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The question was posted by Nikki on 07/01/2020 18:08:04

I am designing a quick hit workshop based on packing products carefully, correctly and at speed. I want something high energy, interactive and competitive. I wanted to create a human production line using eggs, some of which would be hard boiled. On reflection eggs may not be appropriate any suggestion of things we can use that are just as delicate but if they break or damage (which they need to do) wont make be too messy or potentially cause a food allergy.

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Nikki H


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Guys thank you so much for your suggestions, we went with the eggs some boiled some not and it went down a treat and surprisingly the only egg damaged was a hard boiled one. Going to look into the jigsaw balls for when we have to run it again as my trainer was a little fed up of boiling eggs :)
23/01/2020Nikki
Hi Nikki,

Your idea sounds great. You could still use the hardboiled eggs, and for the ones that need to be able to break without causing a mess - I guess you could blow out the inside of the eggs by making two small holes - one at the top of the egg and one at the bottom. You make a slightly larger hole in the bottom - but we are only talking the size of the inside of a biro pen, so not very noticeable) and then blow the inside of the egg through the hole at the bottom into a bowl. You could always use the inside of the eggs for an omlette if you don't like to waste them! You then still have the shell of the egg in tact, but with no messy fuss when it breaks!
08/01/2020Becky
Another thought - you could pre-make some simple small boxes from thin paper?
08/01/2020Rod
Hi, The most fragile thing I've come across recently has been cheap/thin Christmas tree baubles although using these would cause their own problems. How about a soft playdoh type product that wouldn't break, but would show finger prints, dents etc. Or, items that lightly fit/stack together but need care to hold them. Sounds like what you have planned will be loads of fun. Good luck. Davina.
08/01/2020Davina
I love this idea and was going to suggest jigsaws too. I was thinking small completed jigsaws that need to be flat packed/stacked without them falling apart. :-)

Rod
08/01/2020Rod
Hey Nikki,

Something like the small plastic jigsaw balls you have to put together could work. Once (if) dropped especially onto a hard surface such as a desk, then should come apart. Also due to them being fairly delicate the packers cant be heavy handed with them. The following link shows what I am thinking and you should be able to get UK alternatives in good toy shops or online -

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32890812261.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_0_10130_453_454_10618_536_317_537_319_10059_10696_10084_10083_10547_10546_10887_10307_321_10548_322_10065_10068_10103_10884_10545,searchweb201603_0,ppcSwitch_0&algo_pvid=e7a50bb2-956e-444e-a26d-2355f0722391&algo_expid=e7a50bb2-956e-444e-a26d-2355f0722391-13

Hope this helps :)

Matt
08/01/2020Matt


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