We can finally say goodbye to winter because spring is already here! The early bloomers are blooming, bees are waking up and the feeling of spring is in the air. We are also looking forward to Easter, which falls early this year in April - the 9th. There are hardly more than three weeks left until then and you can start diligently with the decorations. And since we think recycling unnecessary materials is great, we took the trouble to collect a few ideas about what kind of decorations you can make out of egg cartons for Easter. Celebrate with a homemade Easter decoration!
Easter decorations on a tight budget: Try recycling!
If you think about it, Easter decorations don't have to be expensive. Especially if the budget is tight, you can use a lot of inexpensive materials and use them to create a beautiful decoration for the party. This is particularly truefor natural materials, but also for seemingly unnecessary things that each of us uses every day. This includes empty cardboard tubes, cans, plastic boxes and of course – egg cartons. Take a look at what fun things you can do with empty cardboard boxes for Easter!
Save paper egg cartons and give them a new life as a chic table decoration! Cut the egg cups into groups of three and paint them white or another color as desired. Then arrange them in a circle and fill them with eggs, flowers, succulents or candy!
To make the base even more stable, you can cut pieces out of the egg carton lid to connect the three cups together on the bottom side. You can also use a hot glue gun.
How do you make flowers out of egg carton?
The egg carton cups are perfect for making colorful flowers for a vase or for a door wreath. Children can also take part in this craft project. You will surely have a lot of fun.
And this is how you can transform the egg carton into pretty flowers:
- Cut the egg carton apart. Use the cups and tall dividers to create flowers. Use the lid to create leaves.
- Use your imagination to design your own flower shapes or check out the patterns above.
- Paint the flowers and leaves.
- Layer different flower shapes on top of each other to make 3D flowers.
- Add fun embellishments like glitter, stones, beads and cupcake liners to create unique flowers.
- Once you're happy with the flower, hot glue all the layers together.
- Glue the flowers to wooden skewers or drinking straws if you want to arrange them in a vase, or attach them to a cardboard ring to make a wreath.
Make your own spring mural with flowers
You can also make very simple flowers out of egg cartons if you round the corners of the cups with scissors. Another great idea for the crafted flowers would be to glue them to a canvas and design it like a bouquet picture. The colorful art piece would stand beautifully in the hallway and create a spring atmosphere.
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Make spring flowers from egg cartons for Easter
We love spring flowers! And although nothing is more beautiful than fresh cut flowers, these paper and egg carton daffodils also have some advantages. On the one hand, they stay fresh forever and on the other hand, it's a lot of fun to make them yourself.
You will need egg carton, glue gun, green cardboard and yellow craft paint. Cut out 6 petals and a round base to attach to. The bell is cut from one of the bumps in the egg carton. And then stamens from another piece. Then just glue everything together. Roll a stick out of green cardboard. Paint the flower, let it dry and glue it to the stem. And that's it: beautiful spring flowers for the table or windowsill that don't even wilt.
If you have a few extra egg cartons lying around, you can also cut some snowdrops in addition to the daffodils and put them in a vase. The egg carton dividers are perfect for this. Simply paint it white and attach it to a stick of green paper or pipe cleaner.
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Simple natural decoration for Easter in an egg carton
Here's an Easter craft that's fun in more ways than one. Firstly, it is now spring and therefore the best time to plant this and that. And with this craft project you have the opportunity to combine crafting with growing plants.
When eggs are purchased, egg cartons come with them. Colorful egg cartons, for example made from organic eggs, are particularly fun if you want to make something with them. For example, if you grow cress in a green box, the decoration will be quite beautiful without having to use paint. But a little color can come into play if you want to transform the small growing bowl into an Easter decoration. How? By painting the middle prongs of the cardboard yellow and adding small, yellow-painted Styrofoam balls to form little chickens that look up. Very cute!
Tipp:Attach the yellow Styrofoam balls to toothpicks that you insert directly into the box.
Make colorful chicks with egg cartons for a colorful decoration
Transform a few painted eggs into colorful chicks with bright feathers that you can place anywhere in the room! You will need: colored eggs made of any material, egg carton, scissors, acrylic paint, craft brushes, yellow felt triangles, hot glue and colorful feathers. Then just follow these instructions:
- Cut out the egg cups from the egg carton to create a small place for the egg to sit.
- Paint the egg cups with acrylic paint of your choice and let them dry.
- Using a small dot of hot glue, attach the felt triangles to the edge of the egg cup to form a beak.
- Place the colored eggs in the cups and add some colorful feathers behind the eggs. Use hot glue to secure everything in place.
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