Craft time!!!

I spent the better part of... actually my ENTIRE weekend making these super cute eggs and reading the Hunger Games. Thanks to the lovely A I too have jumped full force onto the band wagon and will be talking about what  liked and did not like from the books and movies in an upcoming post. Now I know this isn't an entertainment blog (although I do consider some of my antics slightly amusing) I do from time to time feel the need to write down how much I love a particular book or movie or in this case "mook".  So that is something that you can either look forward to or dread but it is coming none the less.

Anyway I decided to  bog about my easter eggs for the girls at work. It all started when I noticed these project on Pinterest.  Then lead to me making a ton of these eggs filled with mini eggs! So here they are folks. I better description of how to make them here: http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2010/04/01/easter-surprise-eggs-the-easy-version/ 


To start use large or extra large eggs.

Create an opening in the bottom to release the yolks and whites. The link above shows the best way (I just tapped a large opening about the size of a quarter in the bottom)

After rinsing I placed them in a pot of cool water brought them to a boil and allowed them to simmer for 10 minutes:

While the eggs boiled I prepared a place for the eggs to drip dry. She suggested chop sticks stuck in a foam I didn't have that so I used knives and spoons propped in glasses... I'm in a small town where the closest craft store is over an hour away I do what I have to do to get the job done:

Then I mixed the food colouring:

Once the Eggs were dry they were put in the colouring for about 10 minutes (lighter colours were 15 minutes)

Once the 10-15 minutes were up the eggs hung to dry over night

For safekeeping I placed them back into their egg cartons until I filled them with mini eggs and other easter goodies.

 Once filled I glued Easter Grass  into muffin cups and then the eggs (opening down) on top of the grass.

Hope you liked my little project! If this works out well with the adults I am going to make them for the kiddies as well!

Cheers!

CN