10 fun ideas to make adorable objects by recycling egg cartons
Cutting, painting, gluing and transforming simple pieces of cardboard into colorful and attractive creations: this is what can be done by recycling egg cartons with a bit of creativity. In fact, you can do projects that even children will have a lot of fun getting involved with, as well as making decorations that can be used to decorate the home with a touch of panache.
Egg cartons are a material that we usually throw away, and they cost nothing: so arm yourself with scissors, acrylic paint, paint brushes, glue and you can transform these cartons into many different objects. Just find the right idea, and below you will find some irresistible ones:
Not just projects for children: with a little creativity you could even make some decent furnishing accessories from egg cartons. For a table lamp, for example, you can make many identical flowers which, instead of a pistil, have a bulb from a few strands of LED lights (preferably with warm light).
Have you ever seen artifical cyclamen-shaped flowers? Probably not: they are not flowers that come to mind when considering flower-making, yet cyclamen have a captivating shape and many fascinating lines. Why not recreate them in cardboard?
Making the colored corollas of flowers is one of the easiest projects to start with using egg cartons, and you can then create double flowers or those with petals of different shapes. They will become applications to decorate many areas, and of course they always work well with a strings of LED lights.
You can really use these customized light anywhere!
And it is not necessary that the flowers that decorate each light needs to be super-realistic: indulge yourself using geometric shapes and bright colors as you please and without worrying too much about reality!
Hunting trophies have never been as adorable (or eco-friendly) as these cardboard ones: a cardboard cutout for the background, and a cardboard head on each. To differentiate each trophy head clearly, use your water-color paints!
Do you want to make a wreath for the door made from flowers which will not wither and will always remain colorful and vibrant? You could create it using flowers made from egg cartons!
Have you ever thought that you could turn egg cartons into super-cool pots for plants?
... and don't you think that children would have fun creating colorful fish / sharks with egg cartons?
You might even entertain them by creating wonderful geodes!
Are you ready to unleash your creative skills on egg cartons?
