A Fox is a Wolf That Brings Flowers: Natural Silhouette Eggs

For my natural leaf eggs, I used the tutorial mentioned in my very first Easter post. She does it with onion skins, I did it with regular dye. Here's the process I used!

Need:
White hardboiled eggs
Cheap pantyhose
Leaves of various shapes (Flatter ones work best)
Egg dye

If you like my mom's version (Which I'll show you), you need rubber bands too.

First off, I picked out some leaves. Ones that will lay flat along the egg work best, but I also used some baby's breath-like ones that produced a cool pattern and texture. Be creative, there's no telling how yours will turn out! I used trimmings 2-3 inches long.

Lay the leaves flat against the curve of the egg, where you'd like the relief to be positioned. I did mine right around the center. Then, carefully slip a section of the pantyhose (toes work best, but you can use leg sections and just put a knot on each end) over the egg, holding the leaf in place until you can press the pantyhose against it. Draw it as tight as you can, back towards the back of your egg. You should be able to see what I'm talking about in the picture. Once you get it nice and tight, tie it off in the back.

Christmas cactus leaf, tied off

After this step, the rest is a breeze. I let my first one soak in green, (and I used a light brown egg for this one instead of white, turned out pretty cool with the green), one soak in yellow and red, and one in blue and just a minute or so of green. I have no idea what my mom did to hers. My guess is green and yellow.

Dying the green one- Baby's breath

She secured her leaf to the egg using a billion rubber bands in every direction. It looked super silly, and I totally made fun of her for it, but it turned out great.

My mom's rubber band egg

After the dye was the color I wanted it, I pulled mine out and let them drip dry for a little bit. Then, I cut open the pantyhose under the knot on the back. This allowed me to carefully pull the pantyhose away and lift the egg up off the leaf and prevent smudging of color. Mom just let hers dry and then pulled the rubber bands off.

It's as simple as that! And they turned out gorgeous, and super earthy. For an organic look, these eggs are perfect.