Easter Eggs Dyed with Turmeric
Make Easter Eggs Dyed with Turmeric and get all-natural, vibrant yellow eggs! These Easter Eggs are gorgeous, easy, and free from all chemicals and artificial colors! Make them with your kids for a fun holiday activity!
Easter Eggs Dyed with Turmeric
You are going to be thrilled with these beautiful, bright yellow eggs that are 100% all-natural. You don’t need any artificial yellow dye to make these Easter Eggs shine!
These Easter Eggs colored with natural ingredients are the fourth and last in a series I’m sharing with Natural Dye Easter Eggs.
These stunning and colorful turmeric-dyed Easter eggs are all made without any artificial food coloring! Wouldn’t they be perfect in an Easter basket?
To create these all naturally colored eggs, you’ll only need a handful of staple ingredients plus something for the color (teas, blackberries, beets, ground turmeric, etc.).
Ingredients
Water
Turmeric – Turmeric is found in the spices aisle of most grocery stores or you can buy it online here.
White Vinegar – the acid in the vinegar helps the color bind to the eggshell. Without the vinegar, the color will not be as intense.
Boiled Eggs – Hard-boil the eggs ahead of time and allow them to cool to room temperature so you can handle them. I share how I make boiled eggs in my Instant Pot here.
Equipment
You don’t need anything special to make these natural dyes.
- Pot or saucepan to boil the water and the turmeric.
- A large glass bowl for soaking the eggs
- Slotted spoon
How to Make Easter Eggs Dyed with Turmeric
- Add the turmeric powder and water to a pot. Stir and bring to a boil.
- Once the turmeric has fully dissolved and the water has reached the boiling state (about ten minutes), remove it from the heat.
- Add the vinegar and stir.
- Add the eggs, ensuring they’re completely covered by the liquid.
- Let them sit in the dye until the desired color is reached. We left ours for 8 hours and dyed 12 at once in a large bowl.
- Lightly swish the eggs in the liquid as you bring them out of the dye to ensure no foam or bubbles stick to it. Place on paper towels or on a cooling rack to dry.
- Have fun!
Of all of the natural dye eggs I’ve shared, these turmeric eggs were easily had the most vibrant hue. If you look closely, they not only were a very bright yellow, but some also had specks of orange that gave them so much character.
Pro Tips
- These yellow eggs will dye fairly evenly but will come out with some orange speckles from the turmeric and it’s very pretty.
- It’s important you measure the vinegar accurately. Too little and the eggs won’t hold the dye well. Too much, and the vinegar will start eating the shell of the egg.
- If you’d like varying shades of yellow, add them all to the dye at the same time, but take out a few a different times to get varying hues. These are really fun to experiment with.
- You can use crayons or clear wax to draw designs on the eggs before coloring them and you’ll end up with fun shapes!
- Place the eggs on paper towels to dry. After a few minutes, turn them over so they dry evenly on all sides.
More All-Natural Easter Egg Variations
- Brown/Orange Eggs: Black Tea Dyed Easter Eggs
- Pink/Purple Eggs: Easter Eggs Dyed with Beet Dye
- Blue/Purple Eggs: Easter Eggs Dyed with Blackberries
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Easter Eggs Dyed with Turmeric
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
Description
Make Easter Eggs Dyed with Turmeric and get all-natural, vibrant yellow eggs! These Easter Eggs are gorgeous, easy, and free from all chemicals and artificial colors!
Ingredients
- 1 Quart Water
- 5 Tablespoons Turmeric
- 1 Tablespoon Vinegar
- Boiled Eggs
Instructions
- Add the turmeric and water to a pot. Stir and bring to a boil.
- Once the turmeric has fully dissolved and the water has reached the boiling state (about ten minutes), remove it from the heat.
- Add the vinegar and stir.
- Add the eggs, ensuring they’re completely covered by the liquid.
- Let them sit in the dye until the desired color is reached. We left ours for 8 hours and dyed 12 at once in a large bowl.
- Lightly swish the eggs in the liquid as you bring them out of the dye to ensure no foam or bubbles stick to it. Place on paper towels to dry and have fun!
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 10
- Category: Decorative
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nowhere in this blog post does it talk about refrigerating the eggs. After following these instructions perfectly, the eggs were in the bowl of turmeric water for 4 hours when I became concerned about whether they required refrigeration while in the dye. I scoured the blog post for any mention of refrigeration and couldn’t find anything. This is an important detail that should not be taken for granted. Since I didn’t know that, now I have a bunch of beautiful but inedible eggs.