About a week ago, I was at my parent's house admiring all the Easter decorations my mom had put out when she reminded me of the little gem above. Wade made me this piglet egg five years ago, and it still is the cutest thing ever. I was asking around last week if other people blow out their eggs before dying so they can save them. It didn't seem like a lot of people do, but since I was little, we always had a few blown out eggs that we decorated extra carefully with special memories so that we could keep them throughout the years.
Looking at all of them now, I'm so glad my parents started this tradition. There's one commemorating the purchase of our first home, others documenting all the people that were together that year for Easter, and a few that have really special meanings to us.
And some that just portray my crazy obsession with Cadbury eggs.
After seeing the past few decades documented in these eggs, I really wanted to dye a few eggs this year so that we make sure to remember what happened in 2013/2014. So we went over to my parent's house where we brought out the same orange cups that we have used since I was little and carefully chose the masterpieces we were going to create.
To get a blown out egg, you just need to poke a small hole with a safety pin or needle in the top and bottom of the egg. Then just blow out the insides. It's kind of gross, but at least you can keep the egg after you've worked so hard on it.
Just like he did every year, my dad reminded us not to squeeze the egg too tight. Poor Wade wasn't as used to this whole process.
I'm pretty happy with how our eggs turned out this year. Here's the new and old ones I brought back to our house so that we could put together our own Easter egg tree next year.
Here's the egg I made when we first bought our house.
My favorite egg I made this year was a shark to commemorate our trip to
Lawrence this summer and all the
shark attacks we drank.
But that piglet one still makes me smile the most.
Did you dye eggs this year? Do you ever use blown out eggs so you can keep them for years?
hahaha! I remember back when I was a kid reading that you should blow out eggs that you plan to paint, but it's been a long time since I've decorated any!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to do those kid activities again:) Maybe next time we'll go fly a kite! Hope you're having a great day!
DeleteThese are so cute!! I have not decorated eggs in forever! This may have to be completed next year... looks so fun!!
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You should! It's so fun to do those activities as an adult I used to do as a kid. Now I have a better appreciation for them as traditions:) Hope you're having a great afternoon!
DeleteFirst off, Wade's expressions made me crack up. hahaha...no pun intended!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing tradition! I've never heard of that before! It's like your very own Christmas tree but for Easter! I LOVE IT! We dyed 6 eggs. I'm glad that's all we boiled because Shar wasn't too interested. Maybe next year we'll try painting them with the girls!
He is a hoot! Yes! It's just like collecting special "ornaments" to put on the tree:)
DeleteThis is a really, really cool idea!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alyx! Hope you're having a good day!
DeleteThis is actually the first time I've ever heard about blowing out eggs! The idea is really cute! I may have to give this a try next year!
ReplyDeleteYou should! It's so fun to be able to save them and see what you have from years past:) Hope you're having a great night!
DeleteThese are so fun, what a great tradition!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ginny! As an adult, I'm appreciating traditions even more:) Hope you're having a great night!
DeleteWe blew the eggs last year, but it didn't occur to me to keep them. What a lovely idea. Remind me next year, I think this is a tradition we'd love to start! And that piggie is wonderful. You have a good man there Kari!
ReplyDeleteThe house one is my favorite! Although the pig is pretty freakin' cute, too. What a cool idea! I've never seen this before.
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