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We finally made it to try out the Egg House art installation on a rainy Wednesday morning. The only time we could go was when the doors opened at 10:30, which we hoped would also be less crowded than the afternoon. The place was just as kooky as expected, although not terribly big. It was just enough for my two-year-old to not get bored.
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The Egg House NYC popup installation has an imagined backstory they will tell you in bits and pieces, but I almost felt that the story was following rather than leading the experience. It was really about all the great egg scenery. They encourage photos and that really seems to be one of the primary reasons to go. There is a great, huge egg carton good for family photos right near the front.
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The best part is the egg ‘pool’ (actually ball pit) with the tagline “last one in is a rotten egg”, including an old rotary phone prop my daughter loved. There is also a ‘garden’ of florescent cactus that seems like it would be a good fit in a club as well as the egg house.
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I loved the great little touches like the spatulas handing from the wall and the notes on the board in the egg’s bedroom (I’ll leave those as a surprise).
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After we had walked through the entire exhibit, we went back to the “pool” to let the little one jump in a few more times. We were approached by one of the staff with an ‘egg fact’. He told us that no matter how hard we tried, we could not break an egg with our fingers if we held it on the very top and bottom of the egg. Another woman tried it. Then her daughter tried it. Then my husband. It broke instantly and egg barely missed going directly into someone’s shoes. This was the highlight for me. I looked it up, apparently the egg thing is (somewhat) real.
Tickets are on sale now through May 20th.
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