How to make an Easter egg from a goose egg
Geese only lay eggs during the late winter and spring, so it’s always so exciting to see the eggs- they’re huge. They also make perfect Easter eggs- boil for 15 minutes to be certain they’re hard boiled, and you have a heck of a surface to decorate.
Last year, we decided to try blowing out a couple of goose eggs with our kids. It worked great!
How we did it
We washed a drill bit, then used the drill to drill a small hole in each end. We then poked a nail (washed also) in through the hole and carefully stirred the egg around inside. Then, we blew the egg out of the shell into a bowl. Finally, we carefully poured some warm soapy water in through one hole, shook it up, and emptied it, followed by a rinse with clean water.
Then, the kids painted the eggs. We used acrylic paints, which we had on hand. The shells are so hard, they’ve lasted well through some not so careful moments over the past year.
Goose egg blowing
Equipment
- 1 drill with small bit
- 1 nail or straightened paper clip
Materials
- 1 goose egg
- paint, felt and glue, other decorating materials
Instructions
- Wash and rinse the drill bit and nail or paper clip you'll be using.
- An adult should do this part: drill a tiny hole on each end. The ends are round, so go slowly and be careful not to slip off.
- Insert the nail or paper clip in through one hole. Break up the yolk inside carefully- you don't want to break the egg shell, but you want the egg yolk to be mixed in well.
- Put one end of the egg pointing into a bowl. You can try using a straw, but that didn't work well for us. If you use a straw, put one end on the hole and one end in your mouth and blow into the bowl. If that doesn't work, put your lips on the hole, and blow the egg out of its shell into the bowl. If you washed your drill bit and nail, the egg can be used for an omelet or baking.
- Pour some soapy water into one end of the egg, and allow it to run out or blow it out into the sink. Rinse the same way.
- Let the outside of the egg dry, then decorate it how you'd like.
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