Happy Easter soon! And how cute is this little picture tutorial (see more below) the folks at Present&Correct sent over to share with you this weekend. It's all pretty self-explanatory with the images, but check out the steps below! Happy wishes for your Easter and Passover break.
You will need:
1 egg (with egg blown out)
bowl
1 pin
watercolours
paper
pen or pencil
xacto knife or scissors
a small box (that will fit an egg)
Step 1
Blow out the egg yolk out of the egg. Simply pierce both ends with a needle, making sure to create a big enough hole for the yolk and whites to come out of. Blow into one end into a bowl, until all of the inside yolk and whites have been removed.
Step 2
Paint the egg to your liking. We love their polka dot one! Psssst! To make a perfect polka dot, dip the end of a pencil's eraser into the paint, then dab.
Step 3
Cut a strip of paper for your message using an xacto knife or scissors. We love the use of graph paper or accounting paper.
Step 4
Write your message!
Step 5
Roll up the message small enough to fit into the whole (you blew out of) of the egg.
Step 6
Insert the message.
Step 7
Place in box! Made a fun "hint" message for the top inside of the box if you like!
Step 8
Post!
Step 9
Your secret message gets opened! Yay!
100 comments:
that's so darling!
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oh so adorable! i think i will paint our hardboiled eggs this year - dye is SO messy
What a great idea! it would be hard for me to crack such a cute egg :)
Thanks for the great idea.
thank you for this eggcellent idea! xo, penelope.
Sweet!
I never blown yolk out of an egg. I'm scared to do it!
Wonderful idea!:-)
so, the first time reading this post, i noticed the polka-dots looked awkward. the second time through, i noticed there's no dots in the last picture. cute, but photo-shopped. :)
this is GREAT!
such a cute idea! i really like the polka dots.
Make sure you dry out your egg overnight, the rest is pretty straightforward.
We had to do a spot of retouching but only on request from the eggs agent. We took out a few pimples, wrinkles and we thinned the egg down a bit. She was at least a day past her sell by date.
Happy Easter!
ohu, I soo love this idea!
great and unique suggestion, I am going to make one tomorrow.
I will deninitely come back to visit your blog
Ylenia
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Love it <3 What a cute present to receive!!
oh, amazing idea!
love it totally!
Happy Easter Weekend To You (too)!
oh, that is so cute!!
oh i love this. so clever!
Awesome! Happy Easter to you!
Awesome idea and beautifully photographed!
ADORABLE........ Happy Easter.....
xx
CEO
so cool!
what a cute project!!! love it.
OMG! SO CUTE!!!
Love the colours and the idea ^^
this is such a creative idea! i like!! happy easter.
lovely idea!
what about a little handmade hammer to crack the egg?
Such a cute idea! Just hope it doesn't crack open in the post :)
Wow that is so beautiful!
I will try it for sure ;-)
Thanks for the tutorial!
that is too adorable! great idea!
Oh wow! What a lovely idea & so cute!
xo
what a lovely idea... thanks for sharing...
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Well that is super cute!
This is AWESOME !
that is so freaking cute.
Albumen Road, Yolksville??? killin' me!!!
happy happy easter jan!!
xo lyndsay
Definitely sending a batch of these out next year! Super cute! Thanks for sharing :)
Oh I want to do this!
If I have one spare moment this weekend I'm going to get out my new Sharpies and doodle all over an egg - that just looks like too much fun!
Happy Easter Jan!
I LOVE this!!!!
must must must do this next year to send to family. Maybe I can even get a tiny photo in there?
I'm in LOVE with this idea!! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm thinking it would be a fun easter basket gift with a $5 bill inside along with the message. Lovin' it and can't wait to do it! Thanks again!!
could you please tell me what kind of paint you used for the egg? it is so super cute!!!!!!!
that is SO cute
Hi Noeleen we used spray paint for crafts, the brand is called Alien, but Marabu and Buntlack are also good!
That's just darling!
This is just so very sweet!
sublime
such an amazing and EASY idea :D
love it
Beautiful!!!
What a fabulous blog.
I am 100% following you know. You are inspirational.
that is sooo cuute!
this is the sweetest easter craft i have saw in several years! i absolutely love it! thank you for posting this. (((HUGS)))
aw! Happy Easter. ;-)
This is a wonderful idea! Love it! ♥
~~ a Happy Easter to you ~~
Regards from Holland!
Veronique
What a cute idea!
Damn that is really cute...and I'm not one to like cute, but clever cute I think I like.
I used your great idea and then also pushed a small feather into the egg as well as my little printed out greeting!
http://twitpic.com/1d8kmu - Crack me!
Love it! Very cute.
it's so sweeet. and the colour is so pretty:)
Gorgeous!
Oh my I wish I had seen this in time - booked marked for next year. :)
what a brilliant idea
I didn't go down the "real egg" road on my egg invitation, way back when. One plastic egg. The invitation is made of one very long strip of accordian folded paper, 3 pieces that I pieced together and glued on the inside of the plastic egg. Very fun, but a little expensive to mail. ;)
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so cute idea!!!
thank you so much,
woowwwwwww love it love it
So beautiful. The handwriting is exquisite!
This is the cutest idea!! Love it!! Just shared on my facebook page!
P&C, any chance you could share what font you used? It's perfectly lovely!
These are genius – I’m all excited to make them for my nieces
omgee, this is so darn AWESOME! what a super cute idea...this would tickle me SILLY to get a cutie patootie gift like this in the mail...DARLING!! totally pinning this on Pinterest! hugs!
This is eggscellent.
Totally going for it!
That is just the cutest post ever, love it ^_^
These are so cute - I had to feature them in my latest post on great Easter ideas!! :)
cool! great idee :)
How I wish an Easter like yours in Spain! Here it's so boring, we don't have anything that involves cute eggs, chicks or rabbits. This is a lovely idea, so clever and cute!
Simple things make me happy ^^
So cute! I love that it looks so easy...I actually think I could do it! :)
What a beautiful, creative idea! sweet little messages (or love notes) are so much healthier for our waistlines (and souls) than candy!
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Lu
so cute!!!
where can you buy these little boxes?
Hey There!
I thought that this tutorial was so cute that I posted it onto my blog!
You can see it here
http://missyellowshoes.blogspot.com/2011/07/things-im-in-love-with-part-2.html
Keep up the good work and stay creative!
Miss Yellow Shoes
In love with this idea - soooooo cute :) x
great idea!
incredible handwriting!
wonderful!! I love ıt :)))
I have to tell you I think this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen!! I love this message egg! I hope it's okay, I just could not help but feature your cute message egg in a Easter craft tutorial round-up I just finished. You can see it here:
http://jamiebrock.hubpages.com/hub/Easter-Crafts-Round-Up-20-Super-Cute-Easter-Crafts
Thank you so much for sharing! I love the way you did the tutorial too, with the photos. Very creative!
I remember these from a year ago and they still have the same impact. They're adorable. I love everything from the color to the clever idea. Well done! I look forward to tuning in again.
I love this idea. Thank you for sharing. I think I'm going to send a few of these out! xox Pinkflamingo61
My friend used this idea to ask a girl to our senior Prom!
http://pinterest.com/pin/276760339570825439/
She was at least a day past her sell by date.
BWAA HA HA!
You crack me up! What an eggscellent idea you've given us here. I just love it - that's no yolk! I guess I will have to show my peeps - I know they will cackle at how cute this is.
Okay, I am completely sick of egg humo(u)r. This is really a super neat project.
Love it!
CWP
great idea!!!! My dad made eggs like this for us when we were kids. I can picture him straining as he tried to blow the yolk out of the egg! Hilarious! We never had noted inside, and tried to keep from cracking them as long as we could. I still have one egg from chilhood 30 years ago!
I LOVE IT!
AWESOME, I loved it!
Hi Jan,
It's Crystal from Raincoast Books and Lilikoi Lane! I started my own blog a few months ago. I wrote a Weekly Inspiration: Easter Projects post this week and new right away that I had to include your secret message egg project. The image has stuck with me forever.
If you have a chance I'd love for you to pop by and take a look:
http://www.sewcreativeblog.com/weekly-inspiration-easter-projects/
Best Wishes,
Crystal
This egg was featured on EastOK Europe: http://eastokeurope.com/easter-eggs-how-and-why/
Love it!
Easter is coming so I'll try :)
great idea!
Hi,
I've cited your work on my blog…
It's in french, I don't know if your speak or read it ? Anyway, come and see: to sum up I like your work.
http://faire-part-de-naissance-original.blogspot.fr/
Sincerly,
Julie
This is ultra cute!!! I discovered the idea on CraftGawker! Completely in awe! I just had to share it on my facebook page: www.facebook.com/hazellovesdesign
:) Hazel
clicking from one source to another i finally arrived here at the original post! visiting your blog for the first time.
this is an amazing idea. too cute. and you have a lot of patience! :D
I'd love to do this! I'm actually in the midst of getting all the materials from my room.however at my attempt to poke a hole in the egg with a needle..NOT working LOl
Hi there, I love this how-to!
I've included this in an Easter Egg Craft inspiration round-up on my blog Shelley Makes. Hope to give it a go one day soon. Feel free to check ot the post.
Shelley Makes | http://shelleymakes.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/easter-egg-craft-ideas/
I had fun knowing more about the history of Easter Eggs. Also in my craze for this fancy craft idea, I came up with few more Easter activities that are related to Easter eggs. Please allow me to share this on my Pinterest Easter board? Thank you so much! I asked my friends, what will you do with your eggs this Easter? Lol!
http://meowchie.snydle.com/easter-egg-ideas.html
This is so awesome!!
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