Egg Heads–Great Spring Craft

Tulip and I planted some chive seeds in empty egg shells tonight, and they are so cute. She can’t wait to give her little egg heads hair cuts. When we were finished, she asked if she could sit at the table forever to watch their hair grow, so I know it was a hit.

Here’s what you need:

• Eggs that have been cracked at the pointy end, drained and rinsed out
• Dirt
• Seeds (we used chives, but wheat grass would have been nice as well)
• A baby spoon for shoveling the dirt into the small hole in the eggs
• A baby medicine syringe for watering
• Markers to draw on egg faces
• Foam shapes for the bases
• Hot glue

What you need to do:

(Kids can do everything but the parts that require hot glue.)

1. Have eggs for breakfast, and open them with a spoon whack on the pointy end.
2. Rinse the eggs out and save them.
3. Decorate the eggs with silly faces.
4. Glue a few foam pieces together with a hollowed out circle on the top of the stack. (See picture below.)
5. Glue the egg onto the foam base.
6. Shovel dirt into the egg using a baby spoon.
7. Sprinkle seeds into the egg.
8. Squirt water gently into the egg using a syringe.
9. Water daily and watch your egg head’s hair grow.
10. Trim hair as needed with safety scissors.

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