Yesterday, my natural dye eggs were on TV, but SO WERE these textured eggs. Using a variety of “natural ingredients” I managed to decorate my blown out egg shells, and the eggs that cracked during the boiling process. I used a variety of dried ingredients to get different colors, textures and even patterns.
I love the look and variety of textured Easter Eggs. To make mine, I simply painted my cracked and ugly hard boiled eggs with some Mod Podge, and then dusted them with seeds, tea, herbs etc…
To be honest, I’m not sure I would eat a cracked Easter egg that was slathered in glue. I WANTED to try using beaten raw egg and pigment- like the old master painters used in Frescoes… but for this project, I was fine with a disposable, naturally textured finished product.
I started by painting half of my egg with Mod Podge, dipping it into whatever decorative bits I was using from my kitchen, and then let the gluey half dry for a while.
Then I would coat the other half of the egg in glue and paint IT with something from the pantry. In the sample below, I taped off a portion of the egg so that I could add a second color.
When the glue was dry, I carefully removed the tape, painted the raw shell, and then repeated my glue, and sprinkle method…
For this piece, I used black pepper and paprika…
The sample below is White Chia seed:
This one is Amaranth seed:
This is some old Thyme I’d had in the pantry- it was no longer good for cooking due to age, so:
For some festive red, I used Red Pepper flakes:
For a reddish brown, I used Rooibos tea:
And here’s my Pepper & Paprika egg:
This one was black wild rice (before the glue had fully dried clear):
I love the look of them mixed in with my Natural Dye Eggs…
And I especially love that we blew the whites and yolks out of a few shells, so that we could keep some of our textured eggs for a MUCH longer time than the extremely perishable hard boiled eggs!
Easter is coming! Will you be dying eggs?
Unique and impressive!!
those are awesome. what a clever idea!
Oh, how inventive you are! I have never thought of doing that with my eggs but it looks so inviting! I find the pepper flakes egg especially charming, especially considering the red pepper is hot!
Thank you so much ladies!
xoxo
radmegan
Love, love the look of these eggs!
These are so cute! I love them all. If I ever have people over for Easter I will definitely be making some of these!
xoxo
Janee
http://www.yellowbirdyellowbeard.blogspot.com
Thank you Amy!! And you too Janee!
question .. is there anyway to decorate these already shelled? I mean .. if you were to have an easter party, it would be cool to have these fancy textured eggs about that you could eat. I am not so clever as you and your readers, although I do find blogs such as your amazing! the things you people come up with is just fantastic!! but I digress. I think it would be cool to have peeled eggs, with these fancy textures on them. do you think it could be possible? thank you for your time.
Thank you for sharing the natural dyes! My father used to do the red onion skin dye with his grandmother, a Pennsylvania Dutch (Allentown) native. I am grateful to have your recipes to do with my daughter. What a treat! Thank you for sharing exactly HOW to do this! Happy Easter.
Holy crap, thanks very much for posting this! It is gonna help me when I research Chia Seeds at the store! Beautiful!
Omfg, thanks so much for posting this! It is going to aid me when I buy Chia Seeds at the grocery store! Very Cool!