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Egg Carton Sculptures — Kids Egg Carton Craft

April 5, 2014 by OneMommy

 

 

Hooray for spring!  It’s the time of year that birds start building nests, people start decorating eggs….  It’s an “egg”cellent time for some egg carton crafts!

egg carton sculpture craft via There's Just One Mommy

 

This month Project:  Recycle & Create chose egg cartons as their craft material.  I have to say I just fell in love with this idea!

I decided to create an open-ended craft project for the kids, using egg cartons as the base of our craft.

We had several egg cartons on hand, which I cut into different sections ahead of time.  I also got out pipe cleaners, craft sticks, googly eyes, markers, beads, feathers, clear tape and plenty of hot glue to hold things together.

Then I let them get creative!

creating egg carton sculptures

 

 

I told them they could use whatever items they like to create their own masterpiece.  I loved seeing their minds at work as they chose items, carefully cut, figured out how they wanted it, and asked for help with the hot glue gun.

The preschooler created a battleship!egg carton craft

 

The kindergartner decided she was making a dog.

egg carton craft

 

 

Want to know what else we’ve done with egg cartons in the past?

We’ve made some super cute cotton ball chicks and done some fun egg carton math!

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What types of crafts/activities have you done with those egg cartons?

I’d love to hear about them!  Leave a comment, or if you have a post, go ahead and add it to the linky!

project recycle create

Filed Under: Kids Crafts Tagged With: recycled craft

Comments

  1. Lauralee says

    April 6, 2014 at 10:17 am

    These are so cool! And it doesn’t matter if they break. 😉 They are already monsters. As usual, thanks for the idea.

    • OneMommy says

      April 7, 2014 at 4:08 pm

      LOL — Yes, I tried to remind them several times that they are made of egg cartons and not to get upset if they break…

  2. Emma @ P is for Preschooler says

    April 6, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    I love that you set out the materials and let the kids create whatever they wished! This project represents what Project: Recycle & Create is all about! 🙂 (Not to mention that there are creations are so cute!)

    • OneMommy says

      April 7, 2014 at 4:21 pm

      I always like how my son can create a vehicle out of ANYTHING! 😉

  3. Ali at kidschaos.com says

    April 8, 2014 at 4:21 pm

    Oh these are too cute! What a fab way to upcycle our junk 🙂

    • OneMommy says

      April 11, 2014 at 10:05 am

      And the kids love to have a craft they can play with afterwards!

  4. creativejewishmom/sara says

    April 9, 2014 at 10:48 am

    fantastic! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

  5. OneMommy says

    April 11, 2014 at 10:02 am

    I think they had the most fun with this one!

  6. Keitha says

    April 11, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    Egg cartons are so much fun to craft with. Love the way their masterpieces turned out!

    • OneMommy says

      April 15, 2014 at 9:49 pm

      This was our first time to really get creative with them; so fun!

  7. Megan says

    April 11, 2014 at 9:25 pm

    Great sculptures!

  8. Ashley says

    April 15, 2014 at 3:21 pm

    So much you can make with these! Adorable!

  9. Jaime says

    April 18, 2014 at 2:11 pm

    Thank you for the easy and CHEAP craft idea! We have 9 kiddos and eat roughly 12-18 eggs a day, so egg cartons are super easy to come by. The kids are gonna love it. Happy Easter!

    • OneMommy says

      April 21, 2014 at 3:35 pm

      Yep, I’d say you have plenty of egg cartons for this one! Enjoy! 🙂

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