Our Natural Dyed Easter Egg Experiment

We decided to try natural dyes this Easter for our eggs. We chose blueberry/pomegranate juice(we found this at our local discount grocery), beet borst(also from the discount store), grape juice concentrate, cranberry juice concentrate, spinach, turmeric, paprika, and instant coffee. It was exciting to see what came out of the pot when the time was right. Our favorites were turmeric, grape juice and blueberry juice. I also like the creamy color we got from the coffee--almost looks like chocolate. The spinach was a bust--not sure if it wasn't fresh enough or maybe I should have added vinegar. I don't think I'd use cranberry juice again, I think it was too acidic--the shell could be rubbed off in layers.

I'm glad I got this photo. That is Flat Savannah standing in the middle visiting from Georgia. I'll post some other time about Flat Traveling (inspired by the book Flat Stanley).

The next day the twinnies got into a room they are not supposed to be without supervision. We have gated off the dining room and keep all important projects and things we don't want "explored" by the twinnies in this room. However someone (I'll withhold the name to prevent further embarrassment) forgot to shut the gate and in no time flat Beezer and Gooey were on the table laughing and smashing eggs by throwing them across the room!!! Thankfully we were able to salvage a couple and we had egg salad for lunch:)