To Do with Egg Cartons
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Egg Carton WreathSupplies
Egg Cartons
Scissors
Colored Poster Board
Glue
Green and Purple Construction Paper
String or Yarn
Egg Cartons
Scissors
Colored Poster Board
Glue
Green and Purple Construction Paper
String or Yarn
Instructions
Cut apart egg carton sections. Trim evenly. Make slits in the sections and bend away from the center. Trace around a plate on a piece of poster board to make a circle. Trace around a slightly bigger plate to make a ring around your first circle. Cut out. Glue flower sections to wreath. Cut leaves out of construction paper to glue to wreath. Cut or punch out small circles to make flower centers. Glue in place. Make a loop out of yarn. Glue on back for a hanger.
Cut apart egg carton sections. Trim evenly. Make slits in the sections and bend away from the center. Trace around a plate on a piece of poster board to make a circle. Trace around a slightly bigger plate to make a ring around your first circle. Cut out. Glue flower sections to wreath. Cut leaves out of construction paper to glue to wreath. Cut or punch out small circles to make flower centers. Glue in place. Make a loop out of yarn. Glue on back for a hanger.
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-Making a bunch of ice for a picnic or party? Use the bottom halves of clean polystyrene egg cartons as auxiliary ice trays.
-You pull the plastic trash bag out of the kitchen trash container and gunk drips out. Next time, put an opened empty egg carton at the bottom of the trash bag to prevent tears and punctures.
-Use a four-section piece of an egg carton to sort change as you take it out of your pocket. You can drop pennies into a larger container or a piggy bank since they add up so quickly.
-Organize buttons, safety pins, bobbins, snaps, closures and other small items on your sewing table. Remove the lid from the egg carton so you can quickly see what you need. Do the same on your workbench with washers, tacks, small nuts and bolts and screws.
-Keep tiny Christmas ornaments from being damaged by storing each one in a separate compartment of an egg carton. Wrap each one in a bit of tissue to keep it snug in its compartment.
-Create a shipping container for homemade goodies for a college student, soldier or faraway friend. Cover the egg carton with bright paper or fabric and line the individual compartments with coconut or candy wrappers, and then fill with homemade treats. Include the carton in your next care package.
-Reinforce a trash bag by putting an open egg carton in the bottom of the new bag. The egg carton will prevent tears and punctures, so there will be no more goop leaking out when you remove the bag.
-Start seedlings in a paper egg carton (not the polystyrene type). Fill each compartment with soil and a few seeds. Once the seeds have sprouted, divide the carton into the individual cells and plant them – carton and all – in the ground.
-Make a fire-starter by filling a cardboard egg carton with charcoal briquettes and placing it in the grill. Add a little leftover candle wax. Light the carton. You can also fill a cardboard egg carton with kindling and use it to start a fire in the fireplace.
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