How to Make Egg Seed Bombs …… the Perfect Mother’s Day Gift Gift for Mom
…… Another craft from our Gemperle Farms art studio
Mother’s Day Seed Bomb
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We at Gemperle Farms have lots of fun testing our craft ideas. In fact, I have to admit we are kind of “egg nerds”. We are a bit egg obsessed with educating or can I say EGG-DU-CATING folks on all the different uses of the edible incredible egg. We first introduced this seed bomb idea for Easter and realized that it is the perfect Mother’s Day gift, especially for those that love to spend time in the garden!
These egg bombs are the perfect gift for the accomplished or beginner gardener. Kids and moms will love to throw these beauties and watch the egg shatter all over the garden splashing seeds in random patterns.
Enjoy this short photo essay and learn how to make Gemperle Egg Seed Bombs!
First, we blew the insides out of our eggs — so we started with a collection of empty brown and white eggshells. We also dyed some of our cage-free eggshells with natural dyes. To learn how to do the natural dyes go to our egg craft page. Another fun way to decorate it was with watercolors — the ideas are limitless.
Naturally Dyed eggshells
Ingredients for the seed bomb — potting soil, blown-out eggs, and seeds. We got some of these seeds from the local seed exchange and used a few we collected from last year’s garden full of Zinnias.
Mix some seeds with potting soil and use a funnel to help drop the mixture into the egg. Use a kabob stick to help push it down.
These Gemperle eggs were decorated with a sharpie
More fun decorating.
We wrote a special note for some and rolled them into the top of the blown egg.
One Two three — mom will give a big hard throw in the garden and spill the guts of your egg… In a couple of weeks, she will start to see seedlings and a big smile will erupt on her face. Best of all the shells are supposed to repel snails in order to keep seedlings safe. Mom will have so much fun throwing the seed bombs; help her find her inner child!
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