As promised on my instagram a few days ago, I am showing off a fun way to use that Jello Easter egg mold after Easter! Not only do I use the bottom of the mold to hold our different bathtub paint colors, we also used the mold to make dinosaur eggs! This is an especially good activity for a warm day!
My supplies- jello egg mold, toys for inside and water! I used a four pack of dinos and then put animal beads in the remaining two, but you could really use any kind of toys or beads!
Place your dinos in the bottom, snap it shut and then add your water! Place in the freezer until frozen (I usually do overnight). Run some warm water over the sides to thaw a tad so it’s easier to remove the eggs!
After thawing, I dumped them into a bin and out to the porch we went!
I decided to pour some water in to make it more interesting. After a few minutes Carter asked for even more water!
Trying to get the beads out!
I lifted the bin up onto his water table so it would be easier to play with.
Carter had fun with his dinosaur eggs and this is definitely an activity we will do again! I can even make a batch and keep them in a plastic baggy and have a dozen or more all together for an even bigger bunch of dino eggs! If you wanted bigger eggs you could also use a water balloon! I haven’t tried that one yet, but I think it would work!
Overall this activity was about 20-25 minutes of playtime and would have been more if I had let him keep playing in the water after!
Have you made dino eggs or done a similar ice activity before? What did you use?
Jello and Ice eggs are such a cool idea! I am totally going to do this next year!
This is a great idea! I have seen it done with ice cubes and fruit for cocktails, but what a fun "delayed gratification" activity for the wee ones. š And perfect for when it really warms up. Great post!
What a cute idea. We do a lot of playing in our water bucket lately and this would be a fun addition!
What a cute idea!
These are SO CUTE!!! I want to do this with my nephew next time I see him!
Had to pin. Love it. That is the perfect ice egg maker, too. Off to find one!
This is so cute! and looks like so much fun too. Thanks for sharing.
These are SO fun!! I want to shave 5 years off of my kids for things like this – enjoy every minute!!
Such a cute idea! And lots of fun, too.
My son would LOVE this!
That is so neat, I love it!!
Awe man, what a fun-filled project this looks to be! I'd love to try this out with my daughter, she's six but she would love it š It looks like your son had a ball with them! š
What a fun idea! My mom used to let us pretend we were dinosaurs when we ate beets (because it looked like blood, I guess?) Dinosaur games are the best!
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What a cute idea!! I am going to have to stick this one in my back pocket for this summer. Thanks!
such a cool idea! I think my mom gave me some of the jello egg molds. I will have to search for them now
Absolutely going to try the eggs this summer!! Thanks for the great idea.