Sugar Easter Eggs

This is my first attempt at Sugar Easter Eggs. I have always wanted to try it. My supplies,

one small plastic egg mold(smaller than LeGGs, bigger than the kind you buy in dozens). Maybe duck sized.
4 teaspoons water, 2 cups white sugar
ribbon, beads, tiny figurines, grass
wood glue, Elmer's glue
assorted tools

I packed the sugar into each side of the egg, set it flat side down on newsprint, lifted off the mold, and let it air dry several hours, about 3. When the outside was hard, dry and the inside was still soft, I scrapped out the insides. I cut a hole in the small end for the viewing hole.
I glued stuff inside the large end close the outside edge. I glued the small/large ends together. I glued ribbon, beads around seams and made a stand from cardboard tube covered with fabric.
Things I will do differently next time:
-make sure I have enough ingredients to make frosting, they look awful without it.
-use white glue or hotglue, wood glue dries yellow.
-use paste food color, the liquid looks cheap. mix it well with the sugar before pressing in mold.
-buy a larger mold for this purpose. My was meant to be snapped together. They didn't fit well end to end.
_long handle tweezers would be helpful.

I had fun. They are very durable. I did crack one tho, handling it.