When you think of Easter treats, if chocolate bunnies, Cadbury Eggs, Peeps and other candy comes to mind, you apparently haven't been spending enough Easters here in Minnesota.
OK, maybe you have done these but they were new to us. We thought the Marbled Eggs were kind of ho-hum until we went a little crazy with the dunking and then they started to look pretty good.
My daughter, Elena, and I spent the weekend dyeing Easter Eggs to see what worked. We're hitting you with our favorite technique first so you have plenty of time to tackle it before Easter. The Tissue Paper Dyed Easter Egg is the way to go if you have small children and want pretty eggs with little mess.
My chickens are busy gals, laying over a dozen eggs every day. They lay a beautiful blue-shelled egg that would look great in any Easter basket but what if we took things up a notch? I heard you could use onion skins as a dye so I gave it a try. Here’s how to do it.