To make these gorgeous eggs:

For coloring eggs it is the best to use RED onion peel. Depending on the color of peel the egg color will vary from bright red to dark brown. If you want color to be darker take more peel and boil it about 30 minutes. To protect eggs from cracking add into water some salt. Do not place a cold egg  into boiling water; let them to warm during half of hour. Yes, trust me on this one! You MUST boil the eggs in this solution for the decoration to take place. There is no other decorating than this.

In Russia one can ALSO speckle the eggs, or decorate them  ” in a speck “. To do this, wet eggs are crumbled in dry rice, then are wrapped in gauze (the ends of a gauze densely should be fastened by a thread in order rice stuck to the egg). Then eggs are boiled in a dying solution in usual way. In order painted eggs shone, they should be wiped dry and then greased with sunflower oil.

We made these last year and they did not turn out as good as these images. They were much more purple and the dye rubbed off right away, not like the modern dyes.

Any suggestions?

making firework eggs is easy!

By using the technique of tea dying eyes and updating it a little, you can have fun making firework eggs!

All you need is :

Hard boiled eggs

food dye red and blue

water

paper towels

and containers to dye in.

After hard boiling eggs, mix up a cup of each color in water. Make the  color very dark. Crack the eggs so that they are cracked all of the way around. use enough force to split the inside membrane, but not enough to crush the egg.

Crack the egg all of the way around

Let the egg then sit in the food dye mixture for 5 to 10 minutes, depending on how dark you would like it. Do not use vinegar to dye the eggs with, it will make the egg taste funny.

Watch the eggs to see how dark you would like them.

Place the eggs on a paper towel to dry, and pat them gently, remember, food dye stains!

Finally! Peel and enjoy your festive eggs! Refrigerate  if not eaten right away.

Use these eggs to make:

a cool egg salad

Happy Fourth Deviled eggs

a fun breakfast snack

and use the extra food dye water to:

put in a vase and let flowers drink it up and change colors

(Carefully!) paint on white t-shirts

Jennifer Rizzo writes about other crafty things at her blog http://Sanctuary art. blogspot.com