Easter Egg-Stravaganza at Whole Foods

Hingham mother Pamela Gillig loves for its natural ingredients and healthy foods. 

She is also a fan of the children events the store has organized this April Vacation.

"There are lots of projects and they are all fun," Gillig said.

Gilig brought her second grade daughter Kate along with her friend Lily Osborne for the store's Egg-Stravaganza where the two students designed Easter egg baskets, made their own bunny ears and took part in a Easter egg hunt throughout the supermarket with a group of more than 20 kids their age.

The children also got the chance to learn how make Easter egg dye with all natural ingredients. 

As an alternative to buying artificial egg coloring, Whole Foods passed out recipes on how to make red dye with beets, paprika and rose hips.  The store taught the children that spinach, kale, parsley and carrot tops can form the color green and blue can be made from blueberries and red cabbage.

"I like this event because the store educates the kids from a young age to use natural products," said Jenniffer Coyle of Norwell who brought her three children to the event.

Tina Barber, marketing leader at the  Whole Foods Market in Hingham, said  customers can purchase the all natural dye in packets which are available at the Derby Street location.

According to Whole Foods, the natural egg dye can be done in five easy steps:

1. Chop or crush the dye ingredients correlating to your designed egg color.
2. Place the dye ingredients in a saucepan with 2 cups of water.
3. Simmer for five minutes or up to an hour until water is deeply colored.
4. Strain Sediment and add eggs to dye while dye is still hot.
5. Leave eggs in dye until they reach the desired color.

For a list of ingrediends, please contact Whole Foods Market.