Dyeing Eggs with Onion Skins

I am so excited for Easter. Easter is one of my favorite holidays. I have always loved dyeing eggs. We had an egg dyeing competition every year growing up and now that I have my own family we carry own the tradition by having an Accinelli egg dyeing contest. My favorite way to dye eggs lately is with onion skins. I learned how from people I met on my church mission to the Baltics. Russians are amazing at dyeing eggs, the eggs I was given were remarkable! I thought would post this early in case anyone wanted to give it a try for Easter.
The only part of the onion you need for dyeing eggs is the flaky outer layer there is no need to buy a bunch of onions to do this. Red onions work best for this.  Anyone working in the produce section would be happy to give you the pieces that fall off, but they may give you a look when you ask for them :) remember this is a Russian way of decorating eggs and Russians know how to use money wisely. That's one of the reasons why I love them so much :)
Take those onion skins and apply them directly onto an uncooked egg. I think it is easier to do this if you get the onion skins wet and the egg wet.

To hold the onion skins on the egg wrap the egg in an piece of cloth and then rubber band the cloth onto the egg. Do not use a cloth you care about the cloth will become yellow from the dyeing process.

Then put the eggs in a pot add enough water to cover the eggs. Add a few tablespoons of vinegar to the water.
Bring the eggs to the boil then simmer them for 12 minutes. When the eggs are done pour off the water  and put the eggs in an ice bath. Don't skip the ice bath. The egg shell retains heat really well so if you don't use an ice bath you will over cook your eggs.

Let them sit in the ice bath for awhile and then remove the onion skins and voila! Your eggs are done.

Russians like to take it a step further by dripping wax in a pretty pattern on the eggs and then dyeing them in another color. Then after that they peel off the the wax, sorry no pictures of that because I don't know how to do that yet.
Since the eggs were boiled that way they will be super easy to peel. To peel the egg crack the egg all over then start peeling where the gap between the egg and the shell is and slowly work the shell off the egg. Ta da! You just peeled an egg in one piece :)

Happy early Easter all!  Иисус истинно воскрес