Review of Egglo Entertainment

I have an extremely fun review for you today.  This is a product that I reviewed last year and still one that a year later I would highly recommend!  You can see last year's review here.

Egglo Entertainment has designed a phenomenal way to teach children about the light of Jesus using The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure. Glow in the Dark Egglo Eggs, The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure book, Egglo Treasures Scripture Scrolls, and Egglo Bible Verse Stickers are just a few of the items they offer to bring this fun time to life.  We received these physical items to review as well as The Egglo Glow in the Dark Egg Hunt Event Curriculum which was a digital download. Their whole line is based on John 1:5 - The Light shines in the dark and the darkness has not overcome it.  If you are looking for a Christian themed Easter activity then you will want to check these out.

Let your light shine is sort of a motto in our home and one I have tried to instill in my children since birth.  I always wanted to center our holiday celebrations around Jesus and absolutely adore products who help me fulfill that vision.

I'm going to share a secret with you.  Our main homeschool area is in my bedroom and it is often a downright mess!  The eggs I received last year sit on the corner of my bedroom dresser and every night they put off the exact same glow that they did a year ago!  They aren't in front of window, just the normal every day light allows them to light up at night.  I would love to tell you that they are there on purpose to remind me of the light of Jesus every night before closing my eyes but honestly they just haven't found their own home yet or then again maybe they have.

 The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure book is 40 pages long and filled with beautiful full color illustrations.  The story connects with your egg hunt beautifully and teaches children there is more to Easter than just eggs filled with candy.  You will follow along with 3 children and a dog as they go on a special treasure hunt.  As they go on their journey, the children learn the Easter story and find the ultimate treasure, Jesus.  We use this as a read aloud now during Easter week. We have traditional books that we read each year and since receiving this one last year it has been added to our list for Easter. 

The Egglo Glow in the Dark Egg Hunt Event Curriculum is a wonderful digital resource filled with free printables and ideas to host egg hunts at schools, churches, and homes.  It includes invitations, sticker sheets, decoration printouts, recipes for snack suggestions, activity printables, devotion ideas, and so much more.  It is a 60 page treasure trove all by itself!

Of course the Glow in the Dark Egglo Eggs are perfect for Easter but we've also tried to think of some ways to use them all year round.  My daughter loves leaving us little love notes in them and it is not unusual to pull pack your covers and find love note egg waiting for you on your pillow. 

The Egglo Treasures Scripture Scrolls, and Egglo Bible Verse Stickers are wonderful tool to aid in memorization. 

They both fit perfectly inside the Glow in the Dark Egglo Eggs.  One of our favorite activities is to do Bible drills using the scrolls.  Here you can see a little of that in action.

Our all time favorite way to use the Glow in the Dark Egglo Eggs is with treasure hunts.  There are two available suggestions on the website.  This time we chose to do The Light Of Jesus Treasure Hunt. I've found that kids of all ages enjoy treasure hunts or at least mine do!

The Glow in the Dark Egglo Eggs are great for craft activities too!  We hung this egg garland in our kitchen and it gets its charge by the natural light each day and then glows for us each night.  This time we did make these on purpose to remind us to shine our lights just like Jesus shines His light for us.  It's the perfect reminder as the sun sets of how Jesus is still there shining even in the dark!

I could not photograph the glow that we saw from the direct sunlight so I held a lamp up to these for about 2 minutes on each egg so I could try to capture a picture for you.  The eggs do glow well just with natural sunlight but I could never get a good  photograph that way.  We did find the glow to be more vibrant when allowed to sit directly under a lamp.

Here you can see clearly the kind of glow we received when we used a little lamp and let the eggs sit under the lamp for about 30 minutes.

If you've been reading here long, you know that all my children are very hands on in their learning styles so they enjoy any kind of product that they can touch and manipulate.  The eggs are made of very durable plastic so I think they will be around for a long time in our home.

Never underestimate the fun of a simple little egg especially one that glows in the dark and teaches at the same time! The concept is simple but the message it carries is powerful.  Egglo Entertainment has designed the perfect way for us to make memories that will last a lifetime!

You can also find out more about Egglo Entertainment at these social media sites:

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• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EggloEggs
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• Instagram: http://instagram.com/eggloeggs
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Review: Egglo Entertainment

In our home, we have a saying, "Is your light shining?". My children know that means, are you making the right choices and are you representing Jesus (the light of the world).

Egglo Entertainment has come up with a phenomenal way to reinforce that same lesson with Glow in the Dark Egglo Eggs and The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure. 



The concept is so simple yet so incredibly powerful!  Glow in the dark plastic Easter eggs are used as a ministry tool to teach children that Jesus is the light of the world through an interactive storybook, games, and egg hunts.  The eggs glow in the dark and you search for the light just as we search for Jesus (the light).  It is based on the scripture verse from John 1:5, "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."  What a visual way of seeing this little light glowing in the darkness!

There are so many ways to use the Egglo Eggs from traditional Easter egg hunts at home, community, Sunday School, youth groups, etc. The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure Program Guide directs you completely so you can have no fear in leading a hunt in your area.  The program is very adaptable so you can pick and choose the plan that best fits your needs. It includes printable coloring sheets, posters, stickers, and much more to make your event a success! You can also find ideas on using your eggs year round here. 
Since we were reviewing before Easter, I chose to do a scavenger hunt for my children during our family devotion time.  We began by reading and listening to the audio book and then finished with the scavenger hunt ideas.  My children loved seeing the eggs glow up and it was another great reminder of how just a small light shining in the world can make a great impact.  

Egglo Entertainment's suggested light exposure times and sources are listed below.  Cold weather will also affect the duration of the eggs glow.

Sunlight: 20 minutes direct exposure
Black light: 30 minutes direct exposure
Fluorescent: 40 minutes direct exposure
Incandescent light: 60 minutes direct exposure

Our lighting was incandescent so I let them sit for the full hour.  Three hours later, ours still had a faint glow in the bathroom with no windows.  The website says this about the glow, "Egglo eggs glow best for up to one hour and diminish over the next 1-2 hours. Use over and over again for years of enjoyment. "  We found this statement to be very true!
Here's a picture of our eggs at the beginning of the charge.

My daughter also likes to secretly "charge" the eggs and leave them in different places around the home for us to stumble upon (like the bathroom where it is the darkest - haha).  She's always loved leaving love notes for us to find and this is just another way of her showing her love and the love of Jesus.  She usually leaves one of the Egglo Treasures Scripture Scrolls which contain different verses from the Bible. It's like getting our very own love letter egg from God.  Now, that's how I want my children to remember their childhood!

Price and Buying Information at the time of this review
If you are interested in purchasing your very own Egglo Kit or any of the individual items, you can do so here.

• Glow in the Dark Egglo Eggs (regular $11.99) - on sale now for $9.99
• The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure (regular $12.99) - on sale now for $9.99
• The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure (book audio download) (regular $2.99)
• Egglo Treasures Scripture Scrolls (regular $4.29)
• The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure Program Guide (regular $14.99)

You can also find Egglo Entertainment other places on the web:

• Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/eggloeggs/egglo-easter-egg-hunts-about-jesus/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EggloEggs
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/EggloEggs
• Instagram: http://instagram.com/eggloeggs
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EggloEggs
• Google +: plus.google.com/113761975581466698158

Our Final Thoughts

Our family loved every item we received from Egglo Entertainment.  I felt the price was very reasonable for the quality and quantity of product your receive.  This will be a new Easter tradition for our family!  Click the banner below to see what other families thought.