How to Blow Out Eggs
For spring crafts, using real eggs is a great way to have natural elements in your decor, and learning to blow out eggs is easy and fun for kids!
This quick tutorial will show you how to clean out eggs to use in a number of ways. You can simply decorate the empty eggs like you would any hard boiled easter egg. Use Mod Podge and tissue paper for a crafty layered covering on your ovals. Or create beautiful Easter tree ornaments you’ll be able to use year after year.
What you’ll need:
Eggs (6 is a good number to start with)
Thin nail or awl
Toothpick
Hammer
Bowl
Paper towel and egg carton
- Begin by making sure both your eggs and your nail (or awl) are clean. You’ll be putting your mouth on the egg shell and saving the yolk and white, so you want everything clean. Take your nail (or awl) at the top of the egg, and using the hammer, gently make one quick tap. This should send the point of your nail just barely into the egg. While your nail is still in the egg, rotate it gently to make sure your hole is clear. Gently remove the nail.
- Turn the egg upside down, and repeat the gentle tap process. I found that holding the egg in my hand, instead of on a surface, worked better for the second hole. This didn’t put any extra pressure on the end that already had a hole, and it cut down on the egg cracking. Once both holes are in place, use a toothpick to swipe around inside the egg and break the yolk. A whole yolk will not be able to pass through such a small hole.
- Now place a bowl beneath the egg you’re holding and gently begin blowing through one of the holes. The egg contents will begin falling into the bowl below. If you get hung up, simply use the toothpick to help move the egg yolk or white along.
Once you’ve blown out the egg’s contents, gently run water over and in your egg and blow any excess water out into the sink. Set eggs to dry on paper towel lined egg carton. Once eggs are dry, you can use and decorate them to your heart’s content! And we always scramble up the eggs for breakfast the next morning, as long as we didn’t have any egg shell mishaps!
I used these eggs for my Mod Podge Easter eggs.
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Twyla J Boyer on Jan 08, 2019
It's a good idea to clean the insides by rinsing well a couple of times with water or water mixed with dish liquid. Otherwise the eggshells can draw bugs if stored.
I do pysanky (Ukrainian style Easter eggs) and blow out eggs in large quantity (like 120-180 at a time). I use a dremel drill with a diamond dust bit and a large bore needle (like for injecting cows) attached to an aquarium pump. This requires only one hole and goes a lot faster if you have many eggs to do.
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Laurie L Holmes on Mar 21, 2021
Cool idea with the dremell tool and fish pump. I might have to try that. Thanks
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