Next time you make scrambled eggs or French toast for breakfast, save the eggshells and use them for this fun craft. Even small children will have fun making “mosaics” with crushed eggshells they’ve tinted with food coloring.

What you'll need:

• Bounty® paper towels
• Eggshells
• Food coloring
• Containers or paper/plastic cups
• Construction paper
• Liquid glue
• Pencil
• Crayons or markers (optional)
• Plastic or rubber gloves (optional)

Directions:

1. Carefully wash out the eggshells. Remove the thin membrane that clings to the shell.
2. Mix the food coloring with water in the containers you’re using. For bolder colors, use more food coloring.
3. Drop the eggshells in the food coloring. The eggshells will take on a darker tint the longer you leave them in the containers.
4. When the eggshells are sufficiently tinted, remove them from the containers and place the shells on the paper towels to dry. (You might want to use gloves for this!)
5. When the shells are dry, crumble them into small pieces. A slightly larger piece will give you more of a mosaic look; however, it’s quicker and easier for younger children to work with pieces that have been more finely crumbled.
6. Use the liquid glue to make a design on the paper (or lightly draw a design in pencil first, and then cover it with glue).
7. Sprinkle the broken shells on the glue and the design will emerge!
8. Children might want to use crayons or markers to write their name, or to dedicate their picture to someone.