Easter Fun - Making Roosters and Monsters From Boiled Eggs

 

My toddler loves boiled eggs.  We eat them at home and I pack them for her daycare lunch too.  At home I love creating cute looking boiled eggs to excite her.  Here's a few examples of how to make your kids cute looking boiled eggs. 

 

The first one, as pictured is a boiled egg, presented in an egg cup and made to look like a rooster with a little uncooked carrot and BBQ sauce.

 

It's so quick and easy to make.  All you need to do is boil your eggs as you normally would, peel them and then sit them in an egg cup.  Slice carrots side ways, so that you have reasonably thin slices (About 3mm thick) so that you have circles, and then cut them in half.  Use one half to make the crest of the bird and the beak.  To make the crest you just take a kitchen knife and cut about 6 'V' pieces out of the top about a half cm in.  Then use the other half to slice into a larger 'V' shape for the beak.

 

Then using your knife take a small slit out of the top of the egg, enough to be able to slide in your carrot pieces.  You'll then see your rooster has taken shape and just needs the eyes. 

 

I've found the easiest way, and most edible idea for the eyes is to dab some BBQ (or Brown) Sauce on a toothpick and then dab it on where the eyes should be!

 

In just a few minutes you can create the cutest looking creatures from a boiled egg!



 

My daughter finds these little roosters so cute she will try and pat it and talk to it, before gobbling it up of course!

Once you've started using carrots with your boiled eggs you can create other animals and creatures as your emagination takes you.

Pictured below I've easily created a monster boiled egg, just served up on a plate, by using carrot in the same way for the arms, and the feet and even creating a flower with the carrot, tomato and beans.  Here I used breakfast cerial for the eyes.  You can even add antennas and arms with something like Pretzel sticks of dry noodles, just take a look at what you already have in your cupboard to use creatively and present your eggs in a special way!

It only takes a few minutes to create a cute looking boiled egg once it's boiled, and the joy on the faces of your children will make that extra time taken very worthwhile.

These cute rooster boiled eggs are an excellent idea for breakfast on Easter morning too!

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