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!
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!
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!
The kindergartner decided she was making a dog.
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!
Lauralee says
April 6, 2014 at 10:17 amThese 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 pmLOL — Yes, I tried to remind them several times that they are made of egg cartons and not to get upset if they break…
Emma @ P is for Preschooler says
April 6, 2014 at 1:06 pmI 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 pmI always like how my son can create a vehicle out of ANYTHING! 😉
Ali at kidschaos.com says
April 8, 2014 at 4:21 pmOh these are too cute! What a fab way to upcycle our junk 🙂
OneMommy says
April 11, 2014 at 10:05 amAnd the kids love to have a craft they can play with afterwards!
karen says
April 9, 2014 at 8:30 amso creative and beyond cute…I need to start finding better ways to reuse and recycle.
OneMommy says
April 11, 2014 at 10:02 amI think they had the most fun with this one!
creativejewishmom/sara says
April 9, 2014 at 10:48 amfantastic! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Keitha says
April 11, 2014 at 1:02 pmEgg cartons are so much fun to craft with. Love the way their masterpieces turned out!
OneMommy says
April 15, 2014 at 9:49 pmThis was our first time to really get creative with them; so fun!
Megan says
April 11, 2014 at 9:25 pmGreat sculptures!
Ashley says
April 15, 2014 at 3:21 pmSo much you can make with these! Adorable!
Jaime says
April 18, 2014 at 2:11 pmThank 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 pmYep, I’d say you have plenty of egg cartons for this one! Enjoy! 🙂