Content

• To step
• Tips
• Warnings
• Necessities

You can use "blown out" eggs for hobby projects that use empty, complete egg shells. You can keep them for years after the eggs have been blown out; without the whites and yolks they won't go bad. In this article, we'll teach you some effective egg blowing techniques.

To step

1. Ready. The eggshells are ready to be decorated.

Tips

• Do not heat blown-out eggs at too high a temperature, they can crack from extreme heat.
• If you want to decorate the egg in a special way, you can poke certain designs into the empty egg with a needle. You cannot see that if you do not decorate the egg further, but if you paint the egg, the pattern is clearly visible.
• Blow out the eggs at room temperature. Then the content will be less stiff and it will flow out more easily.
• Do not throw away the contents! Once you've blown out the eggs, you can use the contents to make scrambled eggs or other dishes. But that is only possible if your tools were clean. Cover the bowl with cling film, an upside-down plate or another suitable lid until you are ready to use the partially beaten eggs.
• Once you have punctured the holes, the egg will start to leak. So immediately hold it over a bowl or sink.
• You can also use a sharp water drop drill bit to make the hole.
• Once the eggs have holes, they are more fragile, so be careful with the eggs even after you blow them out.
• A blown-out egg floats when you try to dye it.

Warnings

• Watch out with raw eggs as they can contain salmonella. Wash your hands and tools with warm water and soap before and after blowing them out. Pregnant women and people with a weakened immune system get sick more quickly after an infection.

Necessities

• Normal, raw eggs at room temperature
• Needle, hat pin, small nail or pointed corkscrew
• Nails with sharpened ends, file or nail file
• Bellows, syringe or glue syringe (with or without needle), an egg blower, a small drinking straw or an attachment to inflate a football (wrap the needle part in damp kitchen paper to make it stick better to the egg)
• Fine sandpaper to make the eggshell thinner
• Bowl to collect the egg white / yolk