Gemperle Farms Tested Easter Craft Idea……..How to Make Easter Egg Seed Bombs
Easter Egg Seed Bombs
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 love this Easter egg seed bomb craft idea — it is a great alternative to candy and it gets kids and adults focused on their creative side.
These Easter egg bombs are the perfect gift for the accomplished or beginner gardener. Kids 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 egg shells. We also dyed some of our cage free egg shells with natural dyes — onion skins were used for some to make a Swiss style of Easter egg. To learn about this process and to learn how to blow out an egg, go to Naturally Dyed Easter Egg a Centuries Old Tradition in the kids corner of our website.
Things we need to make our Easter egg seed bombs
We gathered some seeds collected from our garden and bought seeds from the store and a seed exchange.
We mixed some seeds with potting soil and use a funnel to help drop the mixture into the egg. We used a kabob stick to help push it down.
Now we decorated! We did these Gemperle eggs with a sharpie
We wrote a special note for some and rolled them into the top of the blown out egg.
Now they were ready to give away!
One Two three — a big hard throw in the garden. In a couple weeks we will start to see seedlings. Best of all the shells are supposed to repel snails to keep seedlings safe.The kids will have so much fun throwing the seed bombs and giving away these special Easter egg seed bombs to friends and family.
