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Home » Holidays » Easter

Eggshell Crafts - This Easter Eggshell Garden!

Mar 26, 2021

Let's make an Easter eggshell garden this spring! These adorable eggshell crafts are perfect for Easter decorating with miniature easter gardens. This eggshell mini garden makes a lovely diy Easter centerpiece, and it's a fun spring project!

eggshell crafts

This post might contain affiliate links. Thanks for your support. First off, here's tons of easy crafting projects on this blog, including these you'll want to see:

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Enjoy! Now, back to the project. Eggshell mini gardens make great eggshell crafts for the spring. Let's start!

Easter Eggshell Garden

Next time you dye eggs for Easter, you can also use leftover dye for empty eggshells, and make a cute miniature eggshell garden that will bring spring colors to your home. A lovely crafting project for the whole family - we did this one with brown eggs a long time ago, and it turned out just adorable. Follow these simple steps, and you'll have an adorable Easter-themed mini garden in no time.

Supplies:

  • eggshells
  • egg dye
  • a spoonful of potting soil per eggshell
  • an eggshell holder (egg carton is a good solution!)
  • seeds
  • water
eggshell crafts

Cleaning Eggshells For Crafts

Begin by tapping lightly all the way around the narrower end of the egg about ⅓ down from the top, creating an opening in the shell. Carefully pull off the shell “cap” and pour egg contents into a bowl. Rinse the shell out with water.

Make a tiny drainage hole at the bottom (I used a pin) and place the eggshell into a holder (an egg carton is a zero-cost and easy solution).

eggshell crafts

how to dye empty eggshells

Using egg dye, dye eggshells the same way you dye hard-boiled eggs. Place eggs on a few layers of tissue paper to dry. This way, you'll prevent spilling the egg dye onto the plate or counter.

empty eggshell crafts for kids

How to Start Seeds in Eggshells

Using a spoon, fill the shell with potting soil to just below the shell opening. Water it well.

eggshell crafts

Plant the seeds of your choice according to the directions on the seed package.

Easter eggshell garden decoration and spring gardening

Place them onto a window sill or somewhere else with enough daylight. Take care the soil is moist all the time.

egg shell crafts
miniature easter garden

Eggshells provide the seeds with a safe and cute harbor to sprout.

miniature easter garden

Just on time if you start now! Also, feel free to save the idea for later:

miniature easter garden

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Comments

  1. Shirley Gilliland

    February 04, 2021 at 3:35 pm

    What kind of seeds besides the. rucola will look good in the eggs?

    Reply
    • Damjana

      February 04, 2021 at 3:42 pm

      Shirley hi,
      a great question herbs work fine, like oregano, basil, thyme, chives - these all look great when sprouting.
      xoxo, Damjana

      Reply
  2. Unknown

    March 15, 2018 at 5:21 pm

    what kind of seed did you use?

    Reply
    • Damjana at AppleGreen Cottage

      March 15, 2018 at 6:35 pm

      Hi, great that you ask, I totally forgot to mention. Those were rucola seeds. Totally easy to grow.

      Have a great day,

      Reply

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