Dying eggs?

[isabel]

Absolutely. We dyed eggs every year. Probably into high school honestly.

[lauralala]

We dyed eggs last night. It is DH's favorite part of Easter. We even did it a couple of times pre-kid.

[Deleted]

Eggs are cooling right now. Looks like it might rain soon, so it's the perfect activity for today.

[Deleted]

Some Es are very important.

[malibu]

I think we did a few times as kids. My mom is an artist and did some that she still has (the guts were blown out so it's not a 30 year old hard boiled egg, lol). They are works of art.

DD and I are going to my SIL's today to dye eggs with her kids. Both my DD and my nephew have been asking to see each other so it'll be a fun cousin activity.

[kmpls]

Getting ready to boil now. I bought white eggs just for this reason!

this is going to be a god awful mess! But tradition!

[eb777888]

We alwayed do! David loves it.

[zitiqueen]

Okay, those of you who never dyed eggs growing up, did you hunt for Easter eggs at home on Easter morning? If so, who dyed them? The Easter Bunny? Or were they the plastic eggs?

[textbookcase]

Yep. We always did it growing up and I've always done it with my kids.

I used brown eggs from my chickens (I am not about to go out and buy white eggs when I have 5 dozen brown eggs in the fridge!) this year and the girls actually loved how the colors came out, deeper and more jewel-toned.

[missyny]

Yep yep yep!

[FastHands]

Apr 19, 2014 7:32:57 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Yes. I can't smell white vinegar without thinking about Easter.

I was just going to say the same.

[FastHands]

Apr 19, 2014 10:48:14 GMT -5 zitiqueen said:

Okay, those of you who never dyed eggs growing up, did you hunt for Easter eggs at home on Easter morning? If so, who dyed them? The Easter Bunny? Or were they the plastic eggs?

We did dye eggs, but that was separate from the egg hunt, which were always plastic eggs. The fun is the candy/change inside of them! (Plus, nbd if you don't find one. )

[Deleted]

Yes, normal

[justkeepswimming]

I am 30 and H and I still go to my mom's and dye eggs and eat pizza. So yes.

[balletofangels]

Apr 19, 2014 9:43:22 GMT -5 lauralala said:

Apr 19, 2014 8:17:12 GMT -5 lilafowler said:

And just so you don't think I'm racist against white egpplgs:

In New England, brown eggs became the preference because they were local, and therefore fresh. During the long New England winters, when short cold days cut short the supply of these brown eggs, white eggs from more southern states would be shipped into New England stores, but these eggs became known as “storage eggs” and were often less than fresh. New Englanders looked forward to the days when their own hens, the Rhode Island Reds and their offspring, New Hampshire Reds, would again be laying fresh brown eggs.

www.newenglandbrownegg.com/eggstory.html

Now I have the "brown eggs are local eggs" jingle in my head.

Me too! And local eggs are best!

[SpartanGirl]

We did it every year when I was growing up. We skipped a couple years with our kids until my oldest outgrew her egg allergy, but we have done it every year since.

[bonquiqui]

I did, but my brother and i wouldnt eat the eggs. We just had fun dying them.

[nahoku]

We did every year! And the kids and I are doing it this afternoon.

Around the time we were in college, my sister got our family into the traditional Ukrainian way of decorating eggs, pysanky: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006EPBKZ4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1397928923&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40

It was fun but intricate and time consuming and, like all other crafty things I attempt, mine usually turned out crappy, lol. Then my sister converted to Judaism and we stopped doing it. I'd like to start again when my kids are older!

[dirtyred]

Apr 19, 2014 7:32:57 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Yes. I can't smell white vinegar without thinking about Easter.

Ditto.

[sillygoosegirl]

Yes, we always dyed eggs at Easter when I was a kid. Hot water, vinegar, and food coloring. I had no idea there were "kits" for this. I think one year I made DH dye eggs with me, but he thought it was lame. Maybe when we have kids...

[Gato]

We always did this when I was a kid.  But I'm a negligent mom who only gives her children plastic eggs.