We loved them and now our children love them too (and some adults too) - the surprise eggs have become indispensable and bring joy to young and old. What if we told you that not only the chocolate and the toys or the figures are a great thing, but that you can also make interesting things with the Ü-egg packaging? Does your finger tingle again and you really want to make something? Try our upcycling ideas for Ü eggs!
Use the packaging as jars
Probably the easiest option, surprise egg packagingto utilize, is to use them again as packaging. If you think they're way too small to be useful, we're probably in for a surprise (the Ü Egg lives up to its name). The yellow, hinged box can be used to store the following things (particularly useful when traveling, for example):
- Headphones and cable, which also prevents tangled cables
- Matches for a campfire
- With small holes on the lid side, pepper and salt shakers are createdfor the picnic(the plastic can be pierced with a heated needle)
- toothpick
- possibly ear sticks if halved
- Storing lollipops: drill a hole in the packaging for the lollipop stick to fit through
- Storing your toothbrush when traveling (following the same principle as with the lollipop)
- Store smaller pieces of jewelry such as necklaces, earrings, piercings and rings
Making pencil sharpeners for school
Drill a hole in the lid of the surprise egg box, the same size as the sharpener hole, so that a pencil or crayon can fit through. Then stick the sharpener on the inside. The wood chips created during sharpening collect in the box and can be disposed of if necessary by simply opening the lid. This original sharpener can also be redesigned with colors, stickers, etc.
Upcycling ideas for Ü-eggs – crafts with children at home or in kindergarten
The yellow packaging is also a great base fordifferent charactersthat you can make together with children. These include, for example, chicks and bees as cool upcycling ideas for Ü eggs. But other animals are also possible with a little imagination.
Make your own chicks for Easter
So cute and so quick and easy to make: With the help of the Ü-egg packaging you get the perfect base in yellow for the chicks' bodies and you can do that right awayEaster basket on the tabledesign. What do you need for these types of Ü egg upcycling ideas?
- Surprise egg packaging
- red tape
- Scissors
- black Edding
- optional: shapes made from egg boxes
Cut a triangle out of the tape for the beak and tape it above the lid (lid facing down). For the cockscomb, cut out two rectangles of the same size and glue them together only up to the middle. Fold the bottom half outwards and glue it onto the box (the head). Now use the marker to draw two points for the eyes and you're done!
Upcycling ideas for Ü-eggs – making bees with children for spring
The shape of the Ü-eggs even seems to be even better suited to the bee body. In principle you need the same materials asfor the chicks, just in different colors. Use black tape instead of red.
- Glue black adhesive tape strips around the bee's body (2-3 pieces per bee).
- If the tape is very wide, you can cut each strip vertically in half to make it thinner.
- The rest of the design can be done as desired: the wings can be cut out of light blue or white construction paper or formed from play dough. The same applies to the feelers. Eyes and mouth can be easily drawn with a sharpie, but googly eyes are also a great idea.
More cool animals with pipe cleaners, paper or play dough
Fish scales are easily created by punching holes in paper. You can use special punches for this. Pipe cleaners also prove to be very practical when it comes to making elements for animal figures. For example, you can create rabbit ears or a lion's mane. Or how about doing a bit of modeling? This works great with play dough or craft clay!
