Egg Shell Sensory Art Project

Crunching up the eggshells turned out to be a fabulous new sensory experience. I think that the dyed eggshells are prettier than sequins and a much more natural art material. The other benefit of this art project is that it is completely compostable. We had a few pictures that we did not want to keep so we buried them in the compost heap.

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Target Skills for the Egg Shell Sensory Art Project:

• Sensory
• Hand-eye coordination
• Fine Motor
• Color recognition

• Egg Shells (We saved all our eggshells but in the future, I would save just the white ones.)
• Ziploc Bags
•  Glue
• Sturdy Paper
• Food Colors & Egg Dye
• Embellishments or decorations. We used grass for the flower stems and cotton balls for the clouds.

Save all your broken eggshells. A couple of dozen eggshells will do the trick, but more is better.

This step is optional: dye your eggshells different colors by soaking them in food coloring. Allow the eggshells time to dry.

Put the eggshells into the Ziploc bags and have the kids crunch them up. Warning: this can be addicting; it feels really cool to crunch the shells. It's a super sensory activity!

Take the eggshells, put them in a bowl, give your child glue and paper and let them create their own eggshell sensory art project.

Draw colors on the paper have the child match the colors with the colored shells.

Draw a figure, heart, circle, house, etc. and have your child fill it with the egg shells.

Draw some letters and fill the letters with the crushed shells. Trace the eggshell letters for a sensory learning experience.