Buying Easter decorations is not very creative and can also be expensive. On the other hand, Easter is a nice opportunity to spend more time with the children and why not create something nice. Playful Easter decorations can be made yourself from various materials and usually at affordable prices. A particularly economical option is to create something beautiful out of packaging. For example, you can make an original Easter decoration with egg carton. The compartments of the unsightly cardboard are ideal for making a creative Easter wreath yourself.
Make with egg carton: Great decoration for Easter and spring made from packaging material
Eggs are part of Easter and you usually get them in an egg carton. This way you end up with a good supply of egg cartons at home that don't necessarily end up in the trash. The word is upcycling. Although the egg cartons don't look pretty at all, they can be painted, glued and transformed into something more beautiful. Plus, they're free. Children can also do crafts with egg cartons and create flowers, Easter baskets, Easter wreaths and nests for Easter.
Craft with egg carton: Paint egg carton
Egg carton is a popular packaging material for transporting and storing eggs. It is usually made of cardboard and comes in different sizes, for example for six or ten eggs. The special shape of the egg carton guarantees high strength so that several egg packages can be stacked on top of each other. Well-preserved egg cartons can be painted colorfully to create beautiful Easter and spring decorations. Since the material absorbs moisture, it is recommended to only use thick paints, preferably acrylic paints, for painting. They are water-soluble, but once they dry, they become waterproof, which also makes the material or egg carton more durable.
Make with egg carton: DIY flowers from egg carton for Easter and spring
Spring flowers are part of every Easter decoration. Although they are beautiful, they are also fleeting. A great and extremely creative idea is to make flowers with egg carton, which will definitely last longer. Crafting with egg cartons is very easy and starts with choosing egg packaging that is in good condition. You also need colors for coloring, for example sunny yellow, pink, white, green, etc. You will also need sharp scissors.
First you should remove the lid of the egg packaging and take apart the individual egg compartments. Now use the scissors to shape each egg compartment like a flower with four leaves. The petals can be pointed, oval or with a fanciful shape. Then you color them any way you want and once the color is dry, you canCreate a beautiful Easter or spring decoration with the flowers you made yourself.
Easter decorations made from egg carton: Easter wreath ideas with instructions
An Easter wreathis part of the atmospheric decoration for Easter and spring. One can be made with egg cartons. You can make it exclusively out of cardboard or you can also use different materials as a base for the round shape. Here we present four great DIY projects for an Easter wreath with egg cartons.
Make an Easter wreath with egg carton
If you are more into natural materials and the natural look of the egg carton, you can not use colors and make a minimalist Easter wreath. Otherwise, you can color the egg compartments according to your own taste or leave the color design to the children. It is recommended to use acrylic paints or perhaps to decorate the egg carton with beautiful motifs. Of course, you should first cut out the individual egg compartments and form beautiful flowers out of them.
There are several options for making the Easter wreath out of egg carton round. On the one hand, you can fix the egg carton compartments together with a hot glue gun and shape them into a round shape until a complete circle or wreath is created. Another option is to use a base for the round shape of the Easter wreath. A wooden embroidery frame is suitable for this, or you can make a round base out of sturdy cardboard or cardboard. Arrange the egg carton flowers on top and stick them in place with hot glue. If you use a round base, it is recommended that the color of the base be harmoniously coordinated with the Easter wreath.
You should also plan how the wreath will be hung. For this purpose, you can work a loop between the individual flowers or finally tie the wreath with a beautiful ribbon and hang it on the front door or another impressive place.
If you don't want to use a base for the Easter wreath, you can use a metal ring or a round bent wire. This will provide additional stability while remaining invisible. You should pierce a hole in each paper flower so that you can pull the wire through it later. In this way, other additional elements can be incorporated.
As we have already mentioned, an Easter wreath made of egg carton can be designed in a variety of ways. The egg carton flowers can be shaped in different ways and cut out to be pointed, oval or round. If you want all egg compartments to be the same, it is recommended to first mark the desired shape with a pencil and then cut it accordingly with sharp scissors.
Making roses with egg carton: instructions
As a great upcycling project not only at Easter or spring, you can make some really beautiful flowers out of egg carton. It's hard to believe that these artistic roses are actually made from the not really nice packaging material. If you also use a little color, the egg carton roses become really beautiful. Filled with color, the flowers can be decorated with pretty motifs using the napkin technique principle. Like the other egg carton flowers, the roses can be used to create an original Easter wreath.
What can you make with egg carton for Easter?
On the one hand, egg cartons are eggs and on the other hand, eggs are an inseparable part of Easter. This creates an indirect connection between egg cartons and Easter and you can use the affordable craft material for creative DIY projects with an upcycling background for Easter. Not only can an original Easter wreath be made from conventional egg packaging, but also imaginative decorations such as Easter baskets, Easter nests and other original decorative elements.
Make with egg carton: A nest for Easter
You don't need much to make a nest out of egg carton and it's very easy. All you need is a few small decorative eggs, such as quail eggs or egg candies, and a soft material to line the “nest” with. Straw, decorative grass, moss or colored cotton are ideal for this purpose. Arrange the decorative eggs on the beautifully laid out egg compartments and the original Easter decoration is ready. If desired, you can cover the delicate decoration with a glass bell and thus protect it and present it as a real piece of jewelry. If there are labels or writings on the egg packaging that cannot be removed, you can stick a beautiful Easter motif on them. Just let your creativity and imagination run wild and experiment! That's what makes the original Easter decorations.
