Let’s Recycle: Egg Cartons

Egg Carton Chick Surprise

 An adorable Easter gift would be an egg carton that resembles a chick and surprise its recipient with a short note or a candy inside!

What You'll Need:

Egg Carton

Yellow Beads

Paintbrush

Pen

Colored Paper

Sticky Tape

 

What You Need To Do:

1. Carefully cut 2 separate egg carton cups. 

 

2. Paint the outer surface of the egg carton base with yellow paint. Leave to dry.

 

3. Once dry, attach the two egg carton pieces in one side with sticky tape. This will be the "hinge" of this small container.

 

4. Prepare small cutout details for the chick -- eyes, wings, beak and even small chicken feet! 

 

5. Glue the paper cutout details unto the surface of the chick.

6. An alternative to hay would be strips of scrunched up yellow paper. Stuff it inside the chick container and tuck a small note or a candy inside.

 

 

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Egg Carton Goggles

 Finding funny goggles that will perfectly suit your personality might be difficult -- but making one yourself might be easier than you think!

 

What You'll Need:

 Egg Carton

Cutter

Acrylic Paint

Paintbrush

Fuzzy Wire

Sticky Tape

 

What You Need To Do:

 1. Cut 2 separate egg carton cups with a cutter.

 

2. Chop off the base of the egg carton cups with a cutter.

 

3. Make two small holes on opposite ends of each egg carton base by carefully puncturing the sides of the carton with a cutter.

 

4. Coat the egg carton cup with acrylic paint. Do the same for the other base. Leave the cartons to dry. 

 

5. Insert a 6-inch long fuzzy wire into one hole of each of the egg carton cups. TIP:  The tip of the fuzzy wire may scratch the most sensitive skin, so make sure you wrap sticky tape around the wire's tip so you won't hurt anyone or yourself!

 

6. Cut a smaller piece of wire, around 3-inches long and attach the two egg carton cups together to complete your DIY goggles!

 

 

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Caterpillar Egg Carton

 Give this caterpillar a whole lot of personality with just paint, paper and a whole lot of creativity!

 

What You'll Need:

 Egg Carton

Cutter

Green Acrylic Paint

Wire

Beads

Crayons

Paintbrush

Paper

Pen or crayons

Sticky tape

What You Need To Do:

 1. Carefully cut a strip of egg carton bases to make the caterpillar body.

 

2. Coat the strip of egg carton with green acrylic paint. Leave it to dry.

 

3. To make an antennae, cut a piece of wire and curl its edges with a pen.

 

4. For the eyes, cut two small circle cutouts with your plain white paper. Draw small circles with your pen or crayon for the pupils of the eyes. 

 

5. Glue the eye paper cutouts unto the surface of the last egg carton base. Attach also a bead to make a cute nose for the caterpillar with glue or sticky tape.

 

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Egg Carton Treasure Box 

Egg cartons make nifty keepers of your special trinkets because of its small compartments. 

 

What You'll Need:

Egg Carton

Gold Paint

Brown and Yellow Paper

Scissors

Paintbrush

Cutter

Sticky Tape

 

 

What You Need To Do:

 1. Carefully cut a piece of an egg carton with a size of 2x3 bases. Prepare two pieces of this egg carton cutout.

 

2. Cover the egg carton pieces with gold paint all over. Leave it to dry.

 

3. Once dry, attach the two egg carton pieces in one side with tape. This will be the "hinge" of the jewelry box.

 

4. For an easy temporary lock, cut a strip of brown paper that is around 16-inches in length. Wrap it around the jewelry box and tape the edges of the paper together.

5. To make it look more like a treasure box, cut two small pieces of circle and draw to lines across it to appear like small nails.

 

 

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Egg Carton Musical Shakers

 You will be dancing to the beat in no time with the easy egg carton musical project!

 

What You'll Need:

Egg Carton

Cutter

Acrylic Paint (at least two colors)

Paintbrush

Beads

Glue

 

What You Need To Do:

 1. Carefully cut two separate egg carton bases. Make sure that the brim of the bases is cut as straight as you can.

 

2. Paint the outer surface of the egg carton base with acrylic paint. Do the same for the other base but with a different color. TIP: Use acrylic paint instead of poster paint so that it will not be easily washed off with water or moisture!

 

3. Put three to five beads inside the base.

 

4. Smear glue around the egg carton brim. Then, attach the 2 egg carton bases together making sure that the beads are enclosed inside.

Text and props styling by Beam Mariano. Photos by Mark Jesalva