Emptied eggs make beautiful, bauble-like decorations. Get kids excited about Easter with our                                                  crafty, clever and easy ideas.

Hand decorated eggs look lovely perched on a mantle piece or coffee table and make a great art project to keep the kids occupied during the Easter holidays. The empty shells are sometimes called 'blown out' eggs, because the contents of the egg can be removed by blowing air through a straw. Our multi-talented assistant food editor, Miriam Nice, walks us through a different technique using a baby aspirator (available at Boots, Amazon and more from £5), which means you don't have to put your mouth anywhere near raw yolk and even the smallest hands can help...