I am a big fan of repurposing items at home. Throwing them into the trash right away is not an option for me, so I always look for ways to reuse them. Last weekend, we baked a cake, and the eggs we used came with a carton. Of course, I didn’t throw them – I made them into these DIY egg carton flowers! This wonderful idea is by Craft Homie on Youtube. I really love this simple art project – you can even do it with the kids!
Materials:
- egg carton
- scissors
- different colors of paint
- brush
- cardboard
- pencil
- small foam balls
- ribbon
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Instructions:
Step 1:
Remove a cup from the egg carton. Trim off the edges and make it clean using a pair of scissors. Cut the corners, then in the middle of each one. Repeat with the remaining cups.
Step 2:
Curve each one into petals. You can change the size of the flowers for variation. Make some small and big pieces.
Step 3:
Paint each flower with your preferred colors except the bottom so you can easily glue it to the paper. Let them dry completely.
Step 4:
Cut a 3.15″ square cardboard and draw a vase. Cut it out and paint it with whatever color you prefer. Let it dry and decorate it however you want. You can paint flowers, lines, and curves.
Step 5:
With the leftover carton, cut small leaves and paint them green.
Step 6:
Cut a big rectangular piece on the cardboard and cover it with paper.
Step 7:
Glue the small foam balls on the center of each flower.
Step 8:
Glue the vase on the mid-bottom of the cardboard covered in paper, then cover the edges with the ribbon.
Step 9:
Paint stems using brown paint. Use a pointed brush for this. Next, glue the flowers to the end of the stems using hot glue. Lastly, glue the leaves.
DIY Egg Carton Flowers
