Egg decorating
One of the biggest traditional easter activities to do, has got to be egg decorating. It’s such a fun creative activity for children (and adults), I want to make sure we do this every year.
This week BB had an egg decorating competition at school, so at the weekend, we got decorating. Here’s what we got up to……
Blowing the eggs
- Make a small hole in each end of the egg, about the size of a pin head.
- Poke the pin into the egg and prod it around a bit to break the yoke up inside.
- Over a bowl, blow through the egg,trying to blow its contents out the other end.
If it is too difficult, you may need to try widening the holes.
I thought my 4yr olds would not be able to do this, or would crush the egg in their hand, but they managed brilliantly. They all and loads of fun. It was absolutely hilarious watching their ‘egg blowing faces’!! Then when the contents started shooting out the bottom, the squeals of delight was fantastic!
Once the eggs were blown and empty, I washed them and blew water through, to stop them smelling!
Egg painting
When the eggs were dry, it was time to decorate.
You can decorate eggs however you like. You could paint or draw lots of patterns on them, stick tissue paper or stickers all over them. My children decided they wanted to make a bee, a ladybird, a humpty dumpty, a Rapunzel and Belle! Well the Rapunzel and Belle did not go well at all, but the others look great!
First of all, I would recommend finding some thin wire to thread through the egg so it can rest on the egg box without touching it.
Next, we painted a base coat on each egg, yellow for the bee, red for the ladybird and pink for Humpty Dumpty. 
This first coat was left to dry before attempting to add the details.
Once dry, BB tried to paint Humpty Dumptys trousers, but the paint was not taking very well. Every time paint was brushed on, it seemed to take the base coat off. After this frustration, we discovered the best thing to use, was permanent markers and draw on the rest of the details, the black stripes for the bee, the ladybirds dots etc. 
BB also made a wall for Humpty Dumpty, stuck pipe cleaners on for the bees antenna and Humpty’s arms and legs. He stuck googly eyes on too, as I think they always make creations look good!
What do you think????
The egg decorated Bee
The egg decorated Ladybird
Egg decorated Humpty Dumpty
Everyone loved making their eggs. It took us the whole weekend to make them, as we had to keep leaving things to dry, so if you are having a go, make sure you have plenty of time.
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This is so lovely and creative. I have a humpty dumpty diehard fan here. She will love it.
Ooh fab!
Egg blowing looks like fun! I love the finish product! #creativechallenge
Thank you, they did enjoy the egg blowing
Love the pictures of them blowing the eggs
Lol! I loved seeing their faces too
These look fantastic and the egg blowing looks like so much fun! I’m pretty sure Monkey would crush the eggs at the moment but I will put a pin in this idea for a couple of years time! Thanks so much for linking with #creativechallenge xx
Yes, it is probably an activity to save for a couple of yrs time x
What a lovely activity. They are all so lovely. I think my kids would love the chance to blow eggs!
They’d love it! There are so many things you can make
These really do look great! I love the egg blowing faces too
#CreativeChallenge
Thanks x
In all my years of egg decorating, I’ve never known the blowing eggs trick! That’s fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing with #SavouringtheSeason
Yeah, blowing the eggs is all part of the fun
Love these! Takes me right back to my childhood, too
Thank you
I’m saving up ideas for the school holdiays and will definitely have go at decorating eggs like this!
I hope you enjoy it
what cute eggs – i especially love the bee and ladybird – all spring like! x
Thanks, I liked the bee best
How lovely!
My girls are decorating their eggs at school today! My youngest is doing Humpty Dumpty too
Humpty dumpty is one of the best eggs to do I think
Lovely eggs
I’m planning some easter activities with my littlies and I’m sure egg decorating will feature somewhere.
Thanks, I hope you enjoy your eggs
Oh wow didn’t they do a great job at getting the yolk out!
They did so much better than I thought they would
I’ve never seen it done this way, they look great x PoCoLo
Thank you
These are brilliant! I love them
I remember doing this when I was young – we made a Mr Man – Mr Tickle to be precise and he had long curly arms! Thank you for linking to PoCoLo x
Ah, Mr Men would be a fantastic egg decoration! I think Mr Bump would be perfect too!
Great post, lovely pics and you’ve inspired me to try painting blown eggs. Normally we used hardboiled ones as i’d hate for them to make a work of art and then crush it! We’ll have a go! Thank you.
The blowing of the eggs is half the fun. I hope you enjoy it
Oh, i meant to say i dropped by via #PoCoLo
I absolutely love these! Have been tempted to try this with my little ones but not sure I they can be trusted with real eggs yet… Oh the bumble bee! So cute! Still, could be fun trying! Great post! #pocolo #Letkidsbekids
Thank you. Give it a go, I didn’t think my girls would manage these, but they did and loved it
I remember doing this as a child, love the ladybird and the blowing picture!
Thank you
I had to no idea about the egg blowing trick! The Humpty Dumpty looks especially cute. #LetKidsBeKids
Thank you