Retired English teacher Nguyen Thanh Tam in Ho Chi Minh City spends hours every day making World Cup mascots from eggshells as a way to join in the tournament’s excitement worldwide.

Two models of Zabivaka, the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup (Photo: VNA)

World Cup 2010 mascot Zakumi is also made from hallowed-out eggs (Photo: VNA)

World Cup 2014 mascot Tatu (Photo: VNA)

The shells are soaked into lemon juice in three minutes to deodorize (Photo: VNA).

Tam also has models of Brazilian footballers in his collection (Photo: VNA)

Tam then polishes the surface of the eggs (Photo: VNA)

He is taking out the egg yolk (Photo: VNA)

It will need up to ten hours to complete a mascot (Photo: VNA)

Tam and his World Cup mascot products (Photo: VNA)

(Source: VNA)