Blue Hollow's Homestead Holidays DIY Egg Ornaments


Anyone who eats eggs has plenty of egg shell waste. While you can compost the shells or feed them back to the chickens for calcium, it is much more fun to make your own Christmas ornaments. This is such an easy and fun project to do. I did it with my two and a half year old and he had such a blast!

Step 1: Collect eggs. You can use chicken, duck, or any other type of egg you have readily available. Go to the grocery store if need be, but it is much more fun to make them from eggs that are each unique. We actually know which breed laid which ornament- super fun!

Step 2: Thoroughly wash egg and remove any residue.

Step 3: Use a thumbtack or needle to poke a small hole in both ends of the egg. The hole on the bottom of the egg should be larger than the hole on the top.

Step 4: This is the hardest part- blow on the small hole in the top so that the innards come out of the bottom hole. There are tools you can use to do this, but we found it worked perfectly fine just using good old fashioned (free) lung power!

Step 5: Wash the egg again and let water run through it. Set on a paper towel to dry.

Step 6: Coat the egg in a layer of mod podge with a brush or sponge. Use a straw to put mod podge inside of the egg as well. Cover both holes and shake it around until it thoroughly coats the inside. This will prevent the egg from breaking in the future. Set it to dry and continue with more coats until it seems stable enough for you- we did two coats.

Step 7: Now for the fun! Decorating! We ran about the house, picked up all the fun papers we could and cut images out of magazines. We also found glitter and sequins. You can use paint as well if you want to. You can do the decorating step however you would like, but we did each egg differently and had fun using the natural look of the egg as the main element.


Step 8: find some bead caps. These will be used to hang the ornaments, cover the holes, and give it a decorative finish. Find a large one with big holes for the top of the ornament and a small one for the bottom.

Step 9: Thread a small piece of string through the bead cap. Tie it tightly.

Step 10: Use a glue gun to attach the large cap to the top of the egg and the small cap to the bottom.



Wait for it to dry and hang your beautiful new ornament! 




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