Decorated Ostrich Eggs - Hand Painted, Carved And Decoupage

Decorated Ostrich Eggs are extremely popular gifts for almost any occasion, it can be used as a home decoration or for educational purposes (view decor egg shell maps below). The shells below are hand painted, hand carved or decoupage.

The Hand Carved and Hand Painted Egg Shells are individualy made and therefore unique although the pieces might be similar, no two pieces are identical. This adds tremendous value to each piece.

Interesting facts about Ostrich Eggs:

• For thousands of years the San tribe used ostrich egg shells as water containers. In the picture above right they are making use of tortoise shells to transport the water to the ostrich egg shell containers.
• Ostriches are the largest birds on earth today. They can grow up to 2.7 metres or 9 feet in height and can weigh bout 150 kg or 330lbs.
• The largest Ostrich Egg weighed in 2,589 kg or 5lb 11,36 oz. (Ref: Guineas Book Of Records).
• The Ostrich is the largest living bird in the world today. A mature ostrich (male) stands nearly 8 feet high, and weighs between 150 to 230 pounds. Most ostrich eggs are incubated by the breeder.