Upcycled Egg Carton Flowers – Kids Craft For Spring
Lately I have been finding some REALLY great craft supply materials at my local Dollar Tree to create crafts with lil man.
I seriously can’t beat the price tag on what I’ve been finding! If you haven’t thought about checking out your local store for supplies, you might want to change that soon!
Anyways… all the supplies I needed for today’s Egg Carton Flower craft were either in my personal craft stash at home or I got them at Dollar Tree for cheap. The egg carton we used for the flower buds, I recycled from the trash. Since most families have egg cartons at home (the cardboard kind work best) I would say the total cost on this upcycled craft was maybe $2 total.
Right now I have our finished pieces on display on our TV stand but I could see these being used as a Mother’s Day gift for kids to make in daycare/children’s church, don’t you think?
Ready to give it a try with your young crafter today? Keep scrolling for the quick, straight to the point tutorial below! Happy crafting, my friends! Don’t forget to FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK so you never miss a new tutorial from us!
PAIR YOUR CRAFT WITH —> Recycled Egg Carton Tree Canvas
The Supplies:
- Empty/Clean Cardboard Egg Carton
- Basic Craft Scissors
- Various Craft Paint {especially green for the stem part!}
- Small Paint Brushes
- Small Paper Plate
- Jumbo Popsicle Sticks – one per flower stem
- Green Cardstock Paper
- Hot Glue Gun
- Medium Sized Pom Poms – any color, one per flower stem
- Craft Styrofoam (found at my Dollar Tree/Craft Section)
- Small Ceramic Pots – one per craft (I got these at Dollar Tree}
The Directions:
- First cut up your egg carton. Separate the lid from the compartment area. Trim each section down, from the egg compartments, to make it look like a flower bud. A 12 egg carton gets you 12 flowers total, to make and decorate.
- Now paint them. No rhythm or reason, just go for it. Simply squirt some craft paint on your small paper plate and go to town. We used red for our flowers and only painted the inside of the egg carton pieces. You however can do the outside as well.
- When done painting, set aside your pieces to let them dry completely.
- Now grab your jumbo popsicle stick {one per egg carton piece} and paint it completely green. This is your flower stem.
- Again, set it aside to let it dry completely.
- While those pieces are drying, you can work on the other pieces.
- Place some styrofoam inside their terra cotta pot.
- Go ahead and also cut out a small, petal shaped leaf {one per flower} out of the green cardstock paper.
- Now you are ready to assemble everything. Get your glue gun hot and ready!
- Hot glue ONE pom pom in the center of the painted egg carton piece. Follow that up by hot gluing the egg carton piece to one end of the painted jumbo popsicle stick. Finally, glue the paper leaf in place.
- When everything is secured and completely dry, go ahead and “plant” the popsicle stick piece inside your terra cotta pot.
- And that’s it! Add anything else you see fit and display it proudly for ALL to see!
PAIR YOUR EGG CARTON FLOWERPOTS WITH —> Recycled Egg Carton Caterpillar – Kid Craft Idea For Spring
And that is it on how to make flowers out of egg cartons! What do you think? Have you ever incorporated something you would have thrown away normally, into a craft? Would love to hear some stories in the comment section!
And before you leave to get your craft on, be sure to also check out our Egg Carton Spider tutorial. It’s not scary at all to recreate – promise! #gluedtomycrafts
RELATED POST —> Recycled Egg Carton Fox Face – Kid Craft
Upcycled Egg Carton Flowers
Supplies:
- 1 Egg Carton
- 1 Jumbo Popsicle Stick
- Cardstock Paper
- Craft Paint
- 1 Pom Pom
- 1 Terra Cotta Pot
- Styrofoam
Instructions:
- First cut up your egg carton. Separate the lid from the compartment area. Trim each section down, from the egg compartments, to make it look like a flower bud. A 12 egg carton gets you 12 flowers total, to make and decorate.
- Now paint them. No rhythm or reason, just go for it. Simply squirt some craft paint on your small paper plate and go to town. We used red for our flowers and only painted the inside of the egg carton pieces. You however can do the outside as well.
- When done painting, set aside your pieces to let them dry completely.
- Now grab your jumbo popsicle stick {one per egg carton piece} and paint it completely green. This is your flower stem.
- Again, set it aside to let it dry completely.
- While those pieces are drying, you can work on the other pieces.
- Place some styrofoam inside their terra cotta pot.
- Go ahead and also cut out a small, petal shaped leaf {one per flower} out of the green cardstock paper.
- Now you are ready to assemble everything. Get your glue gun hot and ready!
- Hot glue ONE pom pom in the center of the painted egg carton piece. Follow that up by hot gluing the egg carton piece to one end of the painted jumbo popsicle stick. Finally, glue the paper leaf in place.
- When everything is secured and completely dry, go ahead and "plant" the popsicle stick piece inside your terra cotta pot.
- And that's it! Add anything else you see fit and display it proudly for ALL to see!