Standing Concrete Eggs, cast from Eggs

1 Casting in a real egg: Make a small hole in one end of an egg with a teaspoon. Prick a hole in the egg yolk with a skewer or similar. This is the easiest way of emptying the egg.

2 Empty the egg white and the yolk.

3 Pour ordinary cooking oil into the egg and distribute it by lightly shaking the egg. Now pour out the cooking oil. NB: The oil makes it easier to release the moulded egg at the end when the casting is finished.

4 Mix 6 parts of Concrete craft powder to 1 part of water. Put the concrete mixture in a piping bag (disposable) and fill the egg. Let it harden for approx. 24 hours. A TIP! You can make a piping bag from a plain freezing bag by cutting a hole in the corner.

5 Casting in an egg-shaped candle mould: Coat the mould with ordinary cooking oil (like before) and pour the concrete mixture into the mould. Leave to harden for approx. 24 hours.

6 Removal of both types of moulds: Peel the egg shell off the concrete egg. You may need a knife. Separate the two-part candle mould and gently pry out the cast egg.

7 Decorate the cast eggs according to your own taste; shown here with glued on guinea fowl feathers and a natural hemp waist band.