Hi my crafty friends! It’s that time of the month again! The Kids Craft Stars and I are joining forces to bring you our MONTHLY craft challenge post. Every month we have a challenge between us bloggers to in-cooperate a different craft medium or technique into a simple kid craft tutorial. This month’s challenge was to in-cooperate egg cartons and boy did we have fun recycling & crafting with this material!
So without further ado – today I present to you our simple and inexpensive Egg Carton Owls Kid Craft tutorial! Using just a simple leftover egg carton from our Easter celebrations, it was the perfect canvas to make the body of our owls. Then with just some creativity, tons of feathers and glue – our HOOT-TASTIC friends came to life in no time!
If you would like to make this easy and affordable kid craft with your child today, check out the full tutorial below.
Happy crafting my friends! Don’t forget to share pictures of your owls made from egg cartons on our Facebook page to admire! #gluedtomycrafts
Egg Carton Owl Craft Supplies:
* Recycled Clean Egg Carton {one egg carton makes TWO owls}
* Orange Craft Paint
* Paint Brush
* Multi-Colored Craft Feathers
* School Glue
* Kid Friendly Scissors
* Large Wiggle Eyes
Directions:
* First tear off the lid from the egg carton. Cut it in half. This is the body for two owls.
* Now you will want to trim down the other egg carton piece {the one with the compartments} to give the look of the eyes/nose of an owl {see the above picture for example} When you have your pieces cut out, be sure to also paint the nose and glue on the eyes in their designated spot.
* Next have children glue on the owl’s feathers to the lid portion of the egg carton.
* To finish off the craft, glue on the eyes/nose portion to the egg carton lid with the feathers, to complete your owl. Then add other embellishments that you see fit or go straight to showing them off!
Be sure to check out the fun blog posts below, to see some other ways to recycle an egg carton into a fun craft!
Egg Carton Reindeer – Christmas Kid Craft Idea
Egg Carton Pumpkin Patch – Fall Kid Craft
Egg Carton Caterpillar – Kid Craft
And “if” you decide to make our Egg Carton Owl craft, please share a picture on our Facebook page for us to see. We love seeing our inspiration come to life!
Stacey Gibbon says
Hi Diana – you can always try with the plastic egg cartons. There’s honestly no wrong way :-) The paint will more than likely stick just the same. I would just recommend using a hot glue gun instead of school glue to make the feathers & wiggle eyes stick. – Stacey
Diana says
I cant find cardboard cartons around here. What can I make with the foam ones? Will the Paint still stay on a foam one. Diana