requires an appropriate outfit. So far, we have talked about its color, but you can do it differently. It is enough to wrap a boiled egg in bright foil. Voila! And it is in the spotlight. And in addition, it will be decorated with exquisite decoration.

Boil the eggs.
Cut multi-colored foil (sold in stationery stores) into rectangular pieces of such a size that it is enough to wrap an egg.
Prepare decor elements or just use confetti.
Wrap cooled eggs in foil. Attach decor to them with glue.

flight of fantasy

If the standard traditional ways of dyeing eggs seem boring and monotonous, let your imagination fly and follow it like a white rabbit.

Thirteenth: the power of the rainbow

This method is a variation of food coloring. The combination of colors, the depth of staining, the number of layers ... All this is chosen individually. Therefore, such dyes are 100% original. However, in order for the eggs to turn out like in the picture, you need high-quality dyes that give rich colors. You need to breed them, following the instructions. Another tip: you need to start with light tones, gradually resorting to darker and darker ones, and finish with the darkest ones.

Boil the eggs.
Take one and paint it completely in the lightest color.
Dip the painted egg into the paint a tone darker, but not completely, but up to half.
Wait for the paint to take. Then dry it.
Then do the same, applying paint in layers.

Fourteenth: eggs "on style"

Easter, originally a religious holiday, has now become more secular. Therefore, eggs are not only traditionally painted red or a pattern corresponding to the holiday is applied, but they also approach this activity more simply and creatively. For example, eggs will be stylish if you apply a pattern to them with a permanent marker. You can come up with a coloring book yourself or get ideas from the Internet.

Boil the eggs, be sure to hard boil.
Set them on stands and apply the chosen pattern with a permanent marker.
After finishing work, let it dry. This will take approximately an hour.

Fifteenth: stencil work

This method is relatively traditional. We find a stencil, apply it to the egg, paint it with natural or food coloring. A flight of fancy should manifest itself in the choice of a stencil. Here everyday experience, information from books, magazines, the Internet can come to the rescue. Or maybe you have family symbols. The main thing to remember is that the selected color and stencil should be in harmony with each other.

Choose a stencil pattern.
Apply it to ultra-thin paper (tracing paper).
Moisten the paper so that it becomes plastic and can be easily applied to the egg.
Firmly fix the attached stencil on the egg with a nylon stocking or bandage (gauze).
When the preparation for coloring the eggs is completed, do it in any way: onion peel, food coloring. Only if the eggs are dyed with onion skins, they do not need to be boiled first. And if the method of coloring with food coloring is chosen, then they must be pre-cooked “hard-boiled”.
Remove the fixing material and stencils from the finished cooled eggs.

Sixteenth: marble effect

Artistic flair will be needed for those who decide to paint eggs in marble color. It is not difficult to do this. The main thing is to choose colors beautifully and purchase high-quality dyes.

Boil the eggs.
Color them in a light-colored dye: yellow, orange, blue. Let dry.
Dilute in a deep narrow container (in a glass, tea cup) a dark-colored dye: purple, brown, dark blue. Add 1 teaspoon to each cup of dark solution. vegetable oil. Stir so that a spoonful of oil disperses into many small oil droplets.
Dip light dyes in dark dye. It's ideal to do it once.
Let dry. Marble eggs are ready!

Options for decorating ready-made dyed eggs

If the simple coloring of eggs is not enough and the soul asks for an artistic continuation, choose one of the proposed options. Turn paint into a work of art!

Seventeenth: 3D decor

Quite laborious, but worth it. To decorate eggs, you will need a wax or paraffin candle, as well as a variety of cereals, small pasta, confectionery sprinkles and whatever else your heart desires.

Take the finished dye.
Light a candle and use melted wax (paraffin) to apply a pattern on it. Do it very carefully. The flame should not touch the shell, otherwise a gray trace of soot may remain.
Roll the egg in the material of your choice. You can also put decorative elements on the adhesive base with your hands.
When the work dries, you can grease the decorated surface with vegetable oil for a more presentable look.

Eighteenth: sugar lace

Eggs in voluminous lace are very stylish, festive and go well with any traditional pattern on krashenka. To make them, you need powdered sugar (about a glass) and water. If powdered sugar is not at hand, you can make it yourself. To do this, you need granulated sugar and a coffee grinder.

Slowly pour water into the powdered sugar so that a white mass of thick consistency is obtained.
Place the decorative sugar mass into a confectionery syringe.
Take the finished dye.
Put a pattern on it.
Let dry.

Nineteenth: decoupage technique

In order for a picture to appear on the dye, it is not necessary to apply a thermal sticker on it or transfer the pattern from the fabric. You can remember about the decoupage technique. It is designed to decorate not only plates and furniture, but it can also be transferred to the plane of Easter decor. To do this, we will have to use beautiful napkins or their elements and gelatin glue. To prepare the glue, gelatin is soaked according to the instructions on the package. Then the excess moisture is drained and heated, without bringing to a boil, until the granules dissolve.

Take a pretty napkin. Tear out with your hands (without using scissors) an interesting fragment. Remove the top layer - we will use it.

Prepare gelatin glue.
Apply the selected fragment to the dye.
Apply gelatin glue over the napkin with a brush. You need to do this from the center to the edges.
Let dry.

Twentieth: drapanki

Colored eggs with a white pattern can be made not only by applying a stencil. The pattern can be scratched on the surface of an egg painted with onion peel with a clerical knife or a thick, sharp needle. This method is laborious, but applicable when it is planned to make a thin, elegant pattern on the egg, which is difficult to achieve by applying a stencil.

Make dye with onion skins.
Draw a pattern on it with a simple pencil. You can do without it if you feel confident or your hand is full.
Walk along the line drawn with a pencil with a clerical knife, scratching the outline.

Easter is a family holiday that gives hope for the future and faith in a miracle. Touch and you a piece of beauty - choose the way you like and paint the eggs for the Easter table. There is only one minus in dyeing eggs according to the methods described. It can turn out so beautiful that it will be a pity to eat!

Dyeing eggs for Easter is a tradition that has been established for a very long time. Each hostess tries to bake fragrant and cook Easter cottage cheese for the holiday. And very often faces the problem of decorating testicles for Easter. Everyone wants to make unusual and original Easter eggs as a gift, delighting both adults and children.

In this article, we will talk about what methods and tricks exist for creating unique and beautiful Easter eggs at home. With the help of them you can not only please the household, but also surprise your dear guests and friends.

Preparation for painting

Boil chicken white eggs. After you finish cooking, you need to cool them down a bit. Just make sure they are at room temperature. We will not be able to work with excessively hot or icy eggs. Then, wipe the eggs from moisture, remove dirt (if any).

Cracked eggs will have to be laid aside - these are no longer suitable for drawing a picture. If you are going to use the method of painting with onion peel - wait a while with cooking.
If you decide to paint eggs with a pattern for the holiday, mix the starch paste (glue) in advance - it is absolutely harmless, so it is suitable for coloring Easter eggs.

In the store you can buy ready-made starch, ready to go. Pour the starch into a bowl, then add warm water, not higher than room temperature. Soak it in there and then stir well. After that, you will need hot water, but not boiling water - pour hot water in portions into the resulting mass, simultaneously stirring the starch mass. In case the lumps could not be avoided by mixing, take a gauze mesh and separate the glue from the lumps. Okay, the glue is ready!

Rainbow colored eggs are a fun, easy and perfect way to spruce up your Easter menu.

To create colored shells, you can use both ready-made food paints (which can be found in any store) and do-it-yourself pigments. To do this, you can use red cabbage, beets, blueberries, turmeric, tea, onion peel, coffee beans, and fresh herbs.

Natural dyes will give the eggshell interesting, rich shades. Below is a step-by-step recipe with a photo of cooking Easter eggs using red cabbage. Thanks to a bright and natural solution, after 10-14 hours, the workpiece acquires a pleasant lilac-blue hue. Of course, the natural pigment does not lay down very evenly (unlike artificial paints), but this gives the workpiece an authentic, natural look.

And also some other fun ways to color eggs at home for Easter using onion skins, ready-made dyes and stickers. And to decorate Easter eggs with a beautiful and original pattern, use paper napkins or a piece of cloth. Consider the most interesting ways to color eggs for Easter - both popular and rather unusual.

Coloring Easter eggs with natural dyes

How to dye eggs for Easter with red cabbage blue

When creating Easter eggs, you should follow some guidelines. To ensure the eggs are of good quality, wash them thoroughly before processing. When cooking, add a handful of salt to the liquid, and pour vinegar into the natural coloring infusion. All this will help you make your Easter feast not only festive, but also useful.

Ingredients:

eggs (3-4 pieces);
cabbage (200-250 grams);
vinegar (2 tablespoons);
salt (1 tbsp. l.).

Cooking:

We spread the eggs in a cold liquid, pour salt. We make sure that the water covers the entire shell. Cook for 8-10 minutes (after boiling).

We begin to prepare the infusion: pour water into the container (800-1000 ml). Shred the red cabbage into small pieces and place in a saucepan.

Pour vinegar into a container. Cook the vegetable mass for 8-10 minutes.

After the cabbage becomes soft, and the liquid turns purple, dip the eggs into it. We make sure that the thick mass covers the entire shell.

We leave the Easter preparation for 10-14 hours. Put the eggs on a paper towel.

After the product is completely dry, use it as you wish. If desired, decorate the shell with Easter stickers.

How to paint eggs for Easter in onion skins

You will need:

water;
onion peel;
eggs;
salt;
for a glossy effect: vegetable oil;
for patterns: plant leaves, threads, nylon / gauze, etc.

Coloring process:

The most famous, classic way of coloring eggs, which is passed on to us by grandmothers and mothers, is the usual onion peel. This is the easiest way, but very interesting and most importantly, environmentally friendly. Prepare in advance all the necessary components and be sure to warm the eggs if they were put in the refrigerator.

To color the testicles with onion peel, you need to pour boiling water over the peel in a saucepan for 2 hours. As soon as the time is up, salt the water, put the eggs in it and boil the water. After the water boils, reduce the heat to a minimum and cook for 10 minutes. In case you want eggs with a beautiful pattern, you must first apply the pattern, and then boil with the husk.

To create patterns on Easter eggs, you can use ordinary parsley or dill leaves, threads or cereals. Moisten the egg, attach the leaves to it or roll in the groats. An unusual pattern can be achieved by attaching lace or wrapping an egg with threads. Wrap the resulting structure in gauze or nylon (for example, from tights) and cook in onion water for the specified time.

What colors can you dye eggs with natural dyes (table)

Foods You Can Use When Dyeing Easter Eggs (Infographic)

Color with store-bought food coloring

You will need:

white chicken eggs;
water;
table vinegar 9%;
food coloring in desired colors.

Coloring instructions:

For this method, you need to purchase food coloring. Many food colorings are sold in stores, including in special kits for Easter.

This method is the simplest, since the manufacturer most often attaches instructions to the dyes. It is from this information that you will need to push off. If there is no information, count about one packet of dye per 200-300 ml of water.

Boil and cool chicken eggs. While the boiled eggs are cooling, you can do the dye. Take a saucepan or a large and deep bowl. Pour 50 ml of warm water there, dissolve the food coloring of the desired color in it, add table vinegar (9%).

After that, mix and add water in portions to achieve the desired shade, or according to the instructions on the package (usually 200 ml per small bag). In the finished dye, lower the testicles in turn. Turn them over for 3-5 minutes, then remove and dry.

Do not use a dry cloth to avoid staining and sticking - paper towels work best.

Video: How to dye eggs beautifully with dyes at home

Easter eggs with do-it-yourself drawings from napkins

You will need:

chicken eggs (white);
paper napkins (choose napkins with bright and beautiful pictures that you would like to place on the surface of the testicle, and not ordinary ones without a picture!);
starch glue.

Step-by-step instruction:

Take napkins. As a rule, patterned napkins are sold in a three-layer format. We only need the top layer. Choose patterns, patterns, or details on the napkin that you like. It can be flowers, drawings with characters, animals or interesting patterns.
Carefully cut or tear off a piece with the selected picture (it should be compact enough to fit on the testicle).
Then, put an egg in front of you or take it in your hand, attach a picture to it and start covering it with starch paste directly on the surface of the picture. Apply glue completely to the picture and corners to stick to the Easter egg. This method can be applied several times on the same egg.

That's all, the drawing will remain on your testicle! You can get rid of excess starch with a dry sponge, the remnants of a napkin or a cloth. And a beautiful Easter egg is ready, you can present it as a gift for Easter or treat your family and friends.

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We use ready-made dyeing kits for coloring eggs

In stores, there are now many kits for coloring eggs for Easter. This is also an option for decorating your testicles. Each kit usually comes with dye, stickers or "covers" for eggs with detailed instructions for decorating.

The big disadvantage of these kits is that the patterns and pictures in them are monotonous and it is very difficult to find something unusual. A big plus is the reduction in cooking time and the absence of the need for additional materials.

Video: Colorful and unusual eggs for Easter 2018 without dyes

Unusual Easter eggs with fabric pattern

You will need:

chicken eggs (any color);
starch glue;
unnecessary, but clean fabric with patterns or other images and drawings you like.

How to paint:

Prepare the fabric and choose the patterns or designs you want to place on the eggs for Easter. In one of the previous coloring methods, we have already figured out how to place an image on an egg - this knowledge will come in handy here.

Cut out the desired image from the fabric. To fix the fabric pattern on the egg, you need to apply starch paste with a brush on the egg itself, attach the picture and paint over the fabric, as you did with the napkin.

In case the fabric is tangled or crooked, hot water is enough to peel off the pattern and reattach. After all the pictures are placed on the egg, wipe off the excess starch. A beautiful egg with drawings for Easter is ready!

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Happy Easter and creative creativity!

Preparing for Easter is an occasion for creativity. In I told you how you can dye eggs for Easter using natural dyes, that is, the juice of various plants, vegetables, coffee or onion peel. But if you want brighter, more festive colors and some real fun, you can also use food coloring. I don't think it's harmful, because we already eat them in many foods, and the egg will still be protected by the shell.

Now buying food coloring is not a problem; before Easter, they are sold literally everywhere in special sets. Also in online stores or shops for confectioners a wide range - from helium to water. You can use what is at hand. Dry dyes from special Easter kits must be dissolved according to the instructions. And in the case of liquid ones - drop a few drops into water, adjust the saturation of the solution yourself as you wish.

And then the fun begins, because this is room for imagination. I think this kind of creative preparation for Easter is great fun with kids. In this article, I offer a lot of fun step-by-step egg coloring tutorials.

By the way, when preparing for Easter 2019, do not forget to cook.

Most often, for coloring with food coloring, eggs must be hard-boiled in advance. If you are doing some kind of multi-step dyeing, then it is best to use hot, freshly boiled eggs - the dye on them will dry instantly and you can proceed to the next step!

Preparation: how to dry dyed eggs

In order for the color of the egg not to deteriorate during drying, you can make a special stand by sticking a few needles or safety pins into a sponge or foam spat or something similar. If you are not a perfectionist, then you can also dry on a wire rack, but then there will be stripes where the egg will come into contact with the wire rack.

How to Color an Easter Egg with Shaving Cream or Whipped Cream

Here's a quick and easy way to color your Easter eggs! Use shaving cream. You can also use canned whipped cream (vegetable). I think this method is more fun for children than traditional coloring.

You will need:

Shaving foam or whipped cream
Food colorings,
Gloves

When painting, do not forget to wear rubber gloves! Food colorings are well washed from the dishes, but they remain on the fingers for about a day.

Cooking:

Start by squeezing an even layer of shaving cream into a baking dish, baking sheet, or other suitable container. Pour in a few drops of multi-colored dyes, mix them with shaving foam, and make streaks, mix some to make a beautiful pattern. This can be done with a straw or a regular spoon.

2. Roll the egg so that it is colored on both sides. Dry 10 minutes. And rinse!

How to make lacy easter eggs

You can make very beautiful Easter eggs by dyeing them with lace.

Some housewives have some trimmings of lace at home, or you can buy a little in the store, it's inexpensive.

You will need:

Eggs,
Food coloring,
Rubber bands or hair ties (or thread)
Lace
Scissors
And a rack or rack to dry

Cooking:

Cut the lace into strips so that it is enough to wrap the egg and a little more.
Wrap the eggs, tie the lace, and secure with rubber bands or thread.

3. Color according to the instructions (or if you use food coloring not from the Easter set, then hold the egg in the dye until it is colored (10 minutes).

4. Dry on a rack or wire rack. Then remove the lace.

How to color eggs with rice and paint

Here is another unusual way to get a delicate marbled color on eggs.

You will need:

boiled eggs,
Plastic cup or container with lid
Food coloring, preferably two colors

Cooking:

Take a small glass or a plastic container with a lid and pour rice into it. Add a few drops of dye, stir to color the rice.

2. Put in the egg, close the lid and shake.

3. The egg will be painted with delicate specks.

4. You can leave it as it is, or you can add more color. Wait for the egg to dry and repeat the process. Add a few drops of dark coloring to the rice and repeat the coloring. It turns out a delicate marble color.

The colored rice left from such staining can be used for playing with the child, for example, make a small colored sandbox in which to bury various objects or simply let him sort through this beautiful rice to develop fine motor skills. You can also use it to make applications.

How to make striped eggs with rubber bands

Striped eggs can be made using thread, stationery rubber bands or rubber bands for weaving bracelets, which are sold everywhere.

You will need:

A set of rubber bands for weaving or stationery rubber bands
Dyes of different colors (dissolve them according to the instructions)
Freshly boiled, hot eggs

If you are dyeing an egg with multiple colors, start with the lightest color.

3. Then pull the rubber bands on it.

4. Dip the egg into the darker dye solution.

4. When stained, pull out, remove the rubber bands, dry.

5. Then put on the rubber bands again and paint with dark dye.

6. Remove the rubber bands, dry, and you get an unusual striped egg!

How to dye an egg rainbow colors

Take an egg, dip at the beginning on one side in red. Hold for 1-2 minutes

2. Pull out and let dry.

3. Then dip the side of the egg in yellow.

4. Pull out again, dry and then dip the other end of the egg in blue.

5. Mixing colors will give an iridescent color.

How to color an egg with a napkin

Coloring with a tissue paper is a very simple technique that allows you to get a light marble effect and bright colors with soft transitions.

Wrap the egg in a paper towel.

2. Start watering it with dyes using a spoon or medical syringe. Fill the top with red. middle yellow.

3. And pour the bottom of the egg with blue dye.

4. Then turn the egg in your hands, pressing the napkin against it properly. Leave to lie in a napkin for 10 minutes.

5. Get a beautiful rainbow egg with soft transitions.

6. If you randomly water the egg in a napkin with dyes, you will get such a beautiful fantasy egg.

How to make a pattern with wax

With the help of wax, you can make beautiful dots on the egg and any other patterns. Those places where you applied the wax will remain white, and the rest will be painted over.

Light a candle, take a cotton swab and use it to apply dots of wax to the egg.

2. Next, dip the egg into the bowl of food coloring.

3. Remove after 10 minutes. When the egg is completely dry, you can remove the wax with a knife. Other patterns can be made in the same way.

How to make patterns on an egg using tape or electrical tape

You can do this on a white egg or pre-dyed in a light color.

Wrap electrical tape or tape around the egg.

2. Dip in dye, when dyed, remove and let dry.

3. Remove the tape.

How to make a coloring in the form of a mosaic

A very beautiful mosaic coloring can be given to an egg using ordinary electrical tape.

Color the egg light.

2. Cut the tape into small pieces.

3. Seal them with an egg, as if with a mosaic.

4. Dip the egg in the darker dye. It will be painted in about 1-2 minutes.
5. Then take out the egg and dry it.

6. Remove pieces of tape.

7. It turned out an egg with a beautiful mosaic effect.

How to paint eggs with watercolor

Instead of watercolor, you can use food coloring and paint eggs with them according to the same principle.

Who said that to achieve beauty, you have to do something complicated? Watercolor is the best suited for scales - the same gentle, fluid and, by the way, quite natural. Just wet the brush well and watch the watercolor spread over the shell, blending with the other color. Very fun and beautiful!

You can make just streaks of watercolor, you can randomly paint. Watercolor loves unexpected mixes. Even simple blots on an egg will look very picturesque. All you need is a brush, water and paint. And the best news is that nothing can be messed up here!

No step-by-step instructions are needed here, just go with the flow. You may want to draw dots with cotton swabs or flowers, or maybe it will just be streams of different colors. Watercolor will show the way!

This can be a wonderful coloring lesson for a child. Show him how green is born from mixing yellow and blue. What happens when you spray paint on an egg. Use stamps or some of the techniques described above, for example, you can apply wax. Have fun!

How to paint an egg with nail polish

Very bright and beautiful, a festive marble effect can be created using ordinary nail polishes. Such bright decor is the best for a spring holiday.

In addition, the process itself is exciting - it’s hard to stop, I want to color all the new eggs to see what pattern will turn out this time, they are all different!

Pour different colors of nail polish into a bowl. Stir them a little with a stick to get lines and a marbled effect.

2. Stir them a little with a stick to get stains and a marble effect.

3. Completely submerge the egg in water and then quickly pull it out.

4. Let it dry on a special stand, I wrote about how to make it at the beginning. Before dipping a new egg, remove all the old varnish and start over!

How to decorate eggs with candy sprinkles

Confectionery toppings are sold in all shops before Easter, they can also be bought online or in pastry shops.

An egg decorated with sprinkles in the form of small balls looks especially impressive.

Pour the sprinkles into a deep plate, there should be a sufficient amount of them. Moisten the egg with water or egg white. Or brush with powdered sugar and egg white royal icing (read more about it at the end of this article).

Very beautiful stains on eggs can be made using food coloring and vegetable oil.

Color the egg in a light color first.

2. Pour a little vegetable oil into a bowl of dye.

3. Dip the egg in the dye and quickly remove.

If you like to color anti-stress coloring pages, or draw in the style of doodling, then you should like to do small lace painting on eggs. It can be made using royal icing (icing), which is made from protein and powdered sugar.

Take half of the raw protein and about half a cup of powdered sugar. Gradually add the powder to the protein, beating or mixing until smooth. You should get the consistency of thick sour cream.
Then the glaze should be transferred to a pastry bag with a thin nozzle. If it is not there, then you can use the usual package, collect the icing in one corner, cut off the tip and paint.
Or you can make a cornet for painting - roll a paper bag out of baking paper and cut off the tip.
On the egg, you can make patterns in advance with a pencil and simply trace them, or you can improvise.
Let the icing dry and the lacy egg is ready!

You can follow the example of painting the egg, which is done by the girl in this video. She's the only one who uses acrylics, and you might as well use frosting instead!