Easy DIY Eggshell Planters

Eggshell Planter: use regular eggs to create your own mini planters. Perfect for spring decor, or as an Easter decoration.

These DIY eggshell planters are easy to make and so pretty for spring.  Spring always makes me think of bulbs, nests, Easter eggs, and everything coming back to life.  An eggshell planter is an easy to make and fun spring project, perfect for welcoming the season.

Spring is one of my very favourite seasons.  Living in Toronto, the winter's can seem long, and they're pretty cold and snowy, so spring is always so welcome when it finally arrives.  And even if the weather is still cold outside, we can make spring come a little early with a few spring projects inside.

Spring bulbs are such a great way to welcome the new season.  I thought it would be fun to use some real eggs as little bulb planters.  

Eggshell Planter

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Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 Eggshell Planters

Author: Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist

Materials

• 6 eggs
• 5 grape hyacinth bulbs
• 1 miniature African violet
• egg carton or egg cups

Instructions

• To begin with, use the back of table knife to crack the egg ⅔ from the large end of the egg. Then use your fingers to remove the top, and empty the yolks into a bowl. If the opening isn't large enough, you can use your fingers to break off a little more of the shell to widen the hole and make it large enough for the bulb.
• Rinse the egg shells with some water to clean to them off.
• Next, remove the grape hyacinths from the pots and slowly and carefully knock off as much dirt as you can, and use your fingers to untangle the roots and gently pull them apart. For the African violet for planting, remove it from the pot. Use your fingers to gently remove enough soil from the roots so that it's small enough to fit into the empty eggshells.
• Now you're ready to plant the plants in the eggshell pots. Add a little of the soil that you removed from the pots earlier into the bottom of the eggshell. Add the plant into the egg planter, working carefully to make sure the roots are all tucked in. Fill in any spaces around the plant with more soil. For the grape hyacinth bulb you can use something small like a very small spoon, pencil or wooden skewer to help push the soil in around the bulb.

Removing A Date Stamp

Some of the eggs we used had some date stamps on the eggs in pink ink.  We used some nail polish on a cotton ball to remove it.  It didn't come off completely, but lightened enough to not be noticeable.

We found one grape hyacinths was about the perfect size for a chicken egg planter.

For the African violet we had to remove a lot of the soil around it to fit it inside, so be sure to look for quite small ones.

Watering Your Plants

Water your bulbs occasionally, or use a spray bottle to mist the bulbs.

Displaying Your Eggshell Planters

Display your egg shell planters in an egg carton or egg cups.  They're the perfect addition to your spring decor for a natural look.

After the grape hyacinths bloom, you can save the bulbs and plant them in your own garden in a sunny spot and they will flower again in your garden the following spring.

Choosing Your Eggs

These would also be really beautiful with brown hens eggs, or if you were lucky enough to find some blue hens eggs. You could also dye the eggs to create your own soft blue eggs.  Any pastel colour would be beautiful for this project.  Pinks, and greens and blues and yellows would all be lovely.  I like the simplicity of the white too.

I was lucky enough to find fresh quails eggs at my local supermarket and they were such a fun way to add some variation to this project.  You could also search on-line in your area, or at a local Farmers Markets.  The quails eggs are really small though, and a regular grape hyacinth would be too large to fit.  These worked because the grape hyacinths were particularly tiny.

We used bulbs and plants in our eggshells, but you can also try using cut flowers and use them as eggshell vases.  They look so pretty for spring.  This would be a great option for the quails eggs especially because they're so small.  Just be sure to look for tiny flowers for them, like baby's breath or other flowers often used as filler in bouquets.

This is a fun project for the whole family to enjoy making together.  It's great to do anytime in the spring, as an Easter display or as part of your earth day projects.

With these easy DIY eggshell planters, life really is a party!

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