Are you already in Easter craft fever? That doesn't surprise us, because the first rays of sunshine make us dream of a beautiful Easter and a garden full of flowering bushes and trees. It also makes your fingers tingle because they love it so muchMake decorations. Today we'll show you how incredibly creative you can get with simple egg cartons. The egg cartons prove to be a wonderful basis for a variety of craft projects and are convenient to always have at home. What can you make with egg carton for Easter? You'll be amazed and want to get started right away! Would you like to do crafts with egg cartons and children for Easter? That won't be a problem either.
Make a rooster or chicken with an egg carton for Easter
A typical Easter symbol are the chickens with their rooster. No wonder, after all, they give us the eggs that we can then make beautiful. So how about making a chicken for Easter out of an egg carton? It's really not difficult at all! The finished chickens can then serve as egg cups for the painted Easter eggs. Or how about youEggshells like Vasenuse, place in a chicken and then add a tiny bouquet?
DIY instructions:
- Eggshell
- Acrylic paints and brushes
- additional decorations such as feathers, foam rubber, googly eyes
- Scissors, glue, felt-tip pen
Cut out the correct items from the box. The long points are the chickens' necks. The picture above clearly shows which parts you need. You could also add two cups to each tip to store two eggs per chicken.
After you cut them out, you can paint them. You can of course play with the colors and design brown and white or even colorful chickens. Then cut out the beak and cockscomb from the foam rubber and glue them to the top. Eyes are added on the left and right and you also decorate the bottoma few feathers.
Make your own Easter bunnies out of egg boxes
What would an Easter decoration be without it?the rabbit? It shouldn't be missing on the table and that's why we're introducing you to Easter craft ideas with egg cartons. One option would be to place two egg carton cups on top of each other to create a cavity that can be filled with candy or other things.
Tape them together on the back with a piece of paper tape so that they don't slip and the top part can be opened like a lid. You can then paint the cardboard and add rabbit ears (e.g. made from foam rubber or foam, paper or bent from pipe cleaners).
Make your own chicks
And you can also have chicks in the same wayMake an egg cartonat Easter. Instead of ears, simply make a beak and add a small feather on the head (or two for wings on the sides).
Make an Easter nest or Easter basket out of egg carton
Egg boxes are the perfect base if you have aMake an Easter basketwant. So if you haven't had the time to make a nest or buy one, this is a great last minute idea. All you need is an egg box that you fill with Easter grass. You can also make Easter grass yourself from paper by cutting it into strips. You can design the box itself however you like - paint it, decorate it with stickers or rhinestones, glitter, ribbons or whatever else you can think of.
Easter basket
Mini Easter baskets are a nice gift idea. They look super cute and can contain a self-painted egg in addition to Easter grass. Use the egg carton cups and attach wire handles to themor pipe cleaners. The craft idea is so simple that even children can join in when you make the Easter baskets with egg carton.
Ideas with flowers
Use dried flowersto create such an arrangement. This works best if you cover the box cups with floral foam and then cover them with artificial moss. Then stick small branches of dried flowers into the floral foam and create small bouquets. You could choose a different type of flower for each cup or put together a colorful mix.
Make flowers with egg carton for Easter
If you take the cardboard apart and cut it, you can create flowers and then use them in different ways - for a 3D mural, a garland, a curtain, as a pendantfor the Easter bouquetor the window. You can create such a beautiful flower in simple steps:
- You initially need three parts per flower - two with four petals and one with three.
- Then glue the three-part into a four-part and then the last four-part in the same way.
- Finally, cut out a strip, roll it up and glue it into the flower as the middle.
- Then you can design the flower with colors.
For example, stick them on a piece of wood or bark andcombine with mossto create a beautiful, natural-looking table decoration. Or come up with other creations when you make these flowers with egg carton for Easter.
