monster eggs

Our spring baskets are going to be full of monster eggs! I meant to share this post earlier in the week, but time has really gotten away from me lately! However, I think they are so cute they can be made any time of the year. ;o

Originally, I saw this idea in an Usborne book, we just changed it up a bit to make them our own.

Here’s how we made the monsters-
1. We carefully cracked the egg, kept the yolk and whites for later cooking, and cleaned it.
2. We put a ball of clay in the egg to give the egg a wobble effect.
3. We glued the egg shells back together with white tissue paper and watered down glue (3 parts glue to 1 part water). Layered the paper right over the cracks. Let dry, then added more layers using brightly colored tissue paper.
4. After the layers were dry, we painted white eyes using acrylic paint.
5. Then using Sharpies, added the details of the faces.

We made a carton full of happy-faced monsters!

The clay ball inside each egg makes the monsters wobble!

I love the pink gal in the background, she is standing on her head!

Enjoy Spring!

“That’s all.”

Posted on April 3, 2010 by . This entry was posted in activities and tagged . Bookmark the permalink.

22 comments on “monster eggs”

  1. rae on said:

    adorable! i love that they wobble! we made egg monsters, too. ours are here:
    http://morningsunrae.blogspot.com/2010/03/egg-monsters.html

    hope you enjoyed a lovely holiday weekend! we are on spring break and my mom is visiting so ours is extended a bit. ;)

  2. Jennifer W on said:

    NOw those are just too cute! I have to remember this for next year!

  3. Robin on said:

    The pink one looks like you :)

  4. Jen on said:

    I love these! and you could make these critters anytime of year. My daughter is having a monster mash for her birthday at the end of this month- maybe we’ll have to try this as one of the activities!

    Happy Easter!
    Jen

  5. Mona on said:

    How cute – and I also learned a new word: wobble! :)

  6. gina on said:

    SO cute! I am filing this idea for next year!!!!!

  7. Erin on said:

    These are so cute! Happy Easter!

  8. becky on said:

    oh this has tremendous possiblitites – you could make all kinds of characters! What fun!

  9. Nicole (frontier Dreams) on said:

    Oh those are sooo great!!!

  10. Shady Lady on said:

    These are so clever!!!

  11. Christie on said:

    I was just trying to think of something different to use and what about recycled tin foil shaped like and egg, then add the tissue paper?

  12. Christie on said:

    A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!

  13. Stephanie on said:

    So fun!!
    And monstrous!

  14. Dawn on said:

    I love the monster eggs! Happy Easter. :)

  15. ruth on said:

    what a great idea – wobbly eggy monsters :)

  16. childhood magic on said:

    These are terrific!

  17. Jessica on said:

    Drat! I wish I had seen this earlier this week…I would have made some for Benjamin!

    Although, like you say…monsters are pretty much a 24/7, 365 sorta thing! :)

  18. Renee on said:

    I love them!

    ok, ROFL, I tried to just submit the above sentence, and was told “Your comment was just a bit too short, please go back and try again”!

  19. Juliet Robertson on said:

    I’m showing my age but in the Seventies you could buy “Weebles” just like this…they were famous because “Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down. I think this is a great homemade alternative. Thanks

  20. Becca on said:

    OH, so cute!!! This would be a fun project to do with my boy.

  21. Transit Antenna on said:

    I love that they wobble.

  22. Patricia on said:

    JIPPIE…HAPPY MONSTER EGGS !!!
    They makes me smile :)
    Love the idea!

    HAPPY EASTER xo