Tuesday, April 3, 2012

DIY: Easter Egg Goodness...

I love Easter, Spring and all the colors they bring. Bright colorful Easter Eggs are the most fun! The littles and I enjoy getting creative with our eggs each year!

 

In prepration for this year's festivities, this past weekend we cleaned and prepped our eggs and colored them in bright colors.

 

Using a Dremel, such a handy tool, a steady hand made holes in each end of the egg. The littles, using a piece of copper wire broke up the yolk and white inside making it easier to blow them out.


Save the egg fillings for later use. A cleaned out creamer container is perfect for this!

As a family we gather every year, as do many. We always have games and giggles and lots of delicious food. The Littles and their cousins have a fabulous time, as do the adults! This year I've decided to change up the egg hunt just a little. I'm the mom so I can do that. I've taken the beautiful, blown, colored eggs and created tiny tags for inside. Some have sweet sayings, some are instructions for a silly or nice gesture, but some are "winners". Who doesn't love a surprise?

This is what our eggs contain but you can put whatever you like:
· Hoppy Easter!
· You WIN $$$
· Fabulous Family Time
· Run around the house 3x!
· Hop on 1 foot for 10 sec.
· You WIN, pick a treat!
· Say something nice about your brother/sister.
· Make funny faces!
· You WIN a coloring pack!
· Have a great day!
· You WIN $$$
· Walk with an egg on a spoon!



The eggs from which one end was removed I decided would make a nice presentation for a yummy treat. After emptying, cleaning, and coloring the eggs they were ready to fill. Mixing chocolate chips and peanut butter chips I melted them in a bowl over hot water. Once cool enough to the touch but still runny I transferred the mixture to a large Ziploc bag and cut the corner off making a very efficient way to fill the eggs. I then let them harden in the refrigerator and tada!
Of course you can use any chocolate and a few I filled with candy.




I cut bright colors of felt into flower shapes and set them in an antique cupcake pan. I think this made a nice cushion for the filled eggs and great presentation overall!



Link-Ups:
Just Us Four - Pinworthy Project
Three Mango Seeds - Feed Me Friday
Kitched Meets Girl - Bunny Hop Blog Party
Nap Time Crafters - Friday Favs Party

6 comments:

  1. Can you bring some of these to my house, please? What a fun idea!

    Anyhow, I am stopping by from the Feed Me Friday hop {from last week} and wanted to invite you to be our featured blogger this week. Please shoot me an email by 6am Wednesday for more details! Thanks so much! emily at naptimeismytime dot com

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  2. Wow, these are so pretty! I am amazed at the perfect holes you were able to drill into the eggs!

    Susan @ Oh My! Creative

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  3. These look GREAT!! I love all the colors - so pretty! Thanks so much for linking up @ Two Sasters:)

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  4. These are awesome! What a great idea. I don't know if I'd be brave enough to try it but I want to!

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  5. Thanks all! Hope you all had a fabulous day:)

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  6. Fesive and bright! Happy Easter, happy Spring~

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