How to color eggs with cabbage in a heavenly color. Coloring Easter eggs blue in red cabbage juice

25.07.2019 Pasta, pasta, dumplings

Easter is coming. This year it falls on April 28th. According to church tradition, eggs need to be painted on Maundy Thursday, which means that there is a hot time of preparation in every home for the bright holiday of the resurrection of Jesus - they paint eggs, make dough for Easter cakes and prepare cottage cheese Easter.

And also in families where there are little children or mistress-needlewomen make thematic crafts to decorate their home and for gifts to relatives and friends.

I remember, as a child, my grandmother dyed testicles with onion peel in a reddish-brown color. Now you won't surprise anyone with red, and the hostesses come up with all kinds of decorating methods. Indeed, in Christ's Resurrection, it is customary to christen, and give eggs and. And so I want to stand out so that the donated testicle is liked and remembered.

And every year I ask myself a question and surf the Internet for new information. This time I decided to collect all the methods I liked in one place.

Painted Easter eggs vary in the way they are dyed.

Krashenki - painted in one color with natural or food coloring

Drapanki (or shkryabanki) - on a surface painted in one color, a drawing is scratched with a sharp object, for example, a needle or a clerical knife. It is preferable to use brown specimens, because their shells are stronger

Speckles - first they are painted in one color, then wax is applied with drops and dipped in paint of a different color. After drying, the wax is removed by immersion in hot water or by scraping. In ancient times, it was impossible to apply more than three colors

Easter eggs are painted by hand and are considered the most difficult way. In skilled hands, it is a work of art. Beeswax is heated and a pattern is applied to a cold raw egg with a special steel feather. Then it is painted in the desired color, and the pattern is applied again and the whole process is repeated until the desired result is obtained. When all the patterns are applied, you need to carefully stack the wax from the surface above the candle flame.

Sloths are the easiest way. The use of iron-on stickers is not time consuming, and the result pleases the eye with a variety of patterns

Stickers - more suitable for crafts with children. The materials at hand are glued to the surface - cereals, peas, beads, braid, seeds

Beads - a beaded design requires perseverance and patience, and is most often used on souvenir eggs

Malevanka (paint) - signs with an invented pattern and does not carry any semantic load. This method is suitable for children's activities in the manufacture of gift souvenirs.

The last three types are more often used to create crafts for Easter, because these species are preferable to use on empty eggs.

Basic rules for successful painting

Regardless of which painting method you choose, you need to properly prepare for the process:

We wash with soap and a sponge so that the paint lies evenly. Or we use alcohol or vodka
Before cooking, be sure to remove the eggs from the refrigerator in advance, 1.5-2 hours in advance, so that they have time to warm up. In this case, the shell will not crack from the temperature drop. Or pierce them with a sharp needle, but this is a more laborious process.
When cooking, add 1-1.5 tbsp for each liter of water. salt. If the eggs do crack, the salt will help seal the protein and prevent it from spilling over.
To keep the paint stronger, do not forget about vinegar. A tablespoon for 1 liter of water will suffice
For painting, it is preferable to use the white color of the shell, but if you paint with onion husks, then you can take brown ones - the color will be brighter and it will take less time to paint
For shine, grease them with vegetable oil and polish with a dry cloth.
To make the shell easier to clean, soak the boiled eggs in cold water for a couple of minutes.
If there are children in the house, it is better to use natural dyes.

How to properly paint eggs in onion skins so that they do not crack

The most traditional dyeing method is using onion peels. I usually save it starting in the fall. Moreover, I need it not only for Easter, but also for gardening work as fertilizer and repelling pests when planting potatoes. By the way, if you do not have husks, then you can ask vegetable sellers for it - they will gladly get rid of it. Checked.

Let's prepare the onion peel and a box of eggs. If you have red onion husks, the color will be richer and brighter.

Fill the husk with boiling water, cover the dishes with a lid and let cool

Add salt to the pan. 1 tbsp is enough for a liter of water.

Immerse eggs in a saucepan and put on fire. Bring to a boil and boil for 10-12 minutes. Turn off and cool

Immerse in cold water, stand for a few minutes, wipe until dry.

This is the usual way. There are others. In some families, it is customary to boil water with husks for 40-50 minutes and leave to infuse overnight. And in the morning, boil eggs in this water or in water strained from the leaves. I tried this and that - I didn't see the difference, so I prefer the quick method.

Original painting in husk with pattern

Patterned eggs can be made using parsley leaves, dill, or other greens. To secure the leaflet, use a nylon stocking or gauze.

Put green leaves dipped in water on a raw egg for better fixation

Wrap tightly in a stocking or gauze, tie the ends with a thread

Put a layer of husk in a saucepan, eggs on top and fill with water

Finish with one more onion layer and add water. We put on fire, boil for 10 minutes

We take it out of the pan, remove the stocking and clean it of greens.

For beauty, you can grease with sunflower oil.

We use brilliant green for marble stains

To obtain a marble effect, we take a regular onion husk and a bottle of brilliant green. It is preferable to take a white object for decoration. In this case, the drawing will turn out to be clear and bright.

To create a beautiful pattern, cut the husk into small pieces with scissors. The smaller the leaves, the more beautiful the drawing. Another nuance - the combined use of red and golden husks will sparkle on the surface with richer shades.

In order not to paint our hands, we use gloves. Cut pieces of gauze so that you can wrap the egg, and still have the tips

Dip a raw egg in water and turn it in pieces of husk so that the shell is completely covered

We spread it on cheesecloth, sprinkle it with leaves on top and wrap it in a small bag. The gauze should fit snugly around the surface. We fix with threads

We spread the prepared bags in a container (it is better to take the old one so that it is not a pity) and pour out a bottle of brilliant green (10 ml), add water to hide the protruding parts and add salt. We put on fire and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat for 8 minutes

Fill with cold water so that the shells are easily peeled off and leave to cool

Remove the gauze from the cooled eggs and wipe the surface to add shine with a cotton pad moistened with oil.

How to create patterns with rice and paint

I offer another interesting dyeing recipe. Suitable for those who are always in a hurry - it is done easily and quickly.

Prepare three colored colors and 1.5 cups of rice and 9% vinegar

We put the eggs to boil on the fire (we need the hot ones), and at this time we put rice in plastic bags

If the dye is dry, then dilute with water, add 1 tbsp. l. vinegar and pour 2-3 teaspoons into each bag

Shake the bag well so that the paint evenly stains the entire rice. We take out the cooked hot (required) egg and put it in a bag

Squeeze each egg tightly with colored rice so that it is not visible, and tie the bags tightly

Leave for a while. The longer the egg is in the rice, the brighter and more intense the pattern will be.

Painting with food colors at home

Food colors give you a lot of creativity. With their help, you can create various patterns on the shell, and if you use improvised means in the form of threads, electrical tape or elastic bands, then every year you can surprise your family and friends with elegant Easter clothes.

1 way - classic

In stores before Easter, a huge number of Easter paint kits are sold. We take any we like, read the instructions and perform the actions. Usually, pre-cooked white products are used for this method.

In separate containers (most often I use large circles), in which one egg fits well, we dilute the dye. If there are only 4 colors in a pack, then it's okay. You can paint in them first, and then mix the colors and get other colors. Pour vinegar 9% into a mug and lower the egg. Hold in the solution until the desired shade is obtained and dry on a cardboard stand. They are also often included in the kit. If not, then you can make it yourself.

Method 2 - rainbow

If there is time and desire, then we experiment and get a rainbow on our table.

We need three primary colors - red, yellow and blue, vinegar 9%, water and a drying rack. The egg has already been boiled and dried dry. Better if it is warm or hot. This makes the paint easier and tighter to adhere.
We dilute each color in a separate container with 100 ml of water for 1 tbsp of dye plus 1 tbsp. vinegar

Dip the egg at an angle in a red dye and keep it for a couple of minutes. We take out, blot a drop from the bottom with a napkin and send it to the dryer to dry

Dip on the other side in yellow dye and repeat the process
We lower the unpainted part in blue, hold the allotted time and dry it.

It turns out a rainbow egg.

3 way - striped

With this method, you can use electrical tape or threads. With electrical tape, the pattern will be more pronounced. And don't forget the gloves.

Prepare containers with paint

Boil the eggs, wipe them with a napkin and, without waiting for them to cool down, wind up electrical tape in random order, which we will pre-cut lengthwise if it is too wide

Put it in a glass of dye for a couple of minutes

We take it out, carefully blot it from excess moisture. Glue the electrical tape into the free space and put it in a glass with another paint

After waiting for the allotted time, we take it out and blot it with a napkin. We remove the electrical tape and get a beautiful result

In the same way, we paint with polka dots or a triangle. Moreover, you can glue circles or triangles on an already painted egg.

If we wrap with threads, then the pattern is less pronounced, but gentle and unobtrusive.

4 way - patterned

We use different rubber bands. There are thick ones, there are rubber bands for money, and there are very thin ones. The combination gives an interesting result.

This method is similar to the previous one. Let's dilute several dyes in different containers

Wrap the egg with rubber bands and dip it in the paint for a while. Then dry it

We get interesting patterned specimens.

Method 5 - speckled

There are several options. You can dilute ordinary acrylic paint and use a brush or toothbrush to spray on a white egg or the second option on an already painted one.

Using a wax crayon for decorating

If there is a wax pencil, then we use it. It is, of course, more convenient to use.

If there is no drawing skill, sketch a sketch of the future pattern with a pencil.

You can use wax instead of a pencil. We take a candle and with melted wax using a toothpick or a match we apply a pattern to the surface

Then we paint in the usual way with natural or food colors. Only we do not use a hot liquid, otherwise the wax will melt. We get a wonderful pattern. We melt the wax with a candle or carefully scratch it off.

Staining with natural dyes

With the help of natural products, beautiful and delicate colors can be obtained. Unlike food, the process will take, of course, more time. But adherents of folk recipes will undoubtedly appreciate their dignity.

For golden and yellow flowers, birch leaves, both fresh and dried, are suitable. Boil them with boiling water for 30 minutes, and then boil white eggs in the solution for 10 minutes

The spinach will give a light green hue. Grind the leaves into gruel and boil the already boiled eggs in spinach solution for one minute

Pink can be obtained with cranberry or cherry juice. Squeeze juice from berries, boil eggs in it and leave overnight.

We get a beautiful brown-chocolate color with coffee or tea. Boil eggs in strong coffee solution (10 minutes).

In the table you can see what dyes and how to use to obtain the desired color.

How to properly use beets for painting at home

Beets give the shell a pink color. There are several ways to color this vegetable. See one of them in the table above - coloring with beetroot juice. Squeeze out the juice and leave the finished egg in it for three hours. Be sure to add vinegar for color fastness.

Another way is done like this - cut the beets into cubes or three on a grater. The pattern on the shell surface depends on the grinding method. Boil for 10-20 minutes. The vegetable should be soft and deep red. We immerse the eggs in the beetroot mass. We leave it all night. The color comes out uneven and iridescent.

We paint eggs with turmeric for Easter

To get a yellow color, we use turmeric. Boil the eggs beforehand.

Pour 3 tbsp into the bowl. l. spices and dilute with boiling water, add 2 tbsp. vinegar for stability, and dip the eggs in the solution. Let it cool, and then send it to the refrigerator for a night for a more intense coloring.

How to paint with red cabbage so that the paint does not wear off

Surprisingly, we get the blue color from red cabbage. Such is the chemistry!

Cut a small head of cabbage into cubes
Fill with water to hide and set on fire for 20 minutes

Put the eggs (ready-made) in a container and fill it with strained cabbage broth. Pour 1 tablespoon into one cup (left). soda. The color changes immediately. In the other 2 tbsp. vinegar 9%. And fill the third with one solution. Leave for 3 hours, then take out
We conduct an experiment on the duration of immersion time in different solutions. The picture shows the difference, and if you look even closer, the shades of color glare very nicely.

If you put eggs in an unstrained hot mass and leave them overnight, the color is obtained with a marbled effect. After drying, the shell takes on a matte appearance. We shine with a cotton pad dipped in oil.

How to get colorful eggs with cloth

Unusual coloring method. Look for unnecessary pieces of bright, fading rags. Persistently stained will not work. You also need a white cotton cloth, water and vinegar.

Take a piece of fabric measuring 18 by 18 and wrap the egg in it. Make sure that the fabric fits snugly (without wrinkles), secure with an elastic band. Wrap the top in white cloth

Fold the top in a saucepan with tails, add water and vinegar, boil after boiling for 10-12 minutes

Cool and free from fabric clothing.

We use ordinary napkins when painting

With the help of a napkin, we get bright and non-repeating colors. You choose the colors yourself, depending on your preferences and the available quantity.

We use ready-made eggs. We dilute the paint - yellow, red and blue, add vinegar for color fastness. We must wear gloves

Wrap the egg in a napkin, preferably in two or three layers

We apply paint with a spoon, cotton swab or syringe. First, one color, then turn it over with the white side and smear with the other. Because we have taken the main colors, they give other shades when they cross-hit - green, orange
The task is to completely paint over the napkin. We put off the color to dry for 5 minutes

We unfold and examine. There are places the paint hasn't reached. Nothing wrong. You decide for yourself - to leave it as it is or to enhance the effect with pearlescent paints for overflow. In the meantime, allow the opportunity to rest naturally.

We take pink and blue mother-of-pearl, and apply in turn with brush strokes in the places we need. Let it dry.

We decorate eggs for Easter with our own hands without dyes with children

Joint creativity with children in preparation for Easter will benefit both mother and child.

We will use a fast and easy way. We buy thermal stickers, cut them. Boil the eggs, dry them with a napkin.

We put clothes on the egg, and put it on a spoon or other device in boiling water for a few seconds. As soon as the sticker grips the testicle tightly, take it out onto a plate

By the way, you can also put on a sticker on a painted copy.

Self-adhesive tape is sold in FixPrice. It adheres perfectly to the shell and looks very elegant.

For decoration, use water-based markers for children or similar paints. With their help, we draw funny and funny faces, apply various patterns and drawings.

Monochrome patterns in one color look very nice.
And more options for inspiration and imitation. You can get by with the purchased eyes and a marker, and get, in practice, masterpieces.

You can decorate eggs with varnish. We put on gloves.

Pour varnish of different bright colors into a container with water. Draw out various patterns with a toothpick and lower the testicle.

Napkin technique in decoupage for decoration

Safe and unusual decorating method is suitable for already boiled white eggs.

In handicraft stores we buy napkins with a small pattern of Easter theme. We pull out motifs of a suitable size with our hands. You can also use scissors, but then the borders of the picture are clearer.

Apply a piece to the surface

Glue with a brush using egg white. This technique is also suitable for training with children, but requires carefulness and patience.

Video on how to beautifully paint eggs at home

Potal is used in handicrafts and gives the products an expensive and rich look. Get inspired by watching the video and repeat the process. Your loved ones will be surprised by the richness of the decor.

Choose your favorite option for decorating Easter eggs, or even several. Happy Easter!

Today I decided to try another method of coloring Easter eggs. This time we will paint the eggs blue using red cabbage juice.

To get a deep blue color, you need one or two heads of red cabbage, vinegar and the desired amount of white eggs.

Since red cabbage is not the cheapest product, you can save a little on its quality. For this recipe, you can safely take sluggish and discounted heads of cabbage.

In the previous recipes, we colored Easter eggs by cooking them in, today we will soak pre-cooked eggs in cabbage juice. So this recipe will take more time from us.

Red cabbage needs to be finely chopped, add vinegar and water and let it drain and brew. The more cabbage you use, the more intense the infusion will be.

Eggs need to be well washed with soap or wiped with vodka, as well as removed from the refrigerator in advance and allowed to warm to room temperature. Then place in cold water and add salt. You can spare no salt and put 1 tsp. - 1 tbsp. l. depending on the number of eggs and the volume of the pan. Salt should be added in case the eggs do crack during cooking, the salt will interact with the protein and it will curl up, so it will not spread throughout the pan.

Boil the eggs after boiling for 10 minutes, and then place them in ice water. Due to the thermal shock, the shell will slightly separate from the protein and will be easy to peel.

Dip the prepared eggs into the pre-prepared and decanted red cabbage juice. I left the eggs in the infusion overnight, and as a result, the eggs took on a deep blue color.

Painted Easter eggs can be lightly brushed with vegetable oil for shine.

You need to be careful with Easter eggs painted in this way. So if you want to wash them or rub them too hard, the color will fade or be partially erased.

In addition, with the help of natural dyes, it can be colored in:

Ingredients of the recipe "We paint Easter eggs in blue in the juice of red cabbage"

Eggs - 2 pcs.
Red cabbage - 1 pc.
Water - 500 ml
White vinegar 9% - 6 tbsp. l.

Recipe for making blue Easter eggs:

Finely chop the red cabbage (1 or 2 heads). Cabbage can be taken not of the highest quality.
Place the cabbage in an enamel or glass dish. Add water and vinegar and mix well.
Cover the container with a lid or cling film and refrigerate overnight until the cabbage juices.
Wash eggs well with soap or rubbing alcohol. The eggs should be white, at room temperature.
Put the eggs in cold water, add salt and cook after boiling for 10 minutes until tender. Dip the finished eggs into ice water.
Strain the juice obtained from the cabbage and dip the pre-boiled eggs into it.
We leave the eggs in cabbage juice, the longer they are in the juice, the more saturated the color will turn out.

Dyeing eggs for Easter is a long-established tradition. Each hostess tries to bake fragrant and curd Easter for the holiday. And very often he is faced with the problem of decorating eggs for Easter. Everyone wants to make unusual and original Easter eggs as a gift, delighting both adults and children.

In this article, we will show you what methods and tricks exist to create unique and beautiful Easter eggs at home. With the help of them, you can not only please your household, but also surprise dear guests and acquaintances.

Preparation for painting

Boil white chicken eggs. After you finish cooking, you need to cool them down a little. It is enough that 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 set aside - these will no longer work for drawing pictures. If you are going to use the onion peel painting method, wait a little longer with cooking.
If you decide to paint eggs with a picture for a holiday, mix the starch paste (glue) in advance - it is absolutely harmless, therefore it is suitable for coloring Easter eggs.

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

Colorful eggs with a rainbow pattern are a smart, simple and perfect way to decorate your Easter menu.

To create colored shells, you can use both ready-made food paints (which can be found in any store), and pigments created on your own, with your own hands. For this, you can use red cabbage, beets, blueberries, turmeric, tea, onion peels, 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 making Easter eggs using red cabbage. Thanks to the bright and natural solution, after 10-14 hours the workpiece acquires a pleasant lilac-blue hue. Of course, natural pigment does not lay down very evenly (unlike artificial colors), but this gives the workpiece an authentic, natural look.

And also some other interesting ways to dye eggs at home for Easter, using onion peels, 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 quite unusual.

We paint Easter eggs with natural dyes

How to paint eggs for Easter with red cabbage blue

There are some guidelines to follow when creating Easter eggs. To get the best quality eggs, rinse 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 pcs.);
cabbage (200-250 grams);
vinegar (2 tbsp. l.);
salt (1 tbsp. l.).

Preparation:

Put eggs in cold liquid, add salt. We make sure that the water covers the entire shell. Cooking for 8-10 minutes (after boiling).

We begin to prepare the infusion: pour water (800-1000 ml) into the container. Shred the red cabbage into small pieces and put 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, we lower the eggs into it. We make sure that the thick mass covers the entire shell.

We leave the Easter blank for 10-14 hours. We spread the eggs on a napkin.

After the product is completely dry, use it at your own discretion. 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.

Dyeing process:

The most famous, classic way of dyeing eggs, which grandmothers and mothers pass on to us, is in ordinary onion peels. This is the easiest way, but very interesting and most importantly, environmentally friendly. Prepare all the necessary ingredients in advance and be sure to reheat the eggs if they have been put in the refrigerator.

To paint the eggs with onion husks, pour boiling water over the husks in a saucepan for 2 hours. As soon as the time is up, salt the water, put the eggs there and boil the water. After the water has boiled, reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. In case you want eggs with a beautiful pattern, then you must first apply the pattern, and then cook with the husk.

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

In what colors can eggs be painted with natural dyes (table)

Products that can be used when painting eggs for Easter (Infographic)

We paint using store food colors

You will need:

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

Coloring instructions:

For this method, you need to purchase food coloring. Many food colors 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 on about one packet of dye per 200-300 ml of water.

Boil and refrigerate chicken eggs. While the boiled eggs are cooling, you can do the dye. Use a saucepan or a large, deep bowl. Pour 50 ml of warm water there, dissolve the food coloring of the required 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 (as a rule, this is 200 ml per small sachet). Dip the testicles into the finished dye one by one. Turn them over for 3-5 minutes, then remove and dry.

Do not use a drying cloth to avoid staining and sticking - paper towels are best.

Video: How to paint 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. Typically, patterned napkins are sold in a three-layer format. We only need the top layer. Choose the patterns, designs or details on the napkin that you like. These can be flowers, character drawings, animals, or interesting designs.
Carefully cut or tear off the 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, put a picture on it and start covering it with starch paste right on the surface of the picture. Apply glue all the way to the picture and corners to glue 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! Excess starch can be removed with a dry sponge, the remains of a napkin or cloth. And a beautiful Easter egg is ready, you can present it as a gift for Easter or treat your family and friends.

We use ready-made dyeing kits for dyeing eggs

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

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

Fancy Easter eggs with fabric pattern

You will need:

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

How to paint:

Prepare the fabric and select the patterns or images 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 is where this knowledge will come in handy.

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

In case the fabric has strayed or lay down crookedly, there is enough hot water to peel off the pattern and reattach it. After all the pictures are placed on the egg, wipe off the excess starch. A beautiful egg with drawings for Easter is ready!

Video: Marble eggs for Easter. How to paint eggs with onion skins and brilliant green

Happy Easter and creative creativity!

For Easter 2015, I want to stop painting eggs with chemical dyes bought in stores and switch to more natural options. We remembered that red cabbage can create an incredibly beautiful turquoise shade for dyed girls. If it seems to you that this is unrealistic, we suggest looking at how everything happens.

With the help of red cabbage, you can dye your eggs beautiful shades of blue.

First you need to grind one red cabbage (if there are a lot of eggs, then it is better to take two at once), put it in a large saucepan and pour 0.5 liters of water. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 30-45 minutes over low heat. Cool the cabbage completely before removing it from the water. Add 4-6 tablespoons of vinegar there.

In order to get a delicate heavenly color of dye for Easter, soak the eggs in the resulting solution for 1-2 hours. For a richer color, you can leave the eggs in the cabbage paint for 3-4 hours. You will get just the same magical dye color.

If you have the time and desire, you can add a twist to the eggs so that Easter 2015 will be remembered by all your dyes.

After the eggs are completely dry, place them on paper or napkins. Take an old toothbrush or brush. Dip it in gold paint and slide your finger over it so that some splashes of paint hit the egg. A beautiful golden painting will appear on the dyes, which will turn your dyes into an element of decor.

It is better to leave dyed flowers for Easter with paint on scarlop in order to admire them, as the paint can get into food. But the rest of the eggs, thanks to the red cabbage, will become the brightest dyes that will appeal to all family members.

The brightest holiday for Orthodox Christians is coming. Easter is filled with kindness and love, and warm and sunny spring days give the celebration a special atmosphere. For the holiday, it is customary to bake cakes, make a cottage cheese treat - Easter, and of course, paint eggs, the tradition of exchanging them has been going on since ancient times.

All housewives know how to paint eggs with natural dyes, most of them prefer the most common method - with onion peels. However, there are many equally original and, most importantly, safe ways to color ordinary chicken eggs in all colors of the rainbow.

Secrets of coloring

When buying eggs, you need to look at the expiration date. Only the freshest are selected, because they are painted on Maundy Thursday, 3 days before they can be eaten, and they have to be stored for another 9 days - until the parent's day.

Why do you need to paint eggs at home on Thursday, why can't you do it, say, on Friday or Saturday? On this day, all preparations for Easter come to an end.

On Good Friday, it is forbidden to do anything, on Saturday you need to do charity work, adhere to fasting and decorate your home for the bright holiday. Therefore, by Thursday you need to stock up on everything you need: dyes, as well as decorative elements - rice, scraps of fabric, threads - it depends on your imagination.

Cook should be at least half an hour, so that the protein darkens. Long cooking is due to the subsequent storage of the product, otherwise it may simply not live up to the parent's day. In this case, a lot of water is required, moreover, you need to ensure that it does not boil away, and constantly add.

Before dyeing, the eggs can be wiped with vinegar, then the dye is better absorbed. During the procedure, hands must be dry and clean.

If the hostess wants the testicles to be evenly and beautifully colored, no matter what natural dye she chooses, she should not be thrown into the water, but put in a nylon sock, tied and lowered into a saucepan. Otherwise, the dye particles will stick to the shell, and it will become variegated.

Eggs can be painted not only on the outside, but also on the inside. To do this, they need to be boiled for 3 minutes, then take out and gently pierce the shell from several places with a thin sharp needle. After that, boil until tender.

Choosing a natural dye

The popular onion husk stains the shell in a rich red-brown, orange or yellow color, it all depends on its amount and the time during which the eggs will be in solution.

What else can you paint eggs at home:

Coffee and black tea give them a beautiful brown or natural beige color.
Elderberries or blueberries will make your Easter eggs pale lilac or blue.
Red cabbage will act as a natural blue dye.
Carrots, oranges and lemons color the eggshells light yellow.
The beets will give the eggs a dramatic purple color.
Turmeric is bright yellow.
Spinach and nettle leaves are green.
Cranberry, raspberry and cherry juice - pink and bright red.
A beautiful muted yellow shade can be achieved with the help of walnut shells, chamomile flowers, saffron, St. John's wort.

So, if you have decided on natural dyes for Easter eggs, it's time to start the dyeing process.

Onion peel

This method was used by our grandmothers, but even now it is not has lost its relevance. In the process of dyeing, the eggs acquire a beautiful rich shade.

This will require a husk of at least 8 large bulbs, which is harvested in advance.

Stages of staining:

By the way, do not rush to pour the broth of onion peel after staining. You can use it for culinary purposes and bake the brisket in the husk. And women who strive to ensure that their hair always looks great know that you can rinse your hair with such a decoction. The husk not only strengthens them, but also gives a delightful reddish tint and shine to the hair.

How to paint eggs in onion peel broth - video recipe

Beet

An affordable root vegetable can give eggs both a hot pink and an intense burgundy color. There are several options for dyeing with beets. Let's consider each of them in detail.

Option number 1:

Grate 1 large beet and squeeze the juice out of it.
Place the boiled eggs in the solution.
Pink color will turn out if you hold them for one hour, burgundy - if you leave them overnight. It is important to ensure that the juice covers the eggs completely.

Option number 2:

Grate the beets.
Pour the mixture with water.
Add vinegar to the solution.
Put the juice on the fire and bring to a boil.
Put boiled eggs in the solution. Their color will also depend on how long they will be in the beet water.

Option number 3:

Grate the beets on a fine grater.
Grate the eggs with the resulting gruel. Keep in mind that they may become unevenly colored, and small specks will appear on the shell.

Coloring Easter eggs with any natural dyes, including beets, is best done with gloves, because your hands will also be colored, and subsequently washing them will be problematic.

Option number 4:

Peel the beets, cut into chunks.
Pour cold water over the root vegetable and raw eggs.
Boil for the allotted time.

By the way, if you mix beet juice with turmeric and color the eggs in the resulting solution, they will turn out to be a beautiful green color.

Hibiscus

If you want to get something original and surprise your
loved ones with beautiful sky-blue Easter eggs, then try to paint them in an exotic hibiscus (tea made from Sudanese rose petals).

Stages of staining:

Boil 500 ml of hibiscus with boiling water in a large saucepan, cool.
Boil eggs (they should be white).
Dip boiled eggs into the hibiscus solution, hold them there for a few minutes, remove and dry.
Dip again in the broth. If the eggs are kept in the infuser for a long time, they will acquire an unaesthetic gray tint.

Spinach

The easiest spinach will color Easter eggs in green.

Stages of staining:

Wash and dry the spinach.
Wrap each egg with a white shell in a spinach leaf.
Fasten the leaves with threads, rubber bands, or put eggs in a nylon sock.
Boil for the required amount of time.
Cool the solution and put eggs in it again to achieve the brightest, saturated color.

Important: if you use fresh spinach, the eggshell will be green, if frozen - beige, which also looks very impressive.

Turmeric

Turmeric staining is very popular. White eggs take on a pleasant light yellow hue, brown eggs - a rich orange.

Please note that turmeric is not completely soluble in water, so stir the water carefully so as not to touch or damage the shell. It is advisable to take the old pan, because the walls of the dishes will turn bright orange and it will be difficult to wash it. This can be done using the usual "Whiteness".

Turmeric is a highly dyeing substance, so it is better to carry out the procedure with gloves, and cover the table with oilcloth or newspapers.

Stages of staining:

Do not be alarmed if the protein also turns orange, this is just the effect of a natural dye. There is no threat to health.

Red cabbage

A blue tint can be obtained using more than just tea leaves hibiscus tea, but also red cabbage. There are two color options:

The first is when boiled eggs are immersed in cabbage juice and left for several hours.
The second is when they are boiled with cabbage juice.

In the first case, a sky-blue color is obtained, in the second - a saturated azure shade. Let's consider each option in detail.

Option number 1:

Option number 2

Pour raw eggs with cabbage juice.
Cook as usual.
Take out the finished eggs, then put them back in the cooled solution.

Decoction of birch leaves

Easter eggs are delicious yellow
golden color, such an interesting shade can be achieved only with the help of natural coloring, not a single chemical dye is able to give such a spectacular shade. On the festive table, bright eggs will glow and play in the sun with a golden glitter.

Stages of staining:

Rinse birch leaves, place in a saucepan and cover with cold water.
Simmer for half an hour.
Infuse broth for an hour.
Pour the products prepared for coloring with chilled broth, cook until tender.

Blueberry staining

With frozen berries, you can color the eggs in a deep blue.

Stages of staining:

Defrost the blueberries and grind them together with the liquid remaining after thawing in a blender.
Add a tablespoon of vinegar and half a glass of hot water to the berry mixture.
Put boiled eggs (the shell should be white) in the mixture and leave for 5-6 hours.

Original ways to decorate with your own hands

Everyone at home can be connected to the fascinating process, especially children love to do this.

Refined and unique designs on Easter eggs are obtained by dyeing them using fabrics, for example, pieces of an old silk tie or Pavlovo Paschans scarves. You can use any other fabrics you like and would like to reproduce.

Powdered sugar patterns.

Beautiful dazzling white patterns with your own hands can be applied to painted eggs using powdered sugar. Extraordinary printed texture of the ingredient used will make Easter eggs unique, no matter what color they are painted, even in delicate pastel, even in bright, saturated.

Ready-made powdered sugar is used, but if it is not at hand, then ordinary granulated sugar (one glass is enough) must be crushed in a coffee grinder. Mix the powder with water so that a thick, viscous and homogeneous mass is obtained. The liquid mixture will flow over the egg.
Collect the resulting solution with a confectionery syringe and apply to colored and pre-cooled eggs.
To make it easier to paint eggs, they need to be placed in a glass or on a special stand. Brushes can be used instead of a syringe.

Dryapanki.

This painting technique has been used since ancient times. On painted and cooled eggs, a layer of paint is scraped off with a knife or other sharp object, thus creating the desired pattern.