Blowing out chicken eggs?

[Kennas_Kritters]

Well I went out to my chicken coop today and checked the nesting boxes for eggs as I do each morning and afternoon. As usual I found 10+ gorgeous eggs in colors of blue, green, cream, pink, brown and brown with dark brown speckles. I got to thinking that I should totally start blowing them out and preserving these gorgeous shells! Has anyone done this? I would love to make my own collection! please post all your pictures if you have done this! I would also love to see all your craft ideas for the shells! Thanks!

 

[SueT]

I’ve also used egg shells for BYC egg decorating contests (that come around on Halloween and Easter.) However, instead of blowing them out, I make a small hole in the back and pour out the contents, then wash the shell well. The hole doesn’t show if you only need one side for display.

 

[Callender Girl]

I blow out eggs to keep what I consider my collection of odd eggs -- those that are unusually colored, strangely shaped, enormously large or amazingly small. I keep them in an old-fashioned (as in, from a farm auction) wire basket on display in the kitchen.

 

[Lollychicken]

I have blown some out, dipped them in food dye and coloured them, they are so pretty!!

 

[Sally PB]

I blew out the shell of the very first egg I ever got. It was tiny --17 grams! It's in a little sugar bowl in my hutch cabinet. A great memento.

 

[TheDuckGuy]

I have blown a few eggs. I don’t know where they are right now though…..

sounds like me miss placing things

 

[Skyle]

I once blown out a quail egg, I wanted to teach them to lay eggs in a nest. It lasted few days, then disappeared (I guess they cracked and ate it). At least they learned to lay eggs in there

 

[JacinLarkwell]

How exactly do you blow them out?

Aaron

You make a small hole on the top and bottom and physically blow the yolk and whites out until its hollow

 

[Cassandra Lana]

I have blown a few eggs. I don’t know where they are right now though…..

 

[N F C]

Here are some blown eggs that were made into Christmas ornaments: creative-crafting-with-eggshells.72421

You could even make them fancier by adding rhinestones or decals to them or drawing on them.