1. To tint eggs, you hard boil them with natural dyes so that the shell takes on a different colour. One of the best things to use is the skins from brown onions. When you add them to the water that you boil the eggs in, the eggshells become yellow. If you add a lot of skins, the eggs will be a rich amber colour. Boil some eggs with a few skins and some with a lot and use both white and brown eggs if you can. Then you will have many different shades that will look pretty together.
2. Beetroot can also be used. Choose a pale egg and boil it up with chopped beetroot and a teaspoonful of vinegar . You will get a deeper colour if you leave the egg sit in a cup and completely cover it with the beetroot water after you've boiled it. Beetroot can also be used. Choose a pale egg and boil it up with chopped beetroot and a teaspoonful of vinegar . You will get a deeper colour if you leave the egg sit in a cup and completely cover it with the beetroot water after you've boiled it.
3. If you can get hold of some blueberries, even just a little handful in the water will turn the egg a magnificent grey. (Pssst! For a neat April Fool's Day trick, colour one of the eggs like this secretly, slip it back into the egg box and watch Mum freak!!) The more berries you use the deeper the colour. If you can get hold of some blueberries, even just a little handful in the water will turn the egg a magnificent grey. (Pssst! For a neat April Fool's Day trick, colour one of the eggs like this secretly, slip it back into the egg box and watch Mum freak!!) The more berries you use the deeper the colour.
4. You can experiment with lots of different things. Any fruit that stains your clothes or your hands would be worth trying e.g. raspberries, mulberries, blackberries. (Ordinary food colouring works too. Add a little vinegar to the water as well.) You can experiment with lots of different things. Any fruit that stains your clothes or your hands would be worth trying e.g. raspberries, mulberries, blackberries. (Ordinary food colouring works too. Add a little vinegar to the water as well.)
5. When the eggs have been hard-boiled, dry them and rub them with a little vegetable oil. Then polish them lightly with tissues. This will give them a nice shine. When the eggs have been hard-boiled, dry them and rub them with a little vegetable oil. Then polish them lightly with tissues. This will give them a nice shine.
6. Put the eggs in a little basket with some straw, or you might like to hide them in the garden for other members of your family to find. Put the eggs in a little basket with some straw, or you might like to hide them in the garden for other members of your family to find.
