How to Make Fun Easter Eggs

Sick of plain old dyed Easter eggs? Follow these simple steps for some more exciting Easter Eggs!

How to Blow an Egg:

(using blown, instead of hard-boiled, eggs is a good idea because you can hang on to them longer. Also, for some of following procedures you will need the egg whites)
You will need:
1 raw egg
1 pin
2 cups
1 straw
Procedure:
-Using the pin gently poke holes in the top and bottom of the egg
-Hold the egg over one of the cups (the egg white should leak out through the bottom hole on it's own)
-When the white is drained, hold the egg over the second cup.
-Place the straw over the hole on the top of the egg.
-Gently blow through the straw until the yolk drips through the bottom into the cup.
Voila! You have an empty egg shell!

Easter Egg Dye:

You will need:
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon of liquid food coloring
Procedure:
-Combine water and vinegar in a small bowl
-Add food-coloring until desired hue is obtained

Botanical Eggs:

You will need:
Blown Eggs
Dried botanicals (try clovers, leaves, small flowers or sprigs of herbs)
Tweezers
A small paint brush
Egg Whites
Nylon stockings
String or twist ties
Easter Egg dye
Mini baskets
Raffia
Procedure:
-Cut Nylons into squares big enough to wrap around eggs
-Using the paint brush, brush egg whites onto the surface of a blown egg
-With tweezers place a botanical onto the wet egg white
-Wrap egg in nylon square and tie with a string or twist tie (to hold botanical in place) on opposite side from botanical
-Place nylon wrapped egg into egg dye holding the back of the nylon
-Leave egg in dye for 5 min periodically spooning dye over egg
-Remove egg from dye and blot dry with paper towel
-Remove nylon
-Gently remove botanical from egg using tweezers
-Blow excess water out of egg using the straw
-Place dyed egg into mini basket and tie a bow on the handle using the raffia

Disco Easter Eggs:

You will need:
Blown eggs
Egg whites
Glitter
A small paint brush
Marabou or Lion Brand Fun Fur yarn
A hot glue gun
Mini baskets
Procedure:
-Using the paint brush cover the blown egg with egg whites
-Sprinkle glitter over the egg covering the egg
-Using the glue gun, glue marabou or fun fur to the edge of the mini basket
-Place glittered egg into basket

Dinosaur Eggs:

You will need:
Blown eggs
Acrylic paints (2 or 3 colors)
2 or 3 sponges
Matte Varnish
A small paint brush
Dinosaur shaped sponges
Plain colored raffia twisted together (to make a dinosaur nest)
Procedure:
-Lightly and sparingly apply first color to egg with a sponge and let dry
-Repeat with second and third color and let dry
-Dip dinosaur sponge in pain and apply to surface of egg. Let paint dry
-Using the paint brush apply matte varnish to out side of egg
-Place egg into dino nest

You can use these adorable and unique easter egg projects as party favors, hide them for egg hunts, give them to friends and coworkers or use them to decorate your home!