Kids just love to crack open the egg when doing a cooking activity so I thought we could have a little fun with cracking open plastic eggs too..
Just add a little bit of watered down paint inside the plastic eggs…
If the paint is too thick, it wont drip out very well. You can add liquid starch instead of water to get the paint less runny but not so thick that it is just a big glop…
I prepared watered down colors of paint that matched each of my eggs by mixing the paint in little cups first then just poured the paint inside the eggs… Then I laid the eggs down on their sides and clicked them closed tightly. This way they are all ready to use for the big day…
Did you know that plastic eggs have holes in the ends? I actually never noticed this before until I wanted to give this idea a try. That is why the eggs are laying on their sides – so the paint doesn’t leak out the little holes before I am ready…
Now there are three ways you can paint with these eggs.
- Shake the paint through those little holes on your paper and keep changing eggs for new colors.
- Crack the eggs open and let the paint ooze out to make a colorful design…
And number 3- After you crack open the eggs, close them back up and throw them into the box to roll around in the paint for a little more color mixing and design fun…
Take your pick or do them all!
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