Are you getting ready for spooky season? Or heading to a birthday party for a friend who’s fascinated by space? Then it’s time to make alien eggs! This egg-xcellent snack will terrify AND delight them…

make alien eggs | three food colourings in small bottles, two hard boiled eggs and a teaspoon with a yellow handle

What you’ll need…

Hard-boiled eggs (cooled)

Teaspoon

Ziplock bags

Food colouring

Step 1

alien eggs | a person hits a hard boiled egg with a teaspoon

Make cracks in the shells of your hard-boiled eggs by hitting them firmly with a teaspoon on all sides.

Step 2

a person places an egg in a ziplock bag and holds an open bottle of blue food colouring over it

Put each egg in a separate ziplock bag and sprinkle a few drops of food colouring on top. Then fasten the bags.

Step 3

alien eggs | the hard boiled egg is in the ziplock bag with some blue food colouring and a person is moving it around by touching the outside of the bag

Gently move the eggs around so the surface gets covered with food colouring. You’ll probably need to leave the eggs soaking in the colour for about 10 minutes. Pale colours may need longer.

Step 4

alien eggs | a person peels the shell off an egg, revealing what looks like blue veins running across the white egg underneath

Rinse off your eggs, then leave them to dry. Next, gently peel off the shell to reveal your alien egg patterns!

Step 5

how to make alien eggs | a blue plate with six eggs marbled in different colours on it

Now gobble up your alien eggs. Don’t worry – they don’t taste as weird as they look!

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If your alien eggs are part of a Halloween celebration, whip up some spooky witches’ fingers, too!

Did you make alien eggs? Let us know in the comments below!

Photos © Valerie Rowles.
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  • malik

    nice

  • Robbie

    soooooo coooooool! bty it prob tastes like normal eggs

  • gmcat84

    I'm going to try it to

  • Honking Diplodocus

    I'm going to try it too. Honking Diplodocus out.

  • jj

    looks cool

  • BananaCat

    That Looks so cool!!!

  • ariah23

    I love this

  • Sophie

    They taste great I loved doing it

  • Evie

    Wow

  • meadow.tureaud.

    that's so cool! I wish I do so much new and fun things like make real alien egg hehe!haha!

  • May

    Its so cool! Hmmm......not bad.

  • Sophie

    That’s so cool I can’t wait to try it

  • Megan

    Wow that is so cool and I would love to try it

  • anastasia

    i have never tried but it looks fun.

  • panda girl

    hi this is so fun thank you

  • Cutecookie

    So cool i will try it today Bye.

  • Thomas

    i'd love this if I liked eggs

  • Mya

    Amaizing

  • joanne

    its the best thiiing i have ever done

  • Oshee

    I loved this

  • Megan

    Wow that is so cool and I would love to try it

  • Sophia the cutie girl

    Nice!but my mum doesn't let me use those eggs it might crack a little but...it's ok!

  • Miny

    So good

  • That was so cool

  • him

    I want to do it but don't have food coloring

  • This is the best food

  • warnakulasuriya9

    Fantastic

  • Jayesh

    So cool

  • Arrow

    I love this

  • Jayesh

    I am vegetarian

  • maia

    amasing

  • Lamababyyo

    i love

  • jake

    nice

  • He

    I love this

  • Ivy

    Wow,it’s like the way to make tea eggs (a kind of Chinese food)!

  • Lily

    So cool

  • olivia

    so cool

  • Big foot

    Wow

  • christopher

    I'ma try it...

  • ohio

    OMG this is so sick i wanna do this right now pls i just wanna squeze it

  • Yay

    Fun!

  • Kiriko

    amazing!

  • madeleines

    so weird but coool

  • River

    I love it!!1

  • thank you for helping me do my work at shcool!!!

  • insiyah

    it is realy fun

  • Alerah

    Amazing Craft.In School I'm Learning About space. :) :)

  • Marc Sarzi

    i love it

  • Lucy

    SO COOL

  • Cool! I’m going to try this

  • Oliver

    Mr I love this idea

  • isla

    its sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool

  • fastxfire561415

    that's so cooooool I love space and aliens

  • Darcy

    It is so good

  • bea

    im at school but going to try this when i get home

  • isabel

    cool!

  • Jessica

    soooo cool

  • Manuela

    it’s amazing

  • Nichole

    Wow they look so cool

  • Lyla

    I have not tried so I'm a bit sceptical

  • bailey

    Nice! Wow Thanks for this Ms. fiddling!!!!

  • Auryn

    Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

  • pooooo

    yummmmmmmm

  • E

    so cool

  • Soooooooo coooooooolllllll

  • Arnat

    Wow!

  • Those are so coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

  • Lola

    Haven’t tried but will

  • Hugo

    I am at school but i am going to try this

  • Cecilia

    My parents got pranked by it and then I ate it. They got really spooked out! Then I told them about the food coloring.Thank you so much! I’m waiting for the next activity you can make for us.

  • lon

    interesting

  • cool

  • brk33

    cool <3

  • Awesome

  • Addi

    Great

  • Koriniti

    Thanks so much for the awesome healthy recipe, NATGEOKIDS!!!

  • Sorcha

    They are amazing

  • creatingpuppysunite

    cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • isabelle

    it looks so good and delicious!

  • Kayci

    There soo goood

  • david

    l will tell my mom if she could make alien eggs they look so so so cool

  • Sylveoncutie9

    These look Halloween-Cool!

  • Maddie

    cool!!!!

  • myra

    it looks really tasty

  • Papaya ☮︎

    so cool i'm gonna try it!

  • harry

    its was so cool me and my siblings were so fascinated

  • japankid123

    omg i hate hard boiled eggs but i might eat them this way

  • rosy

    alien eggs are great,I have make it

  • Elliana

    My friends are going to love this!

  • Camellia

    They looked so cool

  • nobody

    that is very good

  • Miico

    That is the best I have ever seen

  • Emily

    It looks so good!

  • estelle

    i have not got to it but i will soon but it do look yummy

  • Annie

    Looks good.

  • no-name

    i want to make them but my mum said no :(

  • Artem

    I love it

  • olivia

    it look's like something that you would get on the moon!

  • v6v6v6v6v

    colorful and eatable ,cool!

  • hi

    look gross but taste great this is AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • slAY

    great fun to make \ eat

  • Isabella

    they look great can't wait to make some!

  • EVA

    good as they look

  • guily

    it looked so cool cant wait to make em after school

  • That’s amazing

  • Cat

    I haven't made them yet but they extraterrestrial!

  • Bennett

    that is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!

  • sofia

    it taste so good!

  • Jack

    THAT IS SO COOL

  • Sharky

    That is a terrific idea!

  • Jamie

    That looks cool I am going to try it out!

  • eggplant

    This is sooooo perf i had it and it tasted exactly the same as a normal egg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even though it should cause all it has is food colouring but my mommy has this friend who lays us eggs all the time so it was a good hack

  • Layla

    Wow Nat geo there cool

  • Layla

    It is awsome

  • greg

    they look kinda gross ngl

  • Noah

    So cool! I have chickens, so I will do it!

  • Midnight13Dog

    I’m totally making those for Halloween to trick my sisters!

  • Lilly

    I need to make these.

  • Clare

    I want to learn about eggs

  • KittiKatz

    I used to read this recipe and make over and over again!!!!!!

  • Imogen

    My mum super liked the alien eggs I liked the way the colours looked and how the blue one looks so veiny thanks so much National Geographic kids

  • Emily

    It looks so good!

  • Winnie

    That is amazing

  • leo Hallsworth

    it is a good prank

  • Asna

    Awesome!This is very interesting science!

  • odette

    very delicious with ketchup

  • Charlotte

    It was so cool! to do and it tasted like a normal egg

  • Cockatiel

    Look tasty! I’m making them for my next snack.

  • Noah Bostock

    That’s cool for Halloween

  • Sakkiyah chrislynn shepard

    Me my mom and my sister is doing this alien eggs tommrow when i get out ofr school its gonna be so fun.

  • charlie

    this is so cool

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