Make your own Easter Egg

In honour of the RSPB’s Big Yellow Fundraising Buckets, I’m writing a list of 101 Things to Do with a Bucket and I want your suggestions. Share them by posting a comment or Twittter #101buckets . Tweet me directly @RSPBMidlands

 Following on from the DIY super-sized Bird Feeder. Here’s how to make your very own Bucket Easter Egg…

One Easter many, many moons ago my Biggest Brother made his own Easter eggs by filling special demi-egg moulds with delicious melted chocolate. I’m not sure where he got these moulds from, but I’m fairly sure that you could use a bucket instead.  It would be a funny old bird that would spawn such a gigantic egg. But if you’re going to make a chocolate egg from scratch – you might as well make it a super-sized on right?

 You will need:

 2 x buckets

Kgs x delicious chocolate

1 x ribbon

 How to make:

 Steps 1: Take massive bar of chocolate and break into squares. Melt. Spread the chocolate equally inside the bucket. Leave to cool.

Step 2: Pop out the bucket mould. Melt more chocolate and use to weld the two halves together.

Step 3: Decorate with colourful ribbon to disguise the ugly mess you made when welding.

Step 4: Eat.

 Once you’ve finished with your chocolate egg moulds, you can also use your bucket to help save nature. Take part in your local Love Nature Week fundraising collection and you’ll be helping to save nature on your doorstep. Find out more here: www.rspb.org.uk/bucketcollections

Got an idea for what to do with a bucket? Post a comment or tweet #101buckets