Handmade Blown Egg Ornaments
Follow this step-by-step tutorial to make blown egg ornaments. This is a fun holiday craft project, and a super special way to keep eggs from your favorite chickens. Or, use local eggs and add little homestead flair to your holiday decor!
Equipment
- Tape - such as packing tape, masking tape, or scotch tape
- Thumbtack, safety pin and/or small nail
- String, twine, or ribbon
- Slender but stiff wire
- Optional: mini jingle bells, charms, gems, beads, buttons, and other cute adornments
- Optional: super glue
Ingredients
- Egg(s)
Instructions
- Cover each end of a clean egg with tape.
- Gently twist and press a thumbtack (or similar) into each end of the egg through the tape, creating a two small holes. Gently widen each hole to several millimeters, up to 1/8".
- Working over a sink or bowl, place your mouth or a straw over the smaller hole, create a seal, and blow out the egg contents.
- Rinse the egg out with warm water, and "blow out" the extra water too.
- Use wire to guide a string through the egg, and tie a knot at each end - snug against the egg. Create a loop in the string on top.
- Optional: use superglue to seal around the holes in the egg (to prevent further cracking) and to permanently secure the knots.
- Decorate the egg as you wish, adding charms, gems, buttons, feathers, mini jingle bells, and more!
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