Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Surprise eggs

I used this tutorial for surprise eggs from not martha last year and they were a big hit.

eggs, water
{eggs, water}

I stamped letters directly on the eggs rather than on slips of paper. I cracked a couple during the process, but not too many.

eggs to crack
{eggs to crack}

It's an easy project, but leave yourself plenty of time for them to dry. As in, make them right now and let them dry until Friday or Saturday to be absolutely sure of things. Because damp jelly beans are depressing.

shells, candy
{shells, candy}

18 comments:

  1. i like the stamp idea, I might steal it. :)

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  2. Wait wait wait....hard boiled eggs with jelly beans inside?! This sounds impossible!

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  3. Oh, those are fun! I'll have to try those.

    Is that a Moroccan tea table in the picture? I just bought one off of craigslist a couple of weeks ago. Mine is HUGE.

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  4. They look great! I love the way you've stamped the words on! xxxxx

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  5. How fun!

    - Sarah
    http://agirlintransit.blogspot.com/

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  6. Neat! I want to try. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  7. I want to try this! So cool!

    -Emmy

    www.sprinklesoneverything.wordpress.com

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  8. So cute! Love the bright colors! I'd screw them up royally trying to stamp them though. :)

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  9. "crack me" -- so cute. you must be quite a patient lady to stamp 'em right on the shell. nice!

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  10. These are great! I might have to try them.

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  11. Oh I love the stamping! That makes them 10 x as cute!

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  12. oooo these are too cute!! great job!

    http://margarethouser.blogspot.com/

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  13. That's a nice tray, it has Arabic written , very unique! where did you get it from, also your too creative, I could never survive working with eggs.

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  14. @ Jules and boutiqueofthoughts - It's actually a huge brass tray that my parents bought in Egypt years ago (we lived in Cairo for a while when I was a baby!). My mom found a table base that fits it, so it's used as a coffee table. And it has a glass cover over it, which dramatically reduces how often you have to polish it.

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