How to Create a Giant Fake Foam Fried Egg

Nothing says "I love you" like a Giant Fake Foam Fried Egg. To make your own, you need follow only a few simple instructions and invest minimal time and money. It is possible to complete the process in a couple of hours and can be lots of fun.

1. 

    Purchase some two-part expanding foam from a hobby shop.
   Purchase some two-part expanding foam from a hobby shop. This foam may be available in 5-gallon size barrels from an industrial art supply warehouse, but unless you are going to make 350 of them, a pint or so of two-part urethane expanding foam is plenty.
2. 

    Apply a release agent to your bench top.
   Apply a release agent to your bench top. A liberal dose of Saran wrap works fine. Don't worry if it is wrinkled a bit. You might want to apply release agent to your hands as well (disposable rubber gloves).
3. 

    Cut a Dixie cup or a plastic beer cup down to about 1/3 or 1/2 height.
   Cut a Dixie cup or a plastic beer cup down to about 1/3 or 1/2 height. Set it in the middle of the release agent.
4. 

    Use another beer cup and mix together equal parts of the two-part expanding foam.
   Use another beer cup and mix together equal parts of the two-part expanding foam. Use a Popsicle stick to rapidly stir the mixture.
5. 

    Quickly pour the foam mixture into the sawed-off cup before the mixture starts expanding too much.
   Quickly pour the foam mixture into the sawed-off cup before the mixture starts expanding too much. Fill the sawed-off cup right to the brim, maybe overfill it a bit.
6. 

    Sit back and watch as your fried egg materializes before your eyes.
   Sit back and watch as your fried egg materializes before your eyes. Do not touch it.
7. 

    Wait 10-20 minutes for it to harden and tear the release agent off the back of the egg, or just leave it on if you like the shaggy look.
   Wait 10-20 minutes for it to harden and tear the release agent off the back of the egg, or just leave it on if you like the shaggy look.
8. 

    Use various colors of spray paint to complete the fried egg look.
   Use various colors of spray paint to complete the fried egg look. White and yellow are traditional, but you can use your imagination. Allow the paint to dry before throwing it like a Frisbee.

• A good yolk depends upon getting the height-to-volume ratio of the sawed-off cup just right. Also, if you place two cups about 10 inches apart and make two eggs at once, you can get the nice double fried egg feature often found at breakfast restaurants. It's not easy to get the over-easy look, but the secret may lie in judicious application of paint.

• Do not consume two-part expanding foam.

• Saran wrap
• two-part urethane expanding foam liquid
• rubber gloves
• several beer cups or any cup sort of container that has no significant value
• popsicle sticks
• scissors
• spray paint.