How to Blow Out Eggs

Decorating eggs for the holidays is a great craft idea for children and a good way to spend a rainy spring afternoon. An alternative to hardboiled eggs, blown eggs keep from year to year when handled with care. Take a deep breath and look below for instructions for the classic method of a blowing an egg.

Things You'll Need

• Egg
• Needle
• Bowl

Instructions

1. Take the egg between the left thumb and fingers and position in the hand so that the smaller end is pointing upward.

2. Prick a hole in the top of the egg with a sewing needle. Make the hole a little wider by swirling the end of the needle around the perimeter of the hole. Be careful not to use too much pressure and crack the egg.

3. Turn the egg upside down and use the sewing needle to place a slightly larger hole in the wider base of the egg. It is unlikely the egg inners will drip out unassisted so don't worry about spilling egg at this point.

4. Hold the pricked egg over a clean bowl between the thumbs and index fingers of your hands and begin to blow air into the smaller hole. Puckering the lips around the hole and blowing as hard as you can is the best way to get the insides to come out. Once the egg begins to flow, less intensive air blowing will be necessary.

5. Keep blowing into the egg, letting the yolk fall into the bowl below. A good way to tell the egg is empty is to watch the egg leaving the larger hole. It will be white, then yellow, then white again as it nears the end.

6. Rinse the empty egg carefully under water to remove any residue egg and to clean off the shell.

7. Allow the shell to dry completely before decorating and remember not to waste the yolks. Put them in the fridge for an omelet after you finish your craft project.

Tips & Warnings

• Using a syringe to push air into the egg instead of your own lungs is an alternative method of blowing eggs. It's just not as much fun.