Try these foods to dye your eggs:

Red - Pink -- lots of red onion skins, cranberry juice, or frozen raspberries.

Orange -- Yellow onion skins

Brown -- Red beet skins or grape juice (produces a beautiful sparkling tan), coffee.

Yellow -- Saffron, tumeric or cumin, orange or lemon peels, or celery seed.

Green -- spinach, or carrot tops and peels from Yellow Delicious apples for a yellow-green.

Blue -- Red cabbage leaves make most incredible robin's-egg blue.

Deep Purple -- Red wine makes a beautiful burgundy color

Tips for successful results:

* Use filtered or distilled water. Chlorine and other chemicals will work against dye, making it less intense. Buy distilled water or use your own filtered water. * For deeper colors, use more dyestuff or let eggs soak longer. * For even coverage, cook eggs in a pot large enough to hold enough water and dyestuff to completely cover eggs, even after some of liquid has evaporated during 15 minute of boiling. * Again, for even coverage, if you continue to soak eggs in refrigerator after cooking, make sure eggs are completely covered with dye liquid. * Blot eggs dry or allow them to air dry, as for some colors dye will rub off while still wet. On other hand, if you wish to make a white pattern on egg, you can rub off some of dye for some colors immediately after cooking. * Make sure eggs of different colors are completely dry before piling them up in a bowl together, as wet dye from one egg can transfer to another.

Read more about natural dyes for Easter eggs at http://www.debraslist.com/food/aboutcoloringeggs.html.

Art is important for toddlers because of way it makes little kids feel special and good about themselves. When your toddler finishes a magazine cut-out collage and holds up his masterpiece to you with that beaming smile doesn’t that make you feel good about both of you? Through creating simple art projects, that same toddler is not only learning to take pride in his accomplishments, but also to think and refine his hand-eye coordination and physical skills. Through art, children learn to identify colors, cause-and-effect, shapes, problem solving, sharing and cooperation among many other skills.

Parents must remember to ask toddlers or preschoolers questions about their projects that will make them think about what they’ve made rather than ask them ‘What is that?’ For example, ‘C.J., tell Mommy about your painting.’ C.J will start to talk about his work or anything else he feels important at time! This also shows your child that you are interested in what he thinks and aren’t’ just confused about what you see! Make sure to hang art work up in a prominent place in your home so entire family can enjoy it.

Art experiences are a major part of a toddler’s daily activities. They have grown enough to grasp objects and tear paper and hold crayons and brushes. Naturally they are thrilled with anticipation of a new art project, and most importantly, with quality time spent with important adults in his/her life.