Resurrection Eggs for Easter: Share the Story of Jesus with Your Children

Natural Dyed Eggs

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Colorful pastel eggs liven up many springtime celebrations as symbols of new life found in the Resurrection. Just as Jesus rose from the tomb, baby chicks emerge from the hard eggshells. Bring color and joy to your Easter table using fresh produce and food scraps.
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Use ingredients such as blueberries, onion skins, cabbage and beets to naturally dye eggs into beautiful colors, following the steps below.

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Blue eggs: use 1 cup red cabbage, thinly sliced

Purple eggs: use 1 cup blueberries

Pink and coral eggs: use 1 cup red onion skins

Pink and red eggs: use 1 cup red beets, cut into 1-inch pieces

Yellow eggs: use 2 tablespoons ground turmeric

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Step 1:

Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in medium-size stock pot and add the red cabbage. Simmer cabbage for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 2 Tbsps. white vinegar. Let mixture cool to room temperature. Pour the cooled dye through a fine-mesh strainer into ¹/₂ gallon glass jar. Repeat with blueberries, red onion skins, beets and turmeric.

Step 2:

Add large, white hardboiled or blown-out eggs to jars, using slotted spoon to gently place without cracking. Make sure that eggs are fully submerged in the dye.

Step 3:

Check eggs and remove from the dye when your desired color is achieved. For lighter-color eggs, remove from dyes after 5 to 10 minutes. To achieve a darker color, eggs can be left in dyes overnight. Remove eggs and place on a paper towel or put back in cardboard egg carton to dry before handling.

Step 4:

Store hard-boiled eggs in a refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Resurrection Egg Cards

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Pair one dyed egg with each of our cards that describe the following events. Walk through the symbols and Bible verses for each egg before the meal together.

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Donkey and Palm Branches: Jesus' triumphal entry in Matthew 21:7–9.

Anointing at Bethany: A woman pours perfume over Jesus' head in Mark 14:3, 8.

Coins: Judas betrays Jesus in Matthew 26:14–15.

Bread and Cup: The Last Supper in Matthew 26:26–27.

Washcloth: Jesus washes the disciples' feet in John 13:5.

Praying Hands: Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane in Matthew 26:42.

Whip: Jesus is beaten in John 19:1.

Crown: A crown of thorns placed on Jesus' head in Matthew 27:29.

Cross: Jesus is crucified in John 19:18.

Dice: Jesus' clothes are divided in John 19:23.

Spear: Soldiers pierce Jesus' side in John 19:34.

Cloth: Jesus' body is wrapped for burial in John 19:40.

Stone: Tomb sealed in Matthew 27:66.

Empty Tomb: Jesus is risen from the dead in Matthew 28:6.

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Directions for Resurrection Cards:

Step 1:

Download Resurrection Egg cards template and print on card stock. Using craft knife and straight-edge ruler, lay printed templates on cutting mat and cut along dividing lines on stock to separate cards.

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Step 2:

Dip paintbrush into reserved desired egg dye color (or you can use watercolor paints) and lightly paint around edges of card. Allow to dry.