The other day we talked about Cake Filled Eggshells. Well, we Love Love Love this idea from not martha for chocolate and goodie-filled real eggshells. So clever, and I love how Kinder Eggs were her inspiration! They are so much fun.

These dyed Easter are real eggshells that have been coated on the inside with chocolate and stuffed with candy and a small surprise.

Everything I used to decorate the eggs is edible. I used jumbo sized eggs, though this wasn’t necessary. I stuffed them with the smallest things I could find.

I was hoping to try to make my own version of the chocolate…

These are just fabulous ideas on how to show off gorgeous blown decorated Easter Eggs, from Dabbled fave, Wisdom of the Moon. (We linked to her “How to Blow Eggs” tutorial here.) Tons of ideas for making your blown and decorated eggs even more special, for hanging and displaying — including using buttons and snaps! So clever… Read the whole thing!

She’s got a great idea for a simple way to make a very functional Egg Drying Rack. Again. Clever.

And, how to color those eggs using the Ukrainian style technique (Pysanky) is here.

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I remember making these when I was a kid… What a fun and unusual treat for Easter and/or Spring in general.  I could totally see these for a baby shower brunch at each place setting, maybe topped with an edible flower.  The how-to is below!

How to make Cake Eggs:

All you need:
Egg shells (Jumbo would yield larger results, but in this case, I thought brown would be pretty.)
Your favorite light in texture cake batter (for these I just used a white cake mix)

Using an icepick or other sharp pointy object, make a hole in the top of each egg shell. Carefully!…

I did a roundup of Easter cupcake ideas at Foodwhirl today – go check it out!

Also, a really cute idea for birds nest easter cookies in the Spotlight today.

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Today at Foodwhirl I’m issuing a challenge… Make your own Peeps!

One of our guest contributors did a great writeup on how she made her Marshmallow Chicks (commonly known as Peeps). She claims they aren’t very pretty, though, so we’re challenging you to do better! Melissa provides the instructions, plus tips on how to make yours better, over at Foodwhirl!

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Hippity Hoppity!

How to Make A Fabric Easter Basket:

My friend Heidi make this way cool Easter Basket – And then was cool enough to write up a how-to, and even provide a pattern for you to make your own!  This is from last year, but I thought it was worth a re-post.

We had a bunch of readers make their own last year… if you make one, be sure to send me a pic!

Make Your Own Easter Basket Tutorial

Creative Egg Dying Ideas

Also from last year, but worth a repeat as the season draws near. Tons of cool ideas on how to creatively…

I’ll be posting this on Foodwhirl later this week, but here’s a preview for the ultra cool peeps who read Dabbled! Is this not the cutest thing? Get the whole HOW TO at Eye Candy Food Blog!

Are you looking for Easter dishes that are easy and fun to make? If yes, then these “newly hatched chicks” made from hard-boiled eggs are perfect for you (along with chicken mommy, of course). You can offer them as a snack or use them to garnish a salad. Or how about an Easter picnic? Simply pack them in the egg carton you bought them…

Hope everyone had a fun easter… Did anyone try any of the easter egg dyeing techniques from last week, or do anything else cool with your eggs? If so, leave a comment with a link, or add your egg pics to the Dabbled flickr pool.

Other cool stuff that is Easter/spring related, to tuck away for next year..

• Yummies! Bunny Bento Box and Peep-igiri
• Superpunch’s creative egg decorating roundup.
• Easter chickens on flickr.
• Cute Chick Cupcakes at Duh-licious.
• Portrait Easter Eggs — bizarre and creepy cool! (Pictured below) (via Craft)
• Bunny Bonanza (via NotCot)
• Fun things to do with Peeps (besides eating them) at MAKE

Pictured above:
1. A really pretty dye job in brianjmatis’s…

Easter is right around the corner, so here’s some extra inspirations!

10 Keepsake Crafts for Easter from Better Homes and Gardens, includes these sweet little chick egg cozys, with instructions on how to make them. They also have some simple decorating ideas, like this egg and tulip table display and for the kids, these cute little felt animals, perfect for sliding into an easter basket.

Another Flickr Roundup for you, this time it’s Ways to Dye Your Easter Eggs… come on, you weren’t going to just go use a kit, were you? From cabbage to duct tape, we have lots of cool ideas for making your eggs memorable. Some complicated, some easy and kid-friendly!

See under the pictures for links to the original pics, and more “how to” info.

1. Kymberlee della Luce shows us the results of dying with tissue paper. Lovely! Click thru for instructions
2. From Rick Unger, Easter Egg Dyed With Onion Skins (instructions linked)
3. Instruction on dyeing an egg using DUCT TAPE! by kateandersok
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