How to decorate Easter eggs with stuff you probably already have at home

Since the Easter Bunny has been declared an essential worker, it's time to break out those eggs and start decorating. This Easter weekend, there's no better way to spend some quality time with the kids than colouring a few eggs, and lifestyle expert Julia Black broke down three convenient methods that all use stuff you already have lying around the house. You'll be amazed at how creative and easy they are! Find her suggestions below, and watch the video above for more.

NATURALLY DYED EGGS

These eggs are dyed with foods scraps! What you’ll need are food items with vibrant and bold saturation of color. Good examples are beets, onion skins, turmeric, coffee grinds, blueberries etc.

Purple/Blue

1. 1/2 cup of blueberry juice (from frozen berry bags)
2. Two cups of boiling water

For a light blue color, let rest for at least 30 minutes. For darker tone, let rest for over night in coloured water.

Yellow

1. Two to three teaspoons of turmeric powder
2. Two cups of boiling water

Let rest for one hour.

Orange

1. Two white or spanish onion skins
2. Twp cups of boiling water

Let rest for minimum one hour.

Brown

1. Leftover coffee grinds (from approximately three to four cups of made-coffee)
2. two cups of boiling water

Let rest overnight.

Olive

1. Two large red beets cut into quarters, or four small red beets, cut into quarters.
2. Two cups of boiling water

Instructions for all colours

1. First you’re going to want to either hard-boil your eggs or drain them with a needle so they are optimal for dyeing.
2. Then, you’ll take your selected produce and add it to a pot of boiled water, (i.e. already have come to boil and is now settling to cool).
3. Drop your eggs into the hot water and let rest within for at least 30 minutes. Try and leave the eggs in the coloured water for a couple hours, even over night (because it’s just easy to set it and forget it that way).
4. Once you’re happy with the coloration of your eggs, take them out of the pot with tongs and let dry in your egg carton.

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RUBBER BAND EASTER EGGS

You will need:

1. Elastic rubber bands (of any width)
2. Three to four drops of food colouring or your natural food dye, described above.
3. One tablespoon white vinegar
4. Two cups of boiling water

Instructions:

1. You can either use the natural foods to dye your eggs with this elastic band pattern, or you can use food colouring with an added tablespoon of white vinegar- it’s totally up to you!
2. Before dropping in the hard-boiled eggs, wrap the egg with an elastic band -- it leaves a belt-like pattern for the egg.
3. My kids like to add google eyes and craft clay for feet, just to make them look silly.

SHAVING CREAM SWIRL EASTER EGGS

You will need:

1. Muffin tin
2. One can of shaving cream
3. Multiple colors of food colouring (two to three drops per muffin cup)
4. Cotton swabs (one per muffin cup so colors don’t mix)

Instructions:

1. You will fill each muffin tin with shaving cream, and then add a few drops of food colouring to each.
2. Take a cotton swab and swirl the food colouring around in the shaving cream.
3. Plop your eggs into each tin. You’ll need to let the eggs stay in the tins for approximately 15 minutes (and rotate them around every few minutes).
4. Finally, wash them under cold tap water to clean off the shaving cream and reveal your pattern.

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