Egg Heads

I’m not crafty.  Not with decorating, not with kid activities, and definitely not with food.  But when I saw this idea in Family Fun magazine, I had to try it.  All you do is decorate hardboiled eggs to look like bunnies and chicks with a few on-hand ingredients.  Tasty and cute! 

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Although the recipe called for black sesame seeds for the eyes, I thought mini chocolate chips worked just as well (and they certainly made the girls happy!).  The “feather tufts” are chives, and the nose is a carrot. 

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The bunnies (or long-eared mice, depending on how hard you squint), gave me a little more trouble.  The recipe said to use chives for the whiskers, but I couldn’t get them to stay in the egg properly, so I resorted to broken toothpicks. 

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I thought the little rooster was cute.  I only did one of him, using carrot instead of bell pepper for the feet and cockscomb, but he was probably my favorite!

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Cock-a-doodle-do to you!

3 comments to Egg Heads

  • Linda

    What a great activity and memory making experience for the girls.
    You may need to repeat this every year, it’s so cute!

  • brittny

    oh my goodness those are priceless!!!!! I may just have to steal that idea! super creative!!!!

  • How cute, and wasteless! I boiled up a dozen eggs today for the girls to dye, but once dyed, they’re not edible. This is such an awesome idea! You did a wonderful job. Love your rooster!!

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