Decorated Egg

Lesley - You are so right about the last minute stuff and the things that are asked. In nursery I saw how the Easter Bonnet competition spiralled out of control, and I recognised some 'home made' ones as ones bought from ebay specifically sold for parents to put in as their own work for Easter Bonnet competitions. Now we have the 'decorate a hard boiled egg' competition

We have to decorate a hard boiled egg. It is a competition. Little bear doesn't want to do the 'decorate a hard boiled egg' as he never wins. So this means that I have to encourage him to do his best, enjoy the process and get used to not winning everything he touches.

At least half the children in the classes have working parents who don't have the time, resources or mental stamina to do this. It is a massive ask to a bewildered parent to come up with ideas. Eight days notice for World Book Day was awful, but we have a few weeks notice for the egg. And I have ideas.

First idea - buy a large quantity of value eggs and keep hard boiling a few at a time, so little bear can get used to the idea. There may be egg salad later.

Second idea - make a little scene with the hard boiled egg as the body of a hen with wings, head, nest and miniature eggs made out of paper (not sure my craft skills are up to this)

Third idea - find all the glitter, sequins, fluffy bits, sparkly bits and felt pens and let little bear loose.

And also watch with interest to see which eggs have the most parental involvement and if any show ebay signs. Also watching parents for cut throat tendancies - I know several VERY competitive mummies in little bear's class. School is very educational - for the parents!