Large Plastic Easter Egg

While everyone associates plastic eggs with Easter, large eggs can be used for a variety of other things besides filling with candy. Other than finding a large plastic Easter egg in the Easter basket, here are some other uses which work quite well.

Household Uses

A large plastic Easter egg makes a good household container. Here's some uses to think about. If the egg does not have holes in it, use it to hold smaller amounts of paint or finishes.

How about using a large plastic easter egg as a makeshift organizer to put thumbtacks in for use in your home office? But don't limit yourself to the home office, you can put some plastic easter eggs in your garage to keep all your screws of the same size together. This will save you time next time you're looking for that certain size screw, nut, or bolt.

I like to put my batteries in some of my large plastic easter eggs and then put them in fridge as this keeps your food protected if a battery ever leaks, and your batteries in tip top condition. And as a mother's day present from the kids, why not poke a few holes in one of the plastic eggs, decorate it, and fill it with potpourri.

Some Large Plastic Easter Egg Ideas for the Bedroom

Ever have the problem of laddering your pantyhose from sharp edges in drawers or suitcases? Well know you can store each pair in a disused large plastic easter egg and close it shut. This will keep them smelling great and stop them getting damaged. Similarly, you can store all your jewellery / watches / earrings etc in a plastic easter egg shell whilst you are travelling to prevent them getting damaged, as well as to hide them from potential thieves.

Your large plastic easter eggs are also good to keep loose change in and eye liner brushes / mascara brushes rather than having them loose in your bag where they could get damaged or dirty.

Random Uses for those Plastic Easter Eggs

This idea doesn't really fit into any of the categories below but is still an awesome idea to help improve your child's memory. You can cut out and stick cartoon characters on all your eggs and have your child remember where the matching pairs arewhen they remember correctly, they are allowed the treat that is under the egg shell. Great for memory and

Use half an egg for a scoop or mould to use at the beach for sand castles. The dome shape given by using half an easter egg on a sand castle can add some great detail to any castle you build in the sand.

If it's close to Christmas, you can fill an old plastic easter egg with candies and wrap it up in Christmas wrapping paper for a cool looking stocking filler.

As I'm sure you can appreciate, there are thousands of uses for your old large plastic easter eggs around the house and as gifts. Therefore, there is no reason why you need to throw any of them out this year.