And I will say on a side note. A person might say..."It doesn't matter what you put on the shell...it won't affect the egg inside!" But that is not the truth. An egg shell is very porous. In fact...just taking off a shell of a dyed egg...you will often find that the white of the egg has taken on some dye. That happens as differences in temperature between the interior of the egg and the exterior of the egg take place and a vacuum is created...sucking whatever is on the exterior of the egg into the inside of the egg!
But I digress...
With the preschool...we have done egg dying with onion skins from the store. To do that...you go to a store that has onions in a bulk bin. Generally there will be a lot of skins running free. Fill up a bag with them and pay for them with your onions. If they look at you funny...just tell them about your fun craft! Take those skins and put them in boiling water. After the water has cooled to a simmer...you can put the eggs into the water and let them soak up the color until they are as vibrant as you desire them. We like to put a leaf on the egg prior to submersion and wrap a pantyhose stocking around the egg and tie it off. This leaves a beautiful leaf print on your egg!
Here is another method where a woman puts the skins directly on the egg.
Here is some great info on using a variety of plant products to dye eggs.
And finally...here is a process...that while I wouldn't want to pop one of these eggs into my potato salad...it makes use of an on-hand recycled resource...and the results are super cool. It's dyeing eggs with old silk ties!
Alright...go make some memories with your families!
