Suggestions for decorated hard boiled eggs! Anyone?

[mynaughtylittlesister]

DD is having an egg rolling Birthday treat, and I wanted to have a few cards on the table on how to decorate an egg, for example, lady bird, hot air balloon, spider etc.

Anyone got any good suggestions?

If you wrap them in brown onion skins, then a rag around that, then elastic bands to hold it all, and then boil them for 20 mins or so, they come out lovely and golden. Not sure if that helps though.

Can you then decorate them ?

Yeah, I guess so - do you mean with paint? I don't think pens would work, as the gold is quite dark. Maybe black permanent pens. We used to polish them with oil and treasure them and pretend they were actually gold

use nail varnish, it strenghens the egg too then do a top coat for even more power

ooh sorry thought thread was for competitive egg racing

No, just DD and her friends to decorate and then see who can quash their egg when rolling it down the hill!

I remember making mr men eggs at school. i think in just coloured an egg orange and then added 2 long sqiggley arms and it was mr tickle. not sure it looked any good though, i was seven

Was just after ideas that DC could do on their own if they couldn't think of anything else!

Humpty Dumpty surely!

Ok, so Humpty Dumpty, anyone else?

We have been doing this egg roll for a good few years, and to be honest, I cant remember what we did!

When I was at school I won a competition with an egg.

I drew a vertical line round the egg and made one side a lady and one side a man, with wool stuck on for hair and a moustache for him. I called it Sam 'n' Ella (salmonella)

Not sure how old your DD is though, she might not get it!

Oh how funny, I get it. Not sure DD would but it did make me chuckle!

Will still use the idea of a man or even a lady.