Comments on: How to Dye Easter Eggs Naturally

By: Tamara

Tamara — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:33:10 +0000

I don’t think people are going to spend the money to buy eggs to dye them this year with eggs being outrageously expensive now.

By: Maricela Chapa

Maricela Chapa — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:22:12 +0000

In reply to Sarah Koplen Bernard. Me too... I will definitely do these oh and the money too. Lol

By: Susan Maynard

Susan Maynard — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:50:21 +0000

In reply to Addie. please send your list of Easter basket ideas.

By: Susan Maynard

Susan Maynard — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:46:16 +0000

In reply to Malissa McCartney. I bring candy to work instead of trashing. It's a big company.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:55:47 +0000

Happy Ostara to you and many blessings for spring! I wish more ppl would realize that all holidays have been stolen from the pagans.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:51:16 +0000

Yay!! Thank you for shedding some light on the wonderful holiday of Ostara! I find it sad that next to no one knows about the true origins of Easter. Many blessings to you and your family ??

By: Kajus

Kajus — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 07:11:54 +0000

well the thing is water is a CHEMICAL!

By: sandy

sandy — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 22:43:20 +0000

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By: Tanya R.

Tanya R. — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:50:28 +0000

(Perhaps that is just a pet peeve of mine though?!) – No, Katie – not just your pet peeve at all! I’m THAT mom who has already informed the school and the day care that my son is not to have candy while he’s there. At all. I don’t care whose birthday it is. I don’t mind brownies, or cookies, those at least have flour, eggs, cocoa and other ingredients going on aside from just straight sugar, But the lollipops, and jolly ranchers, smarties, pez, I could go on – there’s no redeeming quality in those kinds of candy. It’s so unnecessary to constantly be allowing kids to consume all that sugar, and they’re not going to come to that realization on their own because they’re kids, and it’s our job as their moms to start them off right and seriously limit their intake.

I agree with you 100%! I’m actually glad it’s not just me because it really feels like it sometimes.

By: Dani

Dani — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:21:03 +0000

Easter was originally a pagan holiday that the Christians stole.
For Ostara, celebrating the fertility goddess, bunnies and eggs/chickens were symbols/symbolic

I typically love reading your blogs. But felt like this one was way to smug for my taste. I couldn’t even finish reading it. Do some research before you write a peice and offend others. (I’m not Christian and I celebrate Ostara). Learn where your traditions came from. Most came from pagan roots

By: Katie - Wellness Mama

Katie - Wellness Mama — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:05:13 +0000

In reply to lala.

I’m not recommending people “dump” animals after Easter. I said:

Only adopt a pet if you plan to keep it and care for it as many baby chickens, ducks, and rabbits are abandoned after Easter.

If you’re not a fan of adopting a pet then don’t do it. No one has to follow any of these suggestions, I’m only recommending things that my family has done in the past and that *might* be useful for other families as well.

By: lala

lala — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:40:55 +0000

Why do you always recommend people adopt animals for Easter? do you not know how many thousands of chicks, and bunnies end up dumped at shelters, and who are then killed after Easter? You post this every year. Instead, maybe recommend that people donate money (or volunteer time) to animal rescues/shelters who are dealing with an influx of rescued baby animals in the spring?

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 14:21:38 +0000

I love this so much and agree with all you said, candy is scary to mr and I just don’t want it to be an option!

I’m a big ratio person though, so as far as the natural dyes go, any specifics? How much boiling water to how much fruit/other for the boil method and how much cold juice to vinegar, etc.

Thank you!

By: Jelena

Jelena — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:49:37 +0000

Where I live, eggs are traditionally dyed by cooking with onion skins. They get a nice warm brown shade and a special flavour. My cousins , my brother and I had an egg hunt at my grandma’s beautiful flower garden. It was always an egg and a book or a piece of clothing for the spring.

By: Katie - Wellness Mama

Katie - Wellness Mama — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:01:45 +0000

In reply to Sofia. Part of childhood is learning responsibility and how to care for things, pets included. The age of the child and their maturity level should dictate what type of pet (if any) is appropriate for the child and when they should be able to take on the responsibility of caring for it. Since Easter is the celebration of Christ rising from the dead, it is celebrated in the Spring, because of the symbolism of growth and new life, which is why it's a great time for a child to get a pet. It's a teaching lesson. Thanks for weighing in!

By: Sofia

Sofia — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:41:25 +0000

This post has great ideas for dying eggs and Easter basket ideas, but I must say that I have to disagree with the animal one. I know that you have mentioned to “be humane and only adopt a pet if you plan to keep it and take care of it” But there is an incredible amount of animals brought to shelters shortly after Easter. And with kids, it’s very likely they will be excited with it for the first few weeks, and then pretty soon you’re going to have to take care of it; or give it to a shelter. It’s sad. And if you’re going to get a pet, you need to do a lot of research, you can’t just get a pet, unsure of exactly how to take care of them. Plus, with all the excitement for other things on Easter, the pet will probably be forgotten quite quickly, As Easter for a lot of people is a busy day. And if you really wanted a pet, wouldn’t you rather make that a separate special occasion? Why have to merge it with Easter and crowd it with all this other stuff? Oh, it’s because you need an alternative to candy, or you want to “teach them about life” The average bunny lives for around 7-12 years; so unless you get an older bunny, that bunny is probably gonna be there for a while. How about instead you plan a separate trip to a shelter, and volunteer there? If they seem very interested and dedicated about getting a pet, you can even consider it. I highly suggest that you don’t get a pet for Easter. If you have been thinking about it for months, then it might be okay. But with all the Easter celebration your pet will probably just be forgotten. Or after a few weeks the excitement will wear off. With kids, you could mention it to them, then wait a couple weeks/months and see if they are still really interested. Now all kids are different, and some may be more interested than others, but I have seen so many pets on Petfinder and animal forums talking about these piggies that they had to give to a shelter because their kids weren’t interested in them anymore. I love your blog and really appreciate you writing this post, but I wanted to mention this because it’s not really a “brave” thing to do, but more risky and careless if not done right.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:36:16 +0000

I am cutting out the entire coloring this year… we raise a few hens who lay colored eggs. We get brown, pink, and blue in a variety of shades. Colored eggs, no dye, no chemicals, problem solved!

By: lala

lala — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:53:27 +0000

In reply to Shannon D. Thiss.

I second this comment – let’s not encourage people into buying animals they will later discard (even if they originally have good intentions). Why not encourage people to donate or volunteer for an animal shelter/rescue instead? many will be over burdened this time of year dealing with pregnant cats (“new life”) and would likely really appreciate the extra money and help. And you’d be teaching your kids to treat vulnerable animals will love and respect.

By: Norma McBride

Norma McBride — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:38:38 +0000

So enjoyed reading this post as we close out Easter this year. While my kids are now grown and haven’t really been big into Easter baskets, this year our 3 yr old grand daughter Willa’s with us, so we wanted to make it special for her. My husband did the basket and picked up some great gifts: books and bath stuff, while I did the Easter eggs. I decided to try some home dying with eggs that I done with wool (I enjoy using a drop spindle), so we had bright blue (cabbage), sunny yellow (turmeric) and walnut brown (raspberry and hibiscus). While it was a bit more work than I normally do it was an enjoyable activity and I loved how the colors turned out.

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 08:44:20 +0000

Since ancient times rabbits have been associated with spring. It is believed that Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring, Eostre had a hare as her companion. The hare symbolizes fertility and rebirth. Later Christians changed the symbol of the hare to the Easter bunny.

Also the animals are a good idea when it is a family discussion, last year my husband and I got 2 chicks for our children as we had been preparing for it for a while. I think most people on here who have said it’s a bad idea think of the silly superficial people rather than the majority of responsible people. Animals can also teach responsibly and care to children too.

I totally agree that the focus of Easter needs to go back into the death and resurrection of Jesus and away from the commercial push for chocolates.

My children will be getting a small toy a homemade chocolate and book as my extended family still love to buy them chocolate…

We love to have a special Easter breakfast too with hot chocolate
(As we are in Australia it is starting to get cooler)