Christmas eggs

Tonight, I had a brilliant idea: Christmas eggs.

On the left, is my Christmas egg: a cutesy little penguin with a candy cane in his left hand and a piece of holly (that you can't really see) in his right.

The one on the right is Nina's egg: a chubby, bearded Santa Claus. Who is also cute.

If you have ever made Easter eggs, you will have no problem making Christmas eggs. All you need is:

1. one egg
2. a bowl
   
3. a shish-kabob stick
4. a needle or a pin
5. some acryllic paint and paint brushes
   
6. a hairdryer
7. some string
8. a hot glue gun

... Et voilà! Here's how it goes:

1. Take the pin and prick two holes in the egg -- one in each end
2. Push the shish-kabob stick into each hole to make them bigger
3. Blow into one end of the egg, and the insides will be pushed through the other side. This is where your bowl comes in handy. [You can use the insides to make egg nog...]
4. Put the shish-kabob stick into one hole and push it through till it comes out the other side. This way, you can hold the egg on the stick while you paint it, and you won't get too much paint on your hands.
5. Then paint your egg as pretty as you like. If you plan to paint in layers (which is a good idea because it will prevent the paint from running/mixing), you can use the hairdryer on a low setting to help the paint dry quicker.
6. When you are done, glue a string in a loop to the upper part of the back of the egg so you can hang it from your tree.

*** You can also use fun foam to cut out feet if you are making a person or animal, etc., and cotton balls if you want to make a pom-pom on a hat or a beard, etc.

Amazing, isn't it?

I'm so creative...

...and I have absolutely no life.

Merry Christmas everyone! [Now that I feel like that guy from Art Attack...]