Decorating empty eggshells is the perfect Easter activity for your little ones. Once you know how to blow the eggs, the only limit is your child’s imagination. Plus, you can have scrambled eggs for lunch afterwards with the leftovers!

Here’s how to blow an egg ready for decorating!

You will need: 

• Fresh eggs in an egg box
• A safety pin
• A toothpick
• A straw
• A measuring jug or bowl
• Pens and other art materials to decorate

Method: 

1. Sit an egg in your egg box to steady it. Holding the egg still, carefully tap and push a hole in the top centre of the egg with your safety pin. Once you have made the hole, carefully push one end of the pin in as far as it will go to widen it.

2. Take the toothpick and insert it into the hole; stir it around to help break up the yolk and make it easier to remove the insides at step 4.

3. Flip the egg over and make a second hole on the opposite side with your pin. Try to make the hole on the bottom a little bigger but be careful not to crack the shell. Break up the yolk again with your toothpick.

4. Hold the egg over a measuring jug with the bigger hole facing down. Use a straw to flush out the contents of the egg by placing the tip of the straw over the hole and blowing hard. First the egg white will come out, followed by the yolk – it can take a minute to get going, so be patient. You will know that it’s all out when it becomes lighter and you are just blowing out bubbles of egg white, followed by air.

5. Clean the shell by holding it carefully under running hot water from the kitchen tap. Wipe carefully with kitchen paper and leave to dry. Now you’re ready to decorate with paint, pens, stickers, felt, glitter or whatever else takes your fancy.

Now here are some ideas you can easily recreate at home!

Mr Potato Egg.  All kids love a Mr Potato head so why not try Mr Potato Egg! Use felt shapes and even some googly eyes!

Snorkelling Egg. This idea is super simple. Paint on the costume/trunks. Add a milk bottle top as the mask and a straw for the snorkel!

Paste Eggs
Bring water with brown and red onion skins to the boil
Once boiling, add eggs and boil until the shells are brown (will be longer than the normal 10 mins hard-boiling time)
Rub with oil to make them shiny once they are nearly cold.
If you would like them patterned like the photo -draw on them with light coloured wax crayons, before boiling.

Ninja Turtles

Super Simple eggs for any TMNT fan out there. Either add green food colouring to the water for boiling or paint the eggs green and add coloured paper or felt strips and googly eyes!

Emoji eggs

How can you pick your favourite emoji? Well with this one you don’t have to! For emjoi eggs, all you need is yellow & white paint and felt pens!

Chicks in a box 

Perfect for a school competition entry. You can pick up yellow feathers and shredded green paper from a local craft shop. Paint the egg chicks yellow, add feathers and shredded green paper to the box. Place in the eggs and draw on some cute little faces.

 

Rugby Team 

One for the sports lovers out there! Cut out your shirt shapes and add the design of your favourite teams. Draw faces on the players and position on either astroturf or grass inside a box. The box can then be decorated with posts and flags and maybe even a crowd! This can also be adjusted to football or hockey!

 

Easter Bunny

A great one for an Easter theme, simply paint the egg white and add felt feet & ears and then add the fine details using a pen. Use cotton wool for the Bunny tail! You can also use tissue paper to cover the egg!